How much upside did you think Lillard had his sophomore year? Answer: None, because you probably hadn't heard of him.
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How much upside did you think Lillard had his sophomore year? Answer: None, because you probably hadn't heard of him.
Let's put it this way, if Burke was 2 inches taller, he'd be the top 5 pick this year.
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If I had to choose between:
1.) Keeping Millsap, resigning him for ~$10million and drafting Trey Burke
vs.
2.) Trading Millsap and a 1st-round pick for Bledsoe and Odom's contract.
I would choose Option-1 right now but that doesn't mean I think Burke will be a better player than Bledsoe. I can envision Burke potentially being a better fit w/Utah than Bledsoe but there's no doubt Bledsoe can do alot of things Burke can't just because of his ridiculous athleticism (and unlike Burke we know Bledsoe can do those things on an NBA-level). Burke may not be a "star" but if you get him in the mid-teens and he's on a Mike Conley "very solid starter&leader " level (and I think he's a better shooter/creator than Conley) I think the Jazz would still have a bright future w/out gambling on Bledsoe who has some warts in his game too.
Even if the Millsap-Bledsoe trade goes through (fwiw I doubt it will because I don't think LAC does it), you'd still have a 26-28 game sample-size to evaluate Bledsoe on Utah to help determine if you should target a young PG in June.
Man, I know alot of people like it but I really hate all these hypotheticals.
1.) Keeping Millsap, resigning him for ~$10million and drafting Trey Burke
vs.
2.) Trading Millsap and a 1st-round pick for Bledsoe and Odom's contract.
I would choose Option-1 right now but that doesn't mean I think Burke will be a better player than Bledsoe. I can envision Burke potentially being a better fit w/Utah than Bledsoe but there's no doubt Bledsoe can do alot of things Burke can't just because of his ridiculous athleticism (and unlike Burke we know Bledsoe can do those things on an NBA-level). Burke may not be a "star" but if you get him in the mid-teens and he's on a Mike Conley "very solid starter&leader " level (and I think he's a better shooter/creator than Conley) I think the Jazz would still have a bright future w/out gambling on Bledsoe who has some warts in his game too.
Even if the Millsap-Bledsoe trade goes through (fwiw I doubt it will because I don't think LAC does it), you'd still have a 26-28 game sample-size to evaluate Bledsoe on Utah to help determine if you should target a young PG in June.
Man, I know alot of people like it but I really hate all these hypotheticals.
Let's put it this way, he is Black Jesus.
University of Michigan > UK
Burke > Bledsoe
Whoever coaches at Michigan > Caterpillar Callipari
In fairness, if he was 2" smaller, he'd go undrafted.
I'd rather have Marcus Smart, but that's neither here nor there.
You still mad bout ur mom bro? I said I was sorry, and the child support has payed your college .. I know its. Ever enough, but bro.....
Survival
I'm trying to get in this argument with PKM and Cy and it's not working. We're having a hypothetical battle hypothetically.
Ahh... so that's where it's coming from.
You and me are on the same team please.