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LogGrad98 said:
And again the front office has no clue what our needs are.

I'm assuming they are letting Mike walk. Hopefully flipping favors and Niang (or whatever else) to address our actual needs. Maybe one day, after Mitchell leaves maybe, they will recognize we need a strong perimeter defender who can hang with the glut of big wings that now dominate the NBA. One of which, of course, we do not have.
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You don’t meet your most pressing current needs in the draft. This is a guy that can play a few minutes now… fill in for 3-4 of our guys if there are injuries and can grow into a role that allows you to move a high salaried guy or replace a guy who gets old.

Tonight was a good night. Let’s see what happens in FA… we have holes still but took a half step forward. Only good vibes for now.
 
LogGrad98 said:
And again the front office has no clue what our needs are.

I'm assuming they are letting Mike walk. Hopefully flipping favors and Niang (or whatever else) to address our actual needs. Maybe one day, after Mitchell leaves maybe, they will recognize we need a strong perimeter defender who can hang with the glut of big wings that now dominate the NBA. One of which, of course, we do not have.
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What quality length and athleticism was left when we drafted? Did you want to draft Herb Jones at 30? The two guys originally in our range, Duarte and Murphy, catapulted up the board because everyone is looking for that.

We are looking for the same thing everyone else is looking for. Backup PG was also a need, and Butler fills that. Backup PG was a need we could realistically fill in the draft, and we drafted a playable guy that can do that.
 
I was happy with what the Jazz did, I’m not sure they could have done better. They got Butler, got 2 extra 2nds, and also saved around $3-5 million off their roster bill by making the trade and taking him at 40 instead of 30. JZ did a great job IMO.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
You don’t meet your most pressing current needs in the draft. This is a guy that can play a few minutes now… fill in for 3-4 of our guys if there are injuries and can grow into a role that allows you to move a high salaried guy or replace a guy who gets old.

Tonight was a good night. Let’s see what happens in FA… we have holes still but took a half step forward. Only good vibes for now.
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Yeah especially if you don't even try.
 
LogGrad98 said:
And again the front office has no clue what our needs are.

I'm assuming they are letting Mike walk. Hopefully flipping favors and Niang (or whatever else) to address our actual needs. Maybe one day, after Mitchell leaves maybe, they will recognize we need a strong perimeter defender who can hang with the glut of big wings that now dominate the NBA. One of which, of course, we do not have.
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This was actually a great pick and move.
 
Shad said:
We're back to drafting point guards after a random center pick last year.
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We need a viable backup point guard, especially if Joe is going to be traded. Long defensive wings, as well as some more minutes at PG for when Mike is out, or to lessen his minutes. They did fine, and picked up a couple 2nd round picks they can throw into trades.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Yeah especially if you don't even try.
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The Jazz drafted a playable player. Got 2 extra 2nd round picks, and saved around $4 million dollars by drafting him where they did. Who would you have proposed they draft to fix the defensive wing issues? Because I’m gonna say this draft went just fine and a lot better than last years. Zanick saved 4 million and got 2, 2nd round picks just to draft the guy they wanted at 30, at 40. By the way, his defense is also pretty decent.
 
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