I almost think it's less important Ace becomes a star and more Ace becomes elite defensively. If he's just a really good off-ball scorer but can defend the other teams best player, I'm very pleased. Keyonte is our star.
Game Thread Dec 18, 2025 07:00PM MT: Los Angeles Lakers @ Utah Jazz
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Thee Jazz Fan
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No but he can make an offense less efficient to some degree
Just curious, why?
A future stronger Ace? Also I find it odd that Cody coming off his best game in ages didn’t play last night.
Thee Jazz Fan
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Felt like Brice found his shot last night. Hopefully he builds off of last nights shooting performance.
Gilbert thinks the NBA is going to rig lottery to get AJ to Utah
Said something similar about his game before the draft. He’s kind of like McDaniels in the sense that he was a bucket getter in college, but in the NBA his real role is as a defender and maybe the offense stuff materializes later in his career.
Thee Jazz Fan
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I have a theory that if the nba is or has rigged the lotto in the past that they will let Utah keep its pick as
Yes we made an entire thread about that
Thee Jazz Fan
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I haven’t paid much attention to that thread sorry.
Youve posted in it
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His dad’s name is Ace? So when (not if) we get AJ we’ll have a pair of aces!