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Sneak peek at my Jazz offseason preview

Depth charts are never perfect. I put Novak at SF instead of PF not because I expect him to play there so much, but, because we only had 2 small forwards and all ready had 3 power forwards. It was better balance to put Novak at SF. But, it's not alltogether unreasonable, Novak has spent a lot of his career playing at the SF position. If Rodney Hood went down with injury I suspect that Novak would be the best option to take those backup SF minutes.

And the Jazz LOVE Evans. Always have. What makes anyone think that Booker is going to come in here and push Evans out of the lineup? It's not like Booker is some game changing player. I don't get the hate for Evans. I've always thought he's done well when he's got minutes.
 
jazzfan1971 said:
Depth charts are never perfect. I put Novak at SF instead of PF not because I expect him to play there so much, but, because we only had 2 small forwards and all ready had 3 power forwards. It was better balance to put Novak at SF. But, it's not alltogether unreasonable, Novak has spent a lot of his career playing at the SF position. If Rodney Hood went down with injury I suspect that Novak would be the best option to take those backup SF minutes.
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My sources say that Novak used to play some point guard at teh gym with his bois. And, since the past should be used to totally disregard his present attributes, I think you should move him to backup PG just in case Trey or Dante go down.

Happy to help.

And the Jazz LOVE Evans. Always have. What makes anyone think that Booker is going to come in here and push Evans out of the lineup? It's not like Booker is some game changing player. I don't get the hate for Evans. I've always thought he's done well when he's got minutes.
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Booker will push Evans out because he's better than Evans.


any other questions?
 
Core4 said:
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You could be right. But those "key vets" you mentioned averaged 10 and 9 pts/per, easily replaced by Booker and Novak (and Hood). Jazz are NOT starting off with the 2 worst PG's in the league (Tinsley and JLIII). The top 5 scorers all return. Trey is no longer a rookie and Hayward is very likely to improve his shooting stats. Utah played nearly .500 (20-22) after their miserable start. Then the team collapsed. I say they QUIT playing for a lame-duck Ty. I DOUBT that happens under Snyder. Bench is much improved. Playoffs? No. At least 5-10 games better? Yes.
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I agree with all of this except the the fact that the team collapsed. They simply played better competition in April. We were not a .500 type of club.
 
I think Exum could see some minutes at SG, but, without listing players at multiple positions it's hard to represent in my depth chart. Right now I don't really expect to see Felix do much more than waive a towel (or maybe get waived himself?).
 
Booker is a proven solid starter on a playoff team. Evans is...a nice garbage minutes guy, maybe.
 
Thanks for the work and evaluation JF1971. Good addition to the forum imo.
 
I don't think Evans come in before Booker by any means but I'm really confused by all the Evans hate. What makes Evans so bad and Booker so good? Maybe I'm just underrating Booker?
 
MDAV28 said:
I don't think Evans come in before Booker by any means but I'm really confused by all the Evans hate. What makes Evans so bad and Booker so good? Maybe I'm just underrating Booker?
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Booker started 40 games for a playoff team last year. Good defender, good rebounder, solid offensive game. Just a solid, solid role player.
 
Additions: Quin Snyder, Dante Exum, Rodney Hood, Trevor Booker, Steve Novak, Carrick Felix

Subtractions: Ty Corbin, Marvin Williams, Richard Jefferson, John Lucas III, Eric Murphy, Malcolm Thomas

When you also factor in that the team is very young and so improvement from some of the young players is reasonable to expect, I guess I just don't see how this year's Jazz could possibly be worse than last season.
 
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