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Jazz4ever said:
I would agree.
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Me too.

And I'm really ok with Vonleh or Exum. Or Embiid, of course, if he falls.

Exum gives us a very nice guard rotation. Between Burks and Exum, they can handle the PG duties when Burke is out. This shifts Hayward to SF full-time. And less is more in terms of Hayward being relied upon less as a ballhandler and more as a shooter.

If we get Vonleh? There are enough minutes at the 4 for him to play behind Kanter. He's not ready to be a starter, so give him (and Gobert) 18 mins each when both Favors and Kanter are healthy and not in foul trouble. Sure, this means zero minutes for Evans. But at some point we have to upgrade.
 
Core4 said:
Me too.

And I'm really ok with Vonleh or Exum. Or Embiid, of course, if he falls.

Exum gives us a very nice guard rotation. Between Burks and Exum, they can handle the PG duties when Burke is out. This shifts Hayward to SF full-time. And less is more in terms of Hayward being relied upon less as a ballhandler and more as a shooter.

If we get Vonleh? There are enough minutes at the 4 for him to play behind Kanter. He's not ready to be a starter, so give him (and Gobert) 18 mins each when both Favors and Kanter are healthy and not in foul trouble. Sure, this means zero minutes for Evans. But at some point we have to upgrade.
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If we get any of vonleh, exum or embiid and they don't play a bunch of minutes, the jazz are idiots. These guys need to be playing. None of them say out a year of college like kanter. If we want a star, we need to get them playing time.
 
Here's the latest on Embiid from Bill Simmons:

Q: Wait … what? You watched Joel Embiid work out last week?

A: Yes — at a secret location in Santa Monica. He wasn’t playing against anyone, just going through a two-hour workout with Will Perdue. Here’s what I can tell you: He moves around as effortlessly as a 7-foot Serge Ibaka; he’s such an athletic freak that he’s one of those “still going up as he’s finishing the dunk” guys; his freakish wingspan might make Jay Bilas pass out; he has been playing basketball for only four years (which seems impossible); he gave up a world-class volleyball career; he has 3-point range; he can shoot jump-hooks with both hands already; he couldn’t have seemed more coachable/agreeable/likable; he’s a hard worker with a goofy sense of humor; his voice is just a touch Mutombo-y (deep with a heavy African accent); and his friends call him “Jo-Jo.” And again — his back seemed totally fine.

News flash: As I said on TV before the lottery, Embiid was always going first. None of these teams was passing on him. Repeat: none of them. The amount of smokescreening going on in April and May was high comedy. We keep hearing his back is really screwed up, this could be another Oden situation … Just stop it. This was like sitting at a fantasy football auction next to someone who kept claiming that he wasn’t going to pay big money for a QB … and then, two hours later, he’s bidding $49 for Aaron Rodgers. The truth is, Wiggins and Parker never separated themselves enough this season to warrant anyone saying, “We’re passing on a potential franchise center with a good chance of becoming the 7-foot Serge Ibaka.”
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I wonder if that changes our chance at the top #4?
 
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