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Primary objectives for the Utah Jazz in 2014-15

in no order:

- Teach all players how to pass and get the team good looks at the basket
- Figure out what kind of player Kanter is going to be, and trade him if he won't be able to be a starter on a contending team
- Develop Exum to the maximum extent possible
- Teach Burke how to play more up tempo and take good shots
- Grab a vet or two with playoff experience who can teach the young guys what it takes to win
- Hold guys accountable for not playing defense (effort-wise and also scheme-wise), benching if necessary
- Get a shooting coach to help the jump shots
- Have fun, for the players and also the fans
 
Most of this is re-hash.

1) Player development--This comes with the youth getting minutes. Burke, Burks and Favors should all be getting around 32 minutes a game. Exum should be damn close to that but his early season minutes may skew the overall average down a bit. Kanter is an enigma to me and I'd like to say should get 30 minutes but if his defense is awful, sit him. Gobert should receive solid burn. At least 16 minutes a night imo. In short, Quin's forte is developing the youth. I want to see this, most notably tbh in Exum (obviously) and Favors who's done okay but has a high ceiling and is a guy who doesn't seem like much of a self-starter and therefore needs good teaching and coaching.
2) A well-defined system on both ends of the court--On defense, guys need to work hard, rotate quickly, be responsible, and also held accountable. Quin can be strict without being disliked. On offense, I want to see some semblance of what the Spurs do with passing, driving, kicking, passing, shooting, and more passing. In short, team basketball. This may take some time but progress is key.
3) An insanely high competitive spirit. I can't stand watching Hayward aw shucks it around, looking at the floor like someone just ran over his dog, or Burke get whiny. Be leaders, stick together, challenge each other, have each others backs like a team should, and by God, play like it's the last day of your life. With this, a few more wins should come.
 
Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team - no one more important that the other.
 
colton said:
in no order:

- Teach all players how to pass and get the team good looks at the basket
- Figure out what kind of player Kanter is going to be, and trade him if he won't be able to be a starter on a contending team
- Develop Exum to the maximum extent possible
- Teach Burke how to play more up tempo and take good shots
- Grab a vet or two with playoff experience who can teach the young guys what it takes to win
- Hold guys accountable for not playing defense (effort-wise and also scheme-wise), benching if necessary
- Get a shooting coach to help the jump shots
- Have fun, for the players and also the fans
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Perfect list. I like the part about "having fun". The worst thing about being a Jazz Fan last year was not the losing, it was just watching poorly executed, selfish, slow basketball.
 
Develop? Good luck with that plan. Jazz need to tank and nothing else outside Exum fulfilling his sales pitch really matters.
 
priorities in order:

1. Significant minutes for Burks, Kanter and Trey. so we have final verdict about: a. how they perform individually b. how they fit together, which backcourts/frontcourts work best.
2. Develop Dante, develop youth.
3. Be a top-20 team defensively.
4. Build team identity and chemistry.
 
franklin said:
Develop? Good luck with that plan. Jazz need to tank and nothing else outside Exum fulfilling his sales pitch really matters.
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Bull poop they need to tank. They did that already. They need to start to build their team and win. If you continue to tank every season, sure, you will get high draft picks, but, eventually, the fans will become fed up with being terrible and the team will become insolvent. You will become the Sacramento Kings/Detroit Pistons/insert long-time terrible franchise here.
 
franklin said:
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NBA Comparison: Al Jefferson :o

Know it bro... Its deep in us, we all want him Back :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ntKgLxgY9s




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Rebuilds take a few years and DL keeps saying that he won' skip steps. We've all been trained for a team to go for it and try for every FA. DL knows what he is doing and if our teams wins 10 to 15 more games next year, it will be a success. The number one thing I am looking for is Quin's style of play. If we can play up tempo with good team defense, all the pain we suffered from Ty will be worth it...maybe.
 
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