No scout in their right mind would compare Dante Exum to Kobe Bryant. Dante has never been much of a shooter. Dante's ceiling was and still is very high. He's just been derailed by injuries.
The Jazz don't have much young talent...
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No scout in their right mind would compare Dante Exum to Kobe Bryant. Dante has never been much of a shooter. Dante's ceiling was and still is very high. He's just been derailed by injuries.
And they were all wrong.
The only thing Exum had was speed and intrigue. It's still the only thing he has.
Projecting forward, the Jazz have Mitchell, probably Exum, Hood, Gobert and Bradley. They need young forwards. They also need to see if they can hold on to Gobert at the end of his current contract.
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Lakers_Slapper
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Lets revise, "The Jazz don't have much young talent that's working". We have young talent, we started from years ago in the rebuild. Our young talent was going to get better and grow and be experienced and not so young....
That's today. They're not as young anymore. We are supposed to be in a much more developed phase than what we are.
That's today. They're not as young anymore. We are supposed to be in a much more developed phase than what we are.
l Abach l
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Remember the "core four"? Or "let the cake bake"? The time for youth has come and gone. Unfortunately luck wasn't on our side -the player we developed into an allstar screwed us, two of the core four have turned out to be busts (kanter and burks) and favors is at best a role player. Really not sure what the strategy should be at this point in the tough west... glad i'm not the GM making these tough decisions...
Lakers_Slapper
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KOC years and that's all you got? KOC has been hands down the biggest mistake in Jazz history and he still exists.
2001 draft, Jazz- Raul Lopez
Could've chosen
Tony Parker
Samuel Dalembert
Gilbert Arenas
Mehmet Okur
Ousmane Cisse.
Who is Ousmane Cisse? another bust just like Raul Lopez, besides the point.
2004 draft
Jazz-Kirk Snyder
Who? =exactly
Could've had
Tony Allen
Jameer Neilson
JR Smith
Josh Smith
KOC, let young point guard Mo. Williams walk without a contract extension, resulting into,,,,, nothing! No contact extension offered.
KOC let Al Jefferson walk for nothing!!!
KOC signed AK47 to his ridiculously expensive contact that cost us years of financial instability.
What did the Jazz do?
PROMOTED HIM!!!!
KOC has overseen all operation since.
How do you fail and get promoted?
2001 draft, Jazz- Raul Lopez
Could've chosen
Tony Parker
Samuel Dalembert
Gilbert Arenas
Mehmet Okur
Ousmane Cisse.
Who is Ousmane Cisse? another bust just like Raul Lopez, besides the point.
2004 draft
Jazz-Kirk Snyder
Who? =exactly
Could've had
Tony Allen
Jameer Neilson
JR Smith
Josh Smith
KOC, let young point guard Mo. Williams walk without a contract extension, resulting into,,,,, nothing! No contact extension offered.
KOC let Al Jefferson walk for nothing!!!
KOC signed AK47 to his ridiculously expensive contact that cost us years of financial instability.
What did the Jazz do?
PROMOTED HIM!!!!
KOC has overseen all operation since.
How do you fail and get promoted?
LoPo
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Nothing is worse than Burks over Kawhi. Its not even close. I erupted when we made that dumbass decision. We missed on a top 5 talent.
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Doc Cherno
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Bradley? A bit overlooked in this discussion.
Donovan changes direction instantly. Dante has a first and second step which gets him by some defenders but once he's up to speed his ability to change direction... again... half the quickness of Donovan.
KOC gave the Jazz a better chance to win it all than Dennis Lindsey has. The AK contract was a mistake, but he still put together one heck of team from 2006-2009. If Derek Fisher doesn't abandon the Jazz, they are right there in the mix for the championship in 2007; if the NBA didn't give the Lakers star treatment in 2008, the Jazz were very close to the Finals; and if they aren't injury plagued in 2009 they would have been close.
I loved the KOC years. He blew it when Sloan retired and DWill left, but he gave us some fun times. I'm happy Lindsey is the man now, but he blew it with Hayward and now I have no idea what his options are.
mellow
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Tough luck for Dennis OLindsey. He assembled a beautiful roster last season, but he gave up some assets and flexibility to get it. And it all fell apart when Robyn decided she liked her shopping options in Boston more than Salt Lake. I choose to believe OLindsey had a plan B, but it was foiled because Robyn liked the recruiting attention and her husband was a slow typer.
I know there are reasons and backstories to explain OLindseys drafts. But the bottom line is the Jazz must be successful in the draft, I hesitate to say they can't afford to miss but the reality is they can't afford to miss. Dennis has missed, he turned a collection of first and second round picks into Donovan Mitchel, a forth string center and 51 games of George Hill.
The other night When the Jazz were struggling in Phoenix I felt bad for Quin who must have looked at his bench and saw nothing there to help him.
Still, I like Dennis and think he is the Jazz's best hope for putting together something. And like every year since 2008, I look forward to next summer.
I know there are reasons and backstories to explain OLindseys drafts. But the bottom line is the Jazz must be successful in the draft, I hesitate to say they can't afford to miss but the reality is they can't afford to miss. Dennis has missed, he turned a collection of first and second round picks into Donovan Mitchel, a forth string center and 51 games of George Hill.
The other night When the Jazz were struggling in Phoenix I felt bad for Quin who must have looked at his bench and saw nothing there to help him.
Still, I like Dennis and think he is the Jazz's best hope for putting together something. And like every year since 2008, I look forward to next summer.
sahlensguy
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If this thread doesn't bring back PGAB, nothing will.