The Fresh Prince
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I doubt we'd tank in 92 to get Shaq though.
Name a player that wouldve won Stockton & Malone rings.
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gomretat
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In retrospect that makes sense but Dominque had been clear that he didnt want to play in Utah and the Jazz were just trying to survive.
Thee Jazz Fan
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Didn’t the jazz want to play him at pf?
Buggs Bunny
The Fresh Prince
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Marcus Camby in 97.
Mitch Richmond in 97.
Championship.
Mitch Richmond in 97.
Championship.
The Fresh Prince
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Imagine either...
Camby
Malone
Russell
Richmond
Stockton
Or
Camby
Malone
Russell
Houston
Stockton
LHM wouldn't put talent around S&M. Even without that talent we still had two amazing runs in 97 & 98.
Camby
Malone
Russell
Richmond
Stockton
Or
Camby
Malone
Russell
Houston
Stockton
LHM wouldn't put talent around S&M. Even without that talent we still had two amazing runs in 97 & 98.
gomretat
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LHM is the reason the Jazz are in Utah and he took enormous personal risk in doing so. I would have loved to have gotten more talent but I cant fault him in anyway for how he chose to spend his money.
The Fresh Prince
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Also, Allan Houston looked up to Darrell Griffith growing up. We missed a big opportunity to land "the man" to put beside Stockton and Malone.
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Miggs
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Camby was on his rookie three year deal that didn’t expire til 1998. We couldn’t have gotten him. We didn’t have the assets.
Richmond’s deal didn’t expire til 1998 either. He might’ve been possible to trade for had we included a couple 1sts.
seattlejazzfan
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meh, allan houston wasn't much better than hornacek - if at all. Houston back then was about a 15-18 ppg guy, but his TS% in 97 and 98 was abysmal. low .500s. Jeff Hornacek was about 12-14 ppg but his TS% for back then was pretty elite in the high .500s. there was no contest in terms of efficiency. Houston, i think one could argue was better defensively, but he was no world beater on that end either. Hornacek was the far superior passer/playmaker.
yeah, the more i look at it and think about it, Hornacek was absolutely a better player. the only thing Houston had on Horny was maybe defense, but again, not by much. if we can't choose stars from back then - give me an elite wing defender like Eddie Jones, Ron Harper, Aaron McKie - somebody who could at least make things tough on MJ.
yeah, the more i look at it and think about it, Hornacek was absolutely a better player. the only thing Houston had on Horny was maybe defense, but again, not by much. if we can't choose stars from back then - give me an elite wing defender like Eddie Jones, Ron Harper, Aaron McKie - somebody who could at least make things tough on MJ.