The future of the Western Conference and the upcoming Jazz/OKC rivalry

[HermanG]

Easy answer is if someone gets injured hold him out. I still to this day believe Boozer missed an entire year after hyper extending his knee. I remember it being reported he’d be out 3 weeks. This was through the first month of the season. He ended up missing the rest of the season. After they were eliminated from the playoffs, he in an interview said if the season wasn’t over he could’ve played the next game. I recall the Spurs did this with David Robinson, which is how they ended up getting Tim Duncan.

Didnt Robinson break his leg pretty bad and have surgery on it as well? Im not saying that extended injury leaves arent a thing but I cant recall anyone saying that about the Robinson injury.

 

[JFFR]

It's so much easier to tank than re-tool than to win a championship. Fans like it better too. Let's just keep collecting assets forever!

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jazz still need that elite on-ball wing to make everything work. Having guys like Lauri, Kessler and Keyonte playing off the ball should be solid. Maybe Hendricks can develop into a DFS-type 3D wing within a few years. But someone needs to be the straw that stirs the drink on this team. Who that lead, on-ball player turns out to be will go a long way to defining what the Jazz can do.