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Mike Conley for Chris Paul?

Mike Conley for Chris Paul?

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In my opinion, it's way too early to be debating this. Bring this thread back up if we need to in mid December.

Did you see the players' reaction when he caught fire against the Clippers the first game against them? Everybody went nuts. Conley is popular in the lockerroom and community. It's in our team's best interest to support him and not bail on him especially this early in his tenure.

Don't. Be. That. Fan.
 
Release the Kraken said:
Totally different situation for sure. Kawhi was a one and done and so was Danny Green - can you even imagine the push-back if they hadn't won a championship. They gave up their best player in Derozan a fabulous young center in Poeltl and a first round pick for a one year rental on a player that stipulated he would not play every game. And look at what the Lakers gambled to get AD for one solid year and the second on a player option. I know some of you think we made a mistake based on an infinitesimally small sample size which is not representative of his statistical averages, but even if that's the case, our exposure is not that bad, particularly when you take into account the guys that signed ridiculously meager deals to come play with him here. We're far from going all in like Toronto and particularly LA did. A career ending injury, our insurance kicks in, LA is back at square one minus Wagner, Ingram, Ball and Hart.
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Can you imagine having a league's top 5 player putting on the Jazz Jersey? Just that image alone is worth the gamble.

Conley, on the other hand, isn't even the League's top 5 PG....
 
These are the facts....and they are INDISPUTABLE! 1) We were improving the last 2, 3 years, playing together and staying together makes for winning basketball if your using a system that everyone is buying into, which they were! 2) We were absolutely SHATTERING all NBA dunk records and that without showboating or trying to make ESPN highlight film every night! We were breaking dunk records because our TEAM play was perfectly designed to create dunk and easy shots, which it did! We had more than just a handful of 30 assist game down the stretch and that would have continued this year had we kept Rubio and Favors! 3) Rather than make wholesale changes in our roster and especially our starting line up, just adding another outside 3 point shooter would have done the trick and given us 55 wins!
 
carolinajazz said:
These are the facts....and they are INDISPUTABLE! 1) We were improving the last 2, 3 years, playing together and staying together makes for winning basketball if your using a system that everyone is buying into, which they were! 2) We were absolutely SHATTERING all NBA dunk records and that without showboating or trying to make ESPN highlight film every night! We were breaking dunk records because our TEAM play was perfectly designed to create dunk and easy shots, which it did! We had more than just a handful of 30 assist game down the stretch and that would have continued this year had we kept Rubio and Favors! 3) Rather than make wholesale changes in our roster and especially our starting line up, just adding another outside 3 point shooter would have done the trick and given us 55 wins!
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Well the thing is, Conley is way too expansive just for a 3pt shooter...
 
I’ll be patient til about early to mid-January. If he can’t get acclimated by then, he’s the issue. There are too many examples of multiple players going to a new team and that team being HIGHLY successful immediately.

For a vet with an apparent high basketball iq, the system and players are something he should be able to get used to quite quickly.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Paul would struggle just like Conley is now. It's a big system adjustment. Just have patience.
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This also bojan first exposure to the jazz system.

Conley looked good in the system in that Kings home game.

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carolinajazz said:
These are the facts....and they are INDISPUTABLE! 1) We were improving the last 2, 3 years, playing together and staying together makes for winning basketball if your using a system that everyone is buying into, which they were! 2) We were absolutely SHATTERING all NBA dunk records and that without showboating or trying to make ESPN highlight film every night! We were breaking dunk records because our TEAM play was perfectly designed to create dunk and easy shots, which it did! We had more than just a handful of 30 assist game down the stretch and that would have continued this year had we kept Rubio and Favors! 3) Rather than make wholesale changes in our roster and especially our starting line up, just adding another outside 3 point shooter would have done the trick and given us 55 wins!
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Kawhi bringing a championship to Toronto, combined with Kevin Durant tearing his achilles, fueled the fire for DL to go for it all. I can't fault him for it, there is an open window, but Conley was not the right horse for us.
 
For everyone wondering ‘what-if’ on all the other off-season possibilities, I wonder how they would be feeling now if we tried to execute those ‘other’ plans and walked out of the offseason with a Harrison Barnes overpay.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
I’ll be patient til about early to mid-January. If he can’t get acclimated by then, he’s the issue. There are too many examples of multiple players going to a new team and that team being HIGHLY successful immediately.

For a vet with an apparent high basketball iq, the system and players are something he should be able to get used to quite quickly.
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I'm starting to think this is an old dog new tricks kind of thing.
 
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