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I Think It Looks Really Bad for Next Year

Stein's write-up on the jazz in this week's power rankings:

Pretty much everyone significant who was allowed to leave the Jazz last summer -- Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap and, most notably, Jeff Hornacek -- is flourishing with their new teams. Instinct tells me this is not a development that has escaped the attention of the die-hards in SLC.
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[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];790143 said:
Stein's write-up on the jazz in this week's power rankings:
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That kinds of leaves me with a pitt in my stomach. What is we resigned Al, Sap and Mo and fired Ty and made Jeff the coach.
 
This.

I've seen a lot of growth from our core players this year, which makes me extremely excited for the future. I never expected Hayward to be a #1 option, and I don't think our FO did either, but the experience he gained this year will make him that much more of a threat when we do somehow land our #1.

Burks is unquestionably a very good NBA caliber starter now.

Kanter's defense has slowly gotten better as his rebounding has returned. Now he needs to get his shot to come back (think that has something to do with huge bruise on arm from LAC game). An offseason of training with Malone, possibly Memo, and more p3 sessions, opposed to rehabing and being limited has me incredibly excited about this kid's potential.

Favors has learned how to pass and has gained some offensive moves.

Trey went from looking like a complete bust in Summer League to being able to finish in the paint, shoot from the outside, not turn the ball over, and somehow shoot above 50% when (even when he's been having a horrible game) in the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter. He's shown some flashes of court vision brilliance as well, which gives me hope that we may be in good hands when Hayward is no longer our primary distributor. I am excited to think of what an offseason at P3 will do for him, considering that even beefire the draft he was working out with his dad's friends instead of real trainers. Next year, he may have more quickness to actually play adequate defense.

Gobert is an insane shot blocking machine. An offseason of weight training and catching the ball in the post and on the move will do wonders for his game. Instead of having him work with Malone like Kanter and Favors, it would be awesome if the Jazz could enlist the service of Mark Eaton.

I believe Jeramy is being misused and abused at the PF position. He developed a very pretty jumper last offseason, Gordon says he can hit the 3 ball as well. In Jazz sit down meeting they should tell him they want to reposition him to SF, so he should use the offseason working on his handles, passing, and get laterally faster.


I highly doubt Ty is coming back next year.


I think that all 3 of our potential draft picks this year will be good players, and plus we'll probably have that stud Neto come over as well.

Even if our first pick only nets us Aaron Gordon at best, he might be best option for team with his top notch defense at positions 1-4. He's an incredible athlete, and a great passer, and can hit the 3 ball. His free throws are atrocious, but look how far Derrick's have come.


I am definitely optimistic for our future.
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You had me at "I highly doubt Ty is coming back next year."
 
things look good for the jazz next year;
a good player coming in from draft. (Smart for example)
Core will be there (+ Hayward / - Hayward?)
Better bench (things can only get better in that department)
and a coach,pls!
 
Beantown said:
I stand corrected, Atlanta and Charlotte should make the playoffs....the Suns...probably not.
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But considering that the Suns were widely estimated to be the worst team in the league I'd say Horny has flourished.
 
If we can find a sucker to take kanter off our roster, good.

Defense wins championships and I just don't see much of a career for Enes. He plays worse defense than boozer, memo, or Jefferson yet isn't near the offensive player.

Besides, the nba is becoming longer and quicker. I don't think he's good enough/tall enough to play center. Yet he's way too slow to be a 4.

I foresee kanter staying in the league for a while. Making a ton of money from stupid losing franchises. Much like big al and never really making any mark on the playoffs.

That's just my opinion even though I personally really like kanter and root for him.
 
We should seriously consider throwing Gobert into the fire. Give him some experience heading into next year. He and favors, whole offensively challenged, will be inconsistent offensively. Defensively, they should be able to slow down most teams and keep us in ball games.

Defense wins championships. If we can't score? Well, at least we can prevent other teams from scoring until our offense figures things out.
 
I can't understand why Gobert is not playing. He got in for 2 minutes last night Ina game the jazz were losing by twenty.

I know the freethrow shooting was an issue, was it the Clippers who played hack a Frenchman?

But the guy changes the game immediately and really impacts the flow of the other teams second unit. I am frustrated the jazz have wasted a year of development.
 
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