Good - decent players picked 14th pick and above

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Also: If you don't think we need a pass first PG - go look at the 2 games that Tinsley sat out and we were left with Watson/Burks running the offense. It wasn't pretty to watch. A lot of last minute chucking and bailouts.

Well, maybe the personnel has something to do with it. The first unit struggles WITH Tinsley and he's a "pass-first" PG. Any team is going to struggle with Watson...he's lost about 3 steps. Burks is learning the Point, but never expect him to be a starter at that position. We've had such illustrious pass-first guys as Palacio, Knight and Hart. How did those guys work out? And we also had Deron, who was really not a "pass-first" PG. Not unless "pass-first" can be defined as passing after a couple of fakes and 3-4 cross-overs.

In today's NBA, where fouls are called for merely breathing too hard on someone, I'm convinced the prototypical PG is someone who can get by his defender with a quick first-step, drive the lane, and have the vision to dish to a big or turn and throw it back out for a 3-pt attempt. Jazz don't need a "pass-first" PG; they just need to get away from "the throw it to Al, have him make 3 fakes, throw it back out to the "pass-first" PG who then throws it back to Al again" offense.