freakazoid
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I believe KOC (or someone else) said something about the Jazz being at a crossroads.
Everytime I hear the crossroads cliche', I can only think of one thing : Crossroads = deadend.
Hope to God I'm wrong.
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I believe KOC (or someone else) said something about the Jazz being at a crossroads.
Everytime I hear the crossroads cliche', I can only think of one thing : Crossroads = deadend.
Hope to God I'm wrong.
KOC built this team around D.Will, AK, Boozer and Okur. The rest of the team were just rotation players.
Boozer wasn't worth re-upping for five years or whatever.
Okur got injured and hasn't come back.
AK is the same on-again, off-again facilitator-type player he's always been.
Plus, this team never really got past the 2nd round when everyone was playing well.
And so the team, the way KOC designed it, is having a transition year (...at a "crossroads") right when D.Will is entering his prime. D.Will knows it, so maybe he's not competing as hard as he could.
Al Jefferson was a good get. Millsap and Miles are decent young rotation players, but the Jazz are somewhat in the middle of a rebuild.
The Jazz could have kept Wes Matthews, Korver, or Brewer and been a slightly better team than they are now, but they weren't really a contender, and it seems the Jazz are trying to build a new identity for the team. None of those players were all that critical to the bigger picture.
The Jazz really need to make a roster move. They need a legit 2-guard to team with D.Will and Jefferson. They need AK's albatross contract to clear, and they can complete the process of building a team that makes sense.
Boozer wasn't worth re-upping for five years or whatever.
Okur got injured and hasn't come back.
AK is the same on-again, off-again facilitator-type player he's always been.
Plus, this team never really got past the 2nd round when everyone was playing well.
And so the team, the way KOC designed it, is having a transition year (...at a "crossroads") right when D.Will is entering his prime. D.Will knows it, so maybe he's not competing as hard as he could.
Al Jefferson was a good get. Millsap and Miles are decent young rotation players, but the Jazz are somewhat in the middle of a rebuild.
The Jazz could have kept Wes Matthews, Korver, or Brewer and been a slightly better team than they are now, but they weren't really a contender, and it seems the Jazz are trying to build a new identity for the team. None of those players were all that critical to the bigger picture.
The Jazz really need to make a roster move. They need a legit 2-guard to team with D.Will and Jefferson. They need AK's albatross contract to clear, and they can complete the process of building a team that makes sense.
freakazoid
Well-Known Member
Pretty good assessment, overall.
Disagreements =
Boozer was a damn stud. Our defense is worse without him, but now we are almost worst in the league at rebounding. HUGE F -UP.
AK is one of the only reasons we are winning games this year.
Memo's contract is a bigger detraction.
freakazoid
Well-Known Member
I'm not doing the math, but Korver and Mathews = star player.
Brewer doesn't count. He got injured the first game after he got traded, and would've brought more than Wesly Mathews.
Meanwhile, Karl Malone can kiss my ***.
Malone could have taken less money from Larry, in order to get another high profile player.
Instead, he yapped about liking the rain.
Dear Karl, I still love you, but I hope you like the rain in OKC.
P.S. Kiss my ***
(I support Deron)
No doubt Boozer is a top rebounder. Rebounding was really his best contribution, and not having him hurts this year. The Jazz can make it up though if they play Al Jefferson at PF and bring in a real center to focus on rebounding and guarding the paint. I think the drop-off is at the PF position due to Millsap not being able to box out bigger players.
If Millsap struggles defensively against bigger PFs and can't clean the glass, he should be coming off the bench. Unfortunately, the Jazz need him as a shooter on offense, since we have so few, so that leaves our rebounding up-front a bit thin.
I agree that AK is a good player to have. He's that Bobby Jones-type player that complements everyone else and can be an X-factor. The problem is that he's getting paid twice what he should be getting paid, and for a small-market team like the Jazz, there just isn't the extra cash available to field a complete team. Imagine having an extra $9M available from AK's contract, plus Raja's $3M, to sign an impact 2-guard. I'm sure the Jazz wouldn't have settled for signing Raja if we had the money to sign a more dynamic player.
Yes, Okur is now a lame duck. It may take him the rest of the year just to get in shape.
If Millsap struggles defensively against bigger PFs and can't clean the glass, he should be coming off the bench. Unfortunately, the Jazz need him as a shooter on offense, since we have so few, so that leaves our rebounding up-front a bit thin.
I agree that AK is a good player to have. He's that Bobby Jones-type player that complements everyone else and can be an X-factor. The problem is that he's getting paid twice what he should be getting paid, and for a small-market team like the Jazz, there just isn't the extra cash available to field a complete team. Imagine having an extra $9M available from AK's contract, plus Raja's $3M, to sign an impact 2-guard. I'm sure the Jazz wouldn't have settled for signing Raja if we had the money to sign a more dynamic player.
Yes, Okur is now a lame duck. It may take him the rest of the year just to get in shape.
Lost_Jazz_Fan
Member
Of course he's a liar, it's all part of Deron's big plan to throw the whole season down the drain. Everybody knows that, the guys up at ESPN said so!
