Jazz Offseason Plan
- Thread starter Avery
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That's an interesting thought. If true, that Favors trade was a MUCH bigger deal than I originally thought. I'll do some research on it.
This would delay the Jazz falling into Repeater territory. Good move if true.
A few guys to keep an eye on for the Jazz as trade possibilities: Nance, Portis, Markannen
Answer on this one appears to be NO unfortunately:
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Nope… not how it works. Tax is determined and snapshot is taken towards the end of the year.
Why are we focusing on bigs again? We need a long defensive wing more than any big. In previous years everybody was drooling over Otto Porter. Why not try him now when his value is actually at its lowest? I wanted Batum last year, now he might actually be expensive... but he is another one we should be looking at with our MLE. Who else?
The Jazz have several guys who can play at the 3 and almost no one who can play at the 4. If the Jazz can bring in a tough, two-way 4/5, that lets Royce play at the 3. If there's a compelling two-way player on the wing, then fine, but I don't think OPJ is it.
From what I saw last year, OPJ's injuries have rendered him a shell of his former self. Bulls were a playoff-competitive team, and OPJ was just coasting.
IMO, we should play small when Gobert sits. Just go all skill and shooting. We haven't been able to address the defense when Gobert is off the floor for ages. Just try something different - try a completely different scheme whenever Gobert is off the floor... it might actually help you in the playoffs when teams actually force you to guard 5 out. Maybe our perimeter defenders would actually take some responsibility and ownership of their performance if they are not relying on the centers to cover all their mistakes and lackadasical effort all the time.
If you had to choose a player in the NBA who's body has betrayed him to such an extent that he'll never be able to be a productive player again, Porter is on the shortlist (unlike Batum last year). He'd come as a major gamble. Not sure the Jazz feel like they can roll those dice.
That's the thing... he's not old. It's very similar to the Batum thing from last year. Everybody was pointing to his performance when he was injured. Well, yes... injured players can be expected to not play well. Just get him in for a visit and a physical and lets see if he is in a better place now.
I'm not as obsessed with 5 out as most, but I very much agree with changing the defensive habits. We can't have 4 guys play like statues and depend on the C to guard everything. If Quin doesn't change our defensive principles it doesn't matter who we have on the court.