Still love/have faith in Black Jesus.
I will never waiver in my allegiance to Him.
He kind of blows though.
Still love/have faith in Black Jesus.
I will never waiver in my allegiance to Him.
He kind of blows though.
Here's one of the guys we traded for him. Wish we could hit the undo button?
https://probasketballtalk.nbcsports...-muhammads-career/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs
Unfortunately, Jazz drafted who they thought was BPA, as in Best Point Available. They were desperate to get a point guard and had to take one. To Lindsey's defense, Trey was projected by many "experts" to go higher than he did. Drafting is such an inexact science. Sometimes you draft players who were productive in college, have the right size for their positions and they turn out to be busts. Sometimes you go for production and competitiveness over size. Sometimes teams overlook players who later develop into studs even though they were very raw at draft time or did not have the ideal size or came from small schools.
I'm not too down on DL for missing on Trey. MCW hasn't been any better. Burke, I think, was a "system" pick. He fit the traditional PG model the Jazz have used (other than shooting too much). Under Quin, I don't think Utah needs another pure PG. Hayward and Burks often initiate the offense (one reason I think Alec was locked up a bit high). If/when the Jazz upgrade, I wouldn't be surprised if the new player is more of a combo guard than another true PG.
My hope after last season was that he could still turn into Mike Conley. That's off the table now. He's lacking in athleticism and isn't as good a shooter as we thought after he was drafted. I can't think of any successful starting PG's that lacked those two things. Also, I'm pretty confident we have the worst starting PG in the league right now. That pretty much says it all.
If that's the case, the guy is on the roster in Ian although he appears be glued to the bench right now.
Oh and Trey really, really sucks... Not sure what to do about it though. Exum's not ready... not sure we could get anything good from trading Trey. If you could get a late first rounder for him would you do it? Sadly, I might.
Ronnie Price is currently the starting PG for the Lakers, so while way down in the list, Burke isn't quite the worst starting PG.
Good point. I was thinking Jeremy Lin, who might be comparable to Trey.
Unfortunately, Jazz drafted who they thought was BPA, as in Best Point Available. They were desperate to get a point guard and had to take one. To Lindsey's defense, Trey was projected by many "experts" to go higher than he did. Drafting is such an inexact science. Sometimes you draft players who were productive in college, have the right size for their positions and they turn out to be busts. Sometimes you go for production and competitiveness over size. Sometimes teams overlook players who later develop into studs even though they were very raw at draft time or did not have the ideal size or came from small schools.
I'm not too down on DL for missing on Trey. MCW hasn't been any better. Burke, I think, was a "system" pick. He fit the traditional PG model the Jazz have used (other than shooting too much). Under Quin, I don't think Utah needs another pure PG. Hayward and Burks often initiate the offense (one reason I think Alec was locked up a bit high). If/when the Jazz upgrade, I wouldn't be surprised if the new player is more of a combo guard than another true PG.
Think package deals.
Trey, the #6 and the GS pick for Mudiay.
Trey and the GS pick for a veteran another team wants to unload for cap purposes.
Unlike Enes, who has great size and has already shown flashes of a good interior and good midrange game, I doubt Utah would hesitate to pull the trigger on a deal involving Trey. I don't think he has a ton of upside.
Agree it would be a tremendous upgrade, but I'd say it's 99% probable Dragic remains with Phoenix. The cap is skyrocketing in 18 months, so for any team to retain free agents this year is no big deal, even if it lands them in the tax for 1 season. Being a repeat offender is where it really hurts. Also, Phoenix signed Dragic's brother. I think that signals they're looking to re-sign him - and maybe hoping he'll give them a discount so he can continue to play with his big brother.True, but I think the Jazz have 0 interest in Mudiay. I think they will be looking to get a good vet PG in here soon and will open up the pocketbook to do it. A team of Dragic/Burks/Hayward/Favors/Gobert could be formidable. The PG spot is really holding this team back right now.
Agree it would be a tremendous upgrade, but I'd say it's 99% probable Dragic remains with Phoenix. The cap is skyrocketing in 18 months, so for any team to retain free agents this year is no big deal, even if it lands them in the tax for 1 season. Being a repeat offender is where it really hurts. Also, Phoenix signed Dragic's brother. I think that signals they're looking to re-sign him - and maybe hoping he'll give them a discount so he can continue to play with his big brother.
Utah doesn't have the cap space to go after a max or near-max free agent...unless they are willing to part ways with Enes. I just don't see them doing that.