Chad Ford's latest trade article

[fishonjazz]

agree with all those points, but i still think there's an advantage to making the playoffs just in terms of growth, too.

if you watched the playoffs, you heard multiple announcers, players and coaches talk about how nobody just shows up and wins it all. it's a process. you figure out how to make it there, then you figure out how to win, then you figure out how to win on the road, then you climb the mountain until you make it to the finals, and THEN you can start thinking about championships. even the greats had to follow that path.

the jazz have started that process now. if we had missed the playoffs this year, chances are good that next year would have been the year we got our asses kicked.

Fair enough

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

the jazz have started that process now. if we had missed the playoffs this year, chances are good that next year would have been the year we got our asses kicked.

I don't see how we make it out of the first round next year. Hopefully we can win a game or two, but the result isn't going to be that much different than last year.

 

[theNBAnerd]

I don't see how we make it out of the first round next year. Hopefully we can win a game or two, but the result isn't going to be that much different than last year.

well my point is that if we are X years away from contending right now, we would be X+1 years away had we not gotten to that point this year.

 

[The Midnight]

Chad Ford: Fear not, Jazz fans. GM Kevin O'Connor is exploring ways to move up in the draft. They have the Warriors' pick in 2013 (top-six-protected) and veterans like Paul Millsap, Al Jefferson and Devin Harris, and they might even be willing to add another young player (as long as you don't ask for Derrick Favors or Enes Kanter).

The question is, how high can they go? Their presumed target is Weber State's Lillard. They need a point guard and know him better than any team in the league. But if they could get higher and get an even better prospect, they would. They like Beal and Kidd-Gilchrist a lot, too.

https://insider.espn.go.com/nba/blog/_/name/nba_draft/id/8101352/2012-nba-draft-draft-nears-trades-shuffle-top-picks

....... I still have the fear though.