BluesRocker
Banned
I am of the opinion that the Jazz should go into full rebuild mode instead of trying to win now. Here's why. Al Jefferson, Raja Bell, CJ miles, Memo Okur, Devin Harris, and to some extent Paul Millsap aren't the players that are going to lead us to a championship. They are good players and could be a playoff team. But they are not going to beat any of the top teams. Maybe if our Four Young Core (Hayward, Burks, Favors, Kanter) were a little older and they were playing together. Then we would be probably pretty darn good. But I don't think any of those young guys are going to be championship ready this year or even next. I do believe Favors is going to be a beast. But it's going to take some more time. Hayward and Burks definitely have the potential to be very good too. Kanter is still a maybe for me. His athleticism is a question mark.
So what this all adds up to is. If we go for it now, we are going to be just somewhere in the middle of mediocrity hell. Good enough for the eight seed, not good enough for the lottery. I hate that place. The only way we ever win a championship is we have to get a collection of Stars to compete with the "Superteams". And the only way we do that is we have to draft them. We know they aren't coming here free agency! So what I am suggesting. We take any trade offered for the players mentioned above as so long as it involves next year’s unprotected lottery picks from crappy teams.
Here's why. Next year’s draft is loaded. Or so it seems. So by trading away some of those guys mentioned above, we will be a lottery team. So we will have our pick, GS's pick, and maybe one or two more. This could turn out to be 3-4 top ten picks next year. We want these because of the major Bird rights that come with getting those players. You are guaranteed to have them for many years depending on their deal. That's creates an environment like OKC where the players don't feel they need to leave for greener pastures because they are surrounded by talent. And they know they have a legitimate chance at a championship. And with all those top ten picks over the years it is very likely that we will have at least 2 or more superstars that will grow together and want to play together.
Also I have to point out that if best case scenario happened, we end up with 5 or 6 Superstars. Then we would be a juggernaut for a decade. This will be a key moment in Jazz history what we do here. We can be stuck in the middle forever or finally be a Championship team. The Stars could be aligning here for us folks. Let's hope Jazz Brass make the right decision here. And if the plan fails then well it's better to be in the lottery for a few years with the chance of landing the next transcendent player. Rather than never getting the chance to get the Guy! We will never win a championship without one. That's just the way the NBA works.
So what this all adds up to is. If we go for it now, we are going to be just somewhere in the middle of mediocrity hell. Good enough for the eight seed, not good enough for the lottery. I hate that place. The only way we ever win a championship is we have to get a collection of Stars to compete with the "Superteams". And the only way we do that is we have to draft them. We know they aren't coming here free agency! So what I am suggesting. We take any trade offered for the players mentioned above as so long as it involves next year’s unprotected lottery picks from crappy teams.
Here's why. Next year’s draft is loaded. Or so it seems. So by trading away some of those guys mentioned above, we will be a lottery team. So we will have our pick, GS's pick, and maybe one or two more. This could turn out to be 3-4 top ten picks next year. We want these because of the major Bird rights that come with getting those players. You are guaranteed to have them for many years depending on their deal. That's creates an environment like OKC where the players don't feel they need to leave for greener pastures because they are surrounded by talent. And they know they have a legitimate chance at a championship. And with all those top ten picks over the years it is very likely that we will have at least 2 or more superstars that will grow together and want to play together.
Also I have to point out that if best case scenario happened, we end up with 5 or 6 Superstars. Then we would be a juggernaut for a decade. This will be a key moment in Jazz history what we do here. We can be stuck in the middle forever or finally be a Championship team. The Stars could be aligning here for us folks. Let's hope Jazz Brass make the right decision here. And if the plan fails then well it's better to be in the lottery for a few years with the chance of landing the next transcendent player. Rather than never getting the chance to get the Guy! We will never win a championship without one. That's just the way the NBA works.
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