I don't know why KOC doesn't get **** on for signing two bigs that were awful on defense, then Sloan refusing to use AK properly. Gosh, I remember when everyone crapped on AK for crying when it was a struggle, but now everyone defends Gobert when he does it. But hey, we do love whipping boys here at jazzfanz.
Pretty good list.
It's because Gobert wants to be the best and win and be recognized for it. AK wanted to get his money, do whatever he wanted on the court, and plan his vacation. He wasn't anywhere near Gobert in terms of wanting to win. AK cried due to ego, Gobert does due to passion.
Always an excuse when there's a grudge.
Thank you! It's at least worth talking about. I'm just tired of the one sided debate. I adored AK, even though he was flawed. Why don't folks bring up stuff like when he ran point against Golden State in the playoffs?
What grudge? Always a dick behind the assumptions.
Fair, I should have used something less inflammatory, my apologies. Just trying to stick up for my guy and got out of hand.
No one denies AKs accomplishments. My beef was that he never felt like he cared that much about the game or team. He had otherworldly skill and talent, and if he had half the passion and work ethic Gobert does he would have been talked about as nothing short of the greatest two-way force the jazz had ever seen. But he didn't. And people felt that, knew it, so when he got that contract most felt it was a heavy over-pay because he didn't impact the game the way we knew he could if he put forth consistent effort. But that wasn't his focus. He wasn't the lynchpin of the team that he could have, and frankly should have been. So it felt like an over-pay that hurt the team rather than what was necessary to retain our generational talent. I get that you're an AK homer, fine, but don't kid yourself he was just a random whipping boy for no reason.
