Blow it up?

[str8line]

They had Hayward for 6 minutes...how do you know they are more exciting without him? lolz

Tatum gets to play a lot.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Tatum gets to play a lot.

You got a real boner for rookies, eh?

 

[str8line]

Eh.

I said exciting. To me seeing Haywad lead them to ECF isn't exciting. Watching Tatum is. And they'll be better in the long run with Tatum getting playing time.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Eh.

I said exciting. To me seeing Haywad lead them to ECF isn't exciting. Watching Tatum is. And they'll be better in the long run with Tatum getting playing time.

Yeah, that means you have a boner for rookies. Nothing wrong with that, but for people who enjoy watching good basketball disagree.

And it's not like Tatum couldn't get ample minutes with Hayward. You know they started Tatum/Brown/Hayward, right? They were all going to get a lot of minutes. It's the bench guys who are getting more minutes because of the Hayward injury. But maybe you think watching Daniel Theiss and Semi Ojeleye is more exciting than Hayward, cuz you know, rookies.

 

[str8line]

Yeah, that means you have a boner for rookies. Nothing wrong with that, but for people who enjoy watching good basketball disagree.

And it's not like Tatum couldn't get ample minutes with Hayward. You know they started Tatum/Brown/Hayward, right? They were all going to get a lot of minutes. It's the bench guys who are getting more minutes because of the Hayward injury. But maybe you think watching Daniel Theiss and Semi Ojeleye is more exciting than Hayward, cuz you know, rookies.

Not just the minutes. He's a more important piece without Haywad, which will accelerate his development.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Here's an actual proposal that could make sense at some level.

Exum and a draft pick for Jabari Parker. Both are career injured players. If the bucks aren't going to resign Jabari then essentially they give the Jazz the RFA status for a player they don't plan to resign and they get a draft pick out of it and first dibs on the Exum sweepstakes (ha ha ha). That's not blowing it up, but it's hunting for a game changer with the pieces with have. The Jazz have their point guards in Rubio and Mitchell (who has slotted well into that role. Exum would be more attractive healthy of course, but so would Jabari.

Burks, Hood, Favors, and Exum plus a draft pick for Anthony Davis. Unrealistic pipe dream, but at least I made a proposal here.

Favors for Jahlil Okafor and an asset? Philly has lots of assets. Jahlil would stretch the floor alongside Gobert, but he really hasn't done anything in the league. Our defense drops off, but maybe we pull covington out of the deal as well? Furkan? I would do Favors for Saric straight up, but Philly loves their players too much.

Harrison Barnes anyone (though I doubt the Mavs would trade him).

I mean, there just isn't a lot of game changing talent to realistically go out and grab at this point in the season that would make us better.

 

[Ron Mexico]

To me, prime doesn't translate to a span of years where the player will be his best. It means, at which age said player will play his best. I'm saying this, because IMO, we haven't seen the best or Rudy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/2aa0r2/study_at_what_age_an_nba_player_reaches_his_peak/

This is a pretty cool read some dude put together about NBA players and their prime age in the NBA. Some interesting things come to mind when reading it.

That says the average peak age is 27 Years & 2 months. The average is 5 years into the league. Rudy is in his 5th year, he is 25 1/2 years old. I hope we havent seen his best year but he is entering the time period where we are going to see his best over the next few years before he starts to decline.

Prime is a period of time where a player is playing their best, not just their peak year. The peak should be in the middle of the prime.

Either way you want to define it, he still is a bad match to put around a bunch of rookies who will be getting good in 5-6 years when Gobert is declining.

 

[Archie Moses]

God this thread is garbage.

I'd take this more serious if you were able to tell the difference between Ingles and Gobert and not give Gobert **** for what Ingles did - multiple times.

 

[Jack Strop]

Um, "blowing it up" would mean getting rid of key players to get younger. I doubt DL goes for a tank. You risk offending Rudy just as you did Hayward and he signs elsewhere just when you think you're ready to contend.

Yes, I'm all for trading Favors, Burks, Hood and JJ. But what value do those guys have? Favs maybe gets Utah a late 1st from a contender. Hood might get Utah a protected pick. Burks has little value at his price. Utah might even have to GIVE a 2nd-round pick to dump his additional year. JJ might get a second-round pick from a playoff team.

If I were DL, I'd try to package Hood and next year's pick for a very good (like fringe all-star) player at the deadline. Mitchell is ready to start at the 2. Go for a primary scoring option at the 3 or 4.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'd take this more serious if you were able to tell the difference between Ingles and Gobert and not give Gobert **** for what Ingles did - multiple times.

I remembered a play incorrectly in the heat of the game, my bad.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Did people watch the game last night? Why are we blowing it up? I knew we'd have some we don't need Hood stuff, but maybe we should let this breathe.

Again, GS didn't seem to have the trajectory they have now. Imagine if they had traded curry and blew it up.

Pump. Da. Brakes.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I remembered a play incorrectly in the heat of the game, my bad.

Unforgivable and now all of your basketball knowledge is invalid.