But...like really.....how the **** are we gonna get a star?

[Jazz4ever]

I heard an interview on the radio with DL. They asked him is the key to winning a championship getting a star player? His response is no, look at what Detroit did. We are looking at that model of getting a lot of very good players and get them to buy into a team concept. If we get a star in the next 5 years, it will be completely by accident.

I doubt DL believes that for one second, but what else can he say.

 

[Fabtrey]

reported for disrespecting our great white hype gordon hayward

 

[Stifle Tower]

I heard an interview on the radio with DL. They asked him is the key to winning a championship getting a star player? His response is no, look at what Detroit did. We are looking at that model of getting a lot of very good players and get them to buy into a team concept. If we get a star in the next 5 years, it will be completely by accident.

When and what station?

 

[infection]

I heard an interview on the radio with DL. They asked him is the key to winning a championship getting a star player? His response is no, look at what Detroit did. We are looking at that model of getting a lot of very good players and get them to buy into a team concept. If we get a star in the next 5 years, it will be completely by accident.

I was actually thinking of the '99 Spurs model. They had a 5'10" PG and a white seven-footer who used to play for the Bulls. We could probably go out and land Isaiah Thomas and Omer Asik by only giving up a couple core pieces.

 

[Tarkanian]

Bringing in a superstar alone won't cut it, if that star will be a PF or a C.
Jazz need spacing and for that you have to bring in some dead-eye shooters.
Team-engineering 101!
We need a player like -say- Courtney Lee.

 

[ljnapoli]

We aren't getting a Star.

 

[jimmy eat jazz]

If it's so easy to tank for the Jazz, isn't it just as easy for the other teams? I mean, right now, we're ahead of the Lakers and the Sixers, whom we just played. Suppose our FO rested whomever the pro-tank crew believes is leading us to victory this week(I can't keep track, you people keep changing your mind...Jefferson, Marvin, Hayward, Burks). What the hell is stopping the Sixers, who want a top-3 pick just as hard, from resting whatever players they have?

Agreed. The sad fact is that the Jazz are simply better than the 76ers, Bucks, Lakers, Orlando, probably Sacramento, and possibly Cavaliers, Detroit, and Celtics. The FO tried to build a team this year that would compete in the race to the bottom, but it turns our young guys are better than the other teams' young guys. That's both bad and good. Good in that it signals future competitiveness, bad in that this is a bad year to be bad. What some of your are calling for here, outright tanking games, simply won't happen. Corbin won't intentionally lose games when he's in a contract year, and the players who are playing for playing time and future contracts won't intentionally lose games. JimLes is right, were we to outright tank games, what would keep the other teams from doing the same? Unfortunately, despite the FO's best efforts, we simply aren't bad enough this year. It's probably time to accept this, rather than continue to waste emotional energy wailing and gnashing your teeth pining for something that isn't going to happen. It's too bad, but it is what it is.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Best perimeter defender, is that better?

Super-star fo'sho.

Lol at using Rip to support.

George does everything on the court and plays both sides of the ball. He is pretty efficient because he shoots from deep well. The only thing that holds him back from being a bonafide perennial top 5 player is that he doesn't get to the line that well. On top of all that, he is still making substantial year-to-year improvements. He has increased his PPG by 5 points each season and is having his most efficient season this year despite being the #1 option.

"The only thing holding him back" is that he is their team's top-scorer, and probably their first option on offense-- which is why Indiana still remains a bottom 10 NBA offense.

His defense is elite, his offense is not. He is not a franchise-changing player. If we dropped Hayward, and we picked up Paul George, would our team instantly be among the best? Now replace that comparison with the "real" superstars (Durant, Lebron, Chris Paul, Curry, even Hibbert).

Definitely not a superstar.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Again, top ten based on what?

Based on that if he had to choose the ten best players in the NBA, Paul George would be one of them? Can you name 10 players you'd rather have over Paul George?

 

[NUMBERICA]

"The only thing holding him back" is that he is their team's top-scorer, and probably their first option on offense-- which is why Indiana still remains a bottom 10 NBA offense.

His defense is elite, his offense is not. He is not a franchise-changing player. If we dropped Hayward, and we picked up Paul George, would our team instantly be among the best? Now replace that comparison with the "real" superstars (Durant, Lebron, Chris Paul, Curry, even Hibbert).

Definitely not a superstar.

Hibbert is a "real" superstar? uhh, ok.

 

[Doublea]

"The only thing holding him back" is that he is their team's top-scorer, and probably their first option on offense-- which is why Indiana still remains a bottom 10 NBA offense.

His defense is elite, his offense is not. He is not a franchise-changing player. If we dropped Hayward, and we picked up Paul George, would our team instantly be among the best? Now replace that comparison with the "real" superstars (Durant, Lebron, Chris Paul, Curry, even Hibbert).

Definitely not a superstar.

Exactly, if you watched any of the Allstar game or looked at the stats, you saw that he didn't get hugh numbers and he wasn't too effective because there's no defense in that game.

 

[UGLI baby]

Top ten in dunking, hype, and Lebronish in the playoffs.

You mean Lebronish as in way good or was that a knock on him?

Did you watch the playoffs last year? Paul George was awesome against Miami and basically announced himself as a star in that series.