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Handlogten's Heros said:
Vando is fine... but he's a 25-30 minute a night big with no real offensive skill. Sexton is an efficient volume scorer... he did it on horrible teams... but he was really young and his teammates weren't good. It may seem like empty calories but that 25 a night he puts up efficiently is still more important to winning games imo.

Listening to the type of worker Sexton is (he has some of those Jimmy Butler dribbling in his hotel room stories) I feel confident that whatever Sexton's ceiling is as a player he will reach it. Not sure he will become a great playmaker but he will give it a great try when asked.
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He's a Sexton worker, for sure.
 
Darkhorse starting lineup -- Sexton, Conley, Nickeil, Markkanen, Olynyk. First substitution is Beasley or Clarkson for Conley.

Rationale: Depending on how Agbaji develops, Nickeil may be the Jazz's best 3D wing at the moment. He's a switchable defender, a secondary creator, and should be an adequate spot-up shooter on the floor with three other guys who are going to be demanding the ball and demanding shots. In other words, Nickeil can be a glue guy in a lineup that lacks switchable size and ball movement. This lineup also enables the Jazz to play 5 out, whereas Vanderbilt is a non-scorer whom I think will probably come off the bench (a la Brandon Clarke).
 
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Handlogten's Heros said:
Vando is fine... but he's a 25-30 minute a night big with no real offensive skill.
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I completely disagree with this. He’s a good passer gets his team extra possessions off the offensive glass and knows what to do with the ball. The offense IMO will be better with him in the game. He’s a good passer, and always seems to make the right play.
 
starting lineup to begin the season with be
Conley
Sexton
Vando
Markkanen
Olynyk

just a horrendous defensive lineup (which is good!) even with Vando in there. there is a chance beasley starts at the 3, in which case it's pretty much the worst defensive starting linuep in the history of the league - which would also be cool.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
starting lineup to begin the season with be
Conley
Sexton
Vando
Markkanen
Olynyk

just a horrendous defensive lineup (which is good!) even with Vando in there. there is a chance beasley starts at the 3, in which case it's pretty much the worst defensive starting linuep in the history of the league - which would also be cool.
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I think the Jazz are going play with two basic philosophies: 1) space the floor and let their veteran guards create in space, or 2) switch 1 -4 or 1 - 5 on defense. Vanderbilt fits the latter concept, but not so much the former, since Conley and Sexton will be running into his defender. A switch 1 - 5 lineup would have THT, NAW, Agbagi, Vanderbilt and maybe Lauri or Fontecchio to score the ball.

Jazz will lose games because their team defense will be average at best, and Sexton and Lauri probably aren't good enough to close out teams on their own.
 
Conley (dangling)
Sexton (promise)
Fontecchio (promise)
Markkanen (just should)
Vando (pairs well with Markkanen)

Conley is the quick sub, plays with KO and they pick n pop. Conley sits on b2b's+. In that case:

Sexton
Beasley
Fontecchio
Markannen
Vando
 
no chance conley doesn't start. conley and sexton are guaranteed starters, with markkanen probably the next closest. the other two spots could go any number of directions.
 
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