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5 Teams With The Best Young Nucleus In The NBA

Thee jazz fan said:
Why are these trade scenarios even being entertained. Why would the hornets even explore trading Davis? Even with dangling Gobert. They would say no to any deal the Jazz could come up with. Lol
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Because it is late July and there is nothing else to talk about. No one thinks that these trades would even be entertained or even proposed by either team.

Just fans being fans in the offseason.
 
Stoked said:
Because it is late July and there is nothing else to talk about. No one thinks that these trades would even be entertained or even proposed by either team.

Just fans being fans in the offseason.
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The best part is that we have a thread making fun of Boston fans for essentially doing the same thing.
 
To get back to the original topic, the depth of our young core is what makes our collection of talent so impressive (especially when you take into account the fact that we traded 2 1st rd draft picks for a player who has yet to develop as expected). We might lack that potential superstar (although Exum may have that type of ceiling & Gobert is already there defensively), but we more than make up for it by having a plethora of young players at every position. Rather than condense some of our lesser assets, the FO recognized that it takes a cohesive rotation (of 8-9 players) to win a championship. Putting all of your resources into the starting lineup is shortsighted as depth is an extremely important aspect of a championship caliber team (hence the Trey Lyles pick). As of right now, we project to have a solid 7 man rotation for the foreseeable future:

Exum
Burks
Hood
Hayward
Lyles
Favors
Gobert

Pleiss & Burke could also become part of the rotation. If Exum develops into a starting caliber PG, Burks fits into the offensive & defensive systems, Hood is able to stay relatively healthy, Hayward remains here long-term, & Lyles at least develops into a serviceable rotation player (I know, that's a lot of ifs), we appear to be one offensive player (if anything) short of having a truly championship caliber rotation. We may lack the potential star power of MIN with Wiggins & Towns, PHI with Noel, Okafor, & Embiid, or NOP with Davis, but we have by far a deeper & more cohesive collection of young talent than anyone else in the league. There are very few (if any) rosters that I would prefer to have for the next 10 years than the one that we currently have. If/when we finally win that 1st NBA title, a lot of it will be due to the depth of this team.
 
What I like is, it's looking like we can keep this team together for the long haul. Hopefully this group will continue to grow to be a well oiled machine like Sloan's and Pops teams that were together for ever.
 
I absolutely love this team and how they are developing with their youth. Glad to see other people are noticing that we are actually pretty loaded with good young players. I honestly think the Jazz are very close to being a contending team. If Exum, Hood, or Burks can make a big leap this season I think we are a lock for the playoffs...and I think at least one of those players make that leap. I'm a Burks homer, but I think he could play really well with this system. Hood looked way good at the end of the year, if he can stay healthy and keep improving he could be a potential all star.
And we all know that Exum is all about his potential.
 
Crawlnstall said:
I absolutely love this team and how they are developing with their youth. Glad to see other people are noticing that we are actually pretty loaded with good young players. I honestly think the Jazz are very close to being a contending team. If Exum, Hood, or Burks can make a big leap this season I think we are a lock for the playoffs...and I think at least one of those players make that leap. I'm a Burks homer, but I think he could play really well with this system. Hood looked way good at the end of the year, if he can stay healthy and keep improving he could be a potential all star.
And we all know that Exum is all about his potential.
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Nt sure we are close to contending. That's not a knock on the team, just that they are still so young. They need to cut down on turnovers and mistakes and a large part of our contention rests on how fast Exum can improve. Remember it took Stockton and Malon's team like 10 years to get to that level
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Nt sure we are close to contending. That's not a knock on the team, just that they are still so young. They need to cut down on turnovers and mistakes and a large part of our contention rests on how fast Exum can improve. Remember it took Stockton and Malone's team like 10 years to get to that level
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Agree. Right now we have a plethora of 3rd-string PG's. And I'm not quite ready to say Lyles will be a solid rotation player. I AM pretty comfortable with the 3 wing rotation; all have produced - they just need to stay healthy. I think it comes down to having a starting PG and a third big. Might already have players who will develop into those roles or maybe not.
 
As shaky as Exum has looked even the last couple days in this FIBA crap, remember, Mike Conley also took years to become even respectable, let alone perceived as an above average point guard like he is now.

October should help him a ton. Then the season. Then next summer. And so forth. It's a process. I'll be the first to say I can jump the gun on players and I probably will on him a few times this season but I'd love to see how he looks in four years.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
As shaky as Exum has looked even the last couple days in this FIBA crap, remember, Mike Conley also took years to become even respectable, let alone perceived as an above average point guard like he is now.

October should help him a ton. Then the season. Then next summer. And so forth. It's a process. I'll be the first to say I can jump the gun on players and I probably will on him a few times this season but I'd love to see how he looks in four years.
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I agree with this. However I am afraid our other core players will be "there" before Exum makes the jump and I do not want to see the prime years of Favors, Hayward, Hood, Gobert wasted on waiting for Exum. I hope the front office will know when it is time to cut bait and move on if needs be. I do not want it said of this team that they were a solid PG away from being contenders.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I agree with this. However I am afraid our other core players will be "there" before Exum makes the jump and I do not want to see the prime years of Favors, Hayward, Hood, Gobert wasted on waiting for Exum. I hope the front office will know when it is time to cut bait and move on if needs be. I do not want it said of this team that they were a solid PG away from being contenders.
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Good post
 
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