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orangello said:
I just saw this and thought other might find this interesting.

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These dudes have been out in Spicoli's van.
 
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silesian said:
We should trade our first round pick for Steve Novak to back up Favors at the 4.

In other words, I don't think it is as simple as you make it out to be. I'd go with average defender/ top 20% shooter.
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Well said with a good example. Gobert can't make up entirely for a poor player on one end of the court. Look how much our defense improved by substitute Dante and Rudy for Trey and Enes. Put in a weak defender to gain shooting and our defensive ranking will fall drastically. A team is as good as their weakest link. If Utah has a poor perimeter defender, it puts everyone else in scramble mode trying to help/cover. And that is very easy to exploit. Rudy can be pulled away from the basket and largely negated.
 
mellow said:
Why is the guy on the right wearing a belt buckle with a lakers "L" and the Roman numeral V....does he know the Lakers will select him with the fifth pick?
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Nice catch. I usually wait to see who the Lakers draft before I start hating players, but I'm going to start hating Winslow now. Hope he goes somewhere crappy.
 
silesian said:
We should trade our first round pick for Steve Novak to back up Favors at the 4.

In other words, I don't think it is as simple as you make it out to be. I'd go with average defender/ top 20% shooter.
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Ok, I think I get what you are saying. We should trade our 1st round pick for Paul Millsap's little brother. Oh wait, we already have that guy. I guess we should try and draft a player just like Lilsap. Funny how some people want to try and make this out to be more complicated than it is. Utah's biggest need is shooting. That doesn't mean we need Steve Smurfing Novak, but we sure as hell shouldn't be targeting defensive specialists who are limited offensively.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
Ok, I think I get what you are saying. We should trade our 1st round pick for Paul Millsap's little brother. Oh wait, we already have that guy. I guess we should try and draft a player just like Lilsap. Funny how some people want to try and make this out to be more complicated than it is. Utah's biggest need is shooting. That doesn't mean we need Steve Smurfing Novak, but we sure as hell shouldn't be targeting defensive specialists who are limited offensively.
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Enjoy the argument with yourself because no on here is advocating for a defensive-only specialist.


My argument is a more nuanced about possible offensive-defensive tradeoffs: if all you get is shooting you risk undermining the goal to be an elite defensive team.


I know you are having trouble with the nuance, as indicated by your "it is all about the shooting, stupid" earlier post. Which is why I gave you the Novak example.


And why I am advocating for a top 20% shooter and average+ defender.


If you think that is too complicated, then..... well...... I'll say no more and say "good day to you, kind sir"
 
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