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Jazz front runner for Conley

infection said:
I so wanted Brand that year. Wanted to replicate Stockton and Malone with López and Brand. I also loved that Brand was an inside-only guy. As Karl’s game kept moving more to the midrange as he aged, I was dying for someone who just took it inside.

Was really hoping for López / Stevenson? / Kirilenko / Brand / Borchardt.

I saw Borchardt being a Raef LaFrentz, opening the floor for an inside guy. Alas...
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Borchardt didn't suck, he was just injured. He was a "swing for the fences" pick, but could never get over the injuries.
 
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framer said:
Borchardt didn't suck, he was just injured. He was a "swing for the fences" pick, but could never get over the injuries.
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I’m not certain Borchardt was a swing for the fences guy. I think he was the obvious choice. He was supposed to go like top 8 in most mocks. I was excited about him. Neither he nor López had bodies that held up in the NBA, though. Borchardt’s game also a bit ahead of its time. I remember people finding PFs and centers who shot threes to be a novelty at the time.
 
infection said:
I’m not certain Borchardt was a swing for the fences guy. I think he was the obvious choice. He was supposed to go like top 8 in most mocks. I was excited about him. Neither he nor López had bodies that held up in the NBA, though. Borchardt’s game also a bit ahead of its time. I remember people finding PFs and centers who shot threes to be a novelty at the time.
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He fell because of his medical history. A lot of teams passed on him because of that. We took a chance that he would recover completely. It didn't work out.
 
I am now at the point that our current offer for Conley is our offer. I'm willing to pay that to get him. I wouldn't add anything more though. With all of the craziness going on, I now think we could get someone in free agency or another trade that will make us better. I like Conley, but not "future first" love him.
 
framer said:
I am now at the point that our current offer for Conley is our offer. I'm willing to pay that to get him. I wouldn't add anything more though. With all of the craziness going on, I now think we could get someone in free agency or another trade that will make us better. I like Conley, but not "future first" love him.
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Right now Stein is reporting that we're offering two firsts for him. I agree that's too much and I'd rather go after guys in free agency
 
framer said:
I am now at the point that our current offer for Conley is our offer. I'm willing to pay that to get him. I wouldn't add anything more though. With all of the craziness going on, I now think we could get someone in free agency or another trade that will make us better. I like Conley, but not "future first" love him.
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I think it depends. If we think Conley is our guy, then so be it. However, if assumption is true that Exum was a sticking point, we’ll that looks really bad in hindsight. If we didn’t end up ponying up more, it’s possible people look back thinking we should have, in hindsight, when instead we end up with Love. These are the kinds of things that I say the pathway of least resistance leads to Love. We’ll test that hypothesis.
 
David Stern said:
Right now Stein is reporting that we're offering two firsts for him. I agree that's too much and I'd rather go after guys in free agency
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I forget who it was, maybe Locke or Tony Jones, but a few days ago they said that they think it would be pick 23 and a future protected first that probably turns into 2 2nds.
 
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