Hard Willy, please give the Keyonte, Ace, Taylor, Lauri, Kessler starting lineup a chance and a long leash.

[JazzFever]

You try the various combos in preseason- but honestly I would be shocked if coach doesn’t include Key regardless of what’s happens on the court. He has consistently believed in him above and beyond what he has shown in games and singled him out for more praise and less criticism vs his other players.

The only question for me is whether he places him at PG or SG. Right now with the lack of noise re Colier improving his 3, I’d say it’s Key at PG and then you have to decide whether you’re doing Brice/Ace or Ace/Taylor- D focus or O focus basically.

I’d favor Taylor right now since his O is better than Brice’s D.

My biggest takeaway though, is that we may have ‘hit’ at a much higher rate than we have any right to, and that is why the Lauri trade background noises have pumped up again. So many young quality swing players have basically made Lauri a luxury good - he’s just older enough that he isn’t really in the sweet spot for our age ranges and we may be too good to keep our pick.

Just don’t know who wants him that has the goods to trade for him- San Antonio seems the no brainer, but they haven’t seemed to show the interest I’d expect.

 

[fishonjazz]

My biggest takeaway though, is that we may have ‘hit’ at a much higher rate than we have any right to, and that is why the Lauri trade background noises have pumped up again. So many young quality swing players have basically made Lauri a luxury good - he’s just older enough that he isn’t really in the sweet spot for our age ranges and we may be too good to keep our pick.

Just don’t know who wants him that has the goods to trade for him- San Antonio seems the no brainer, but they haven’t seemed to show the interest I’d expect.

Also, when we get AJ Dybantsa next year we could slide him into the 4 spot to replace Lauri. Or put Hendricks at the 4 and AJ at the 3.