NAOS
Well-Known Member
The fuel that this team needs to push it into title contention is stored in its young assets (cheap and productive OR cheap and very good trade assets) and big trade chips from the Core-4 days. Right now, is the team leaking from both tanks? Should I have asked if the team was "continuing to leak from both tanks" given that we've recently whiffed on Kanter and Burke?:
*Exum's play has often been sub-par, and his role/timeline on this team is absolutely fair to question. Given where all the other pieces are, how do we develop him? His current trade value is near zero (relative to what we needed from a number 5 pick). We are now forced to develop him from standpoint of zero league-wide value; and we're soon to face a difficult decision on his extension value vis-a-vis our cap situation.
*Favors has been absent or ghosted for how many games now? To me, it looks like there's more than physical problems. Speaking in asset-terms, I'm starting to worry that we are losing an important piece, one way or another. If Favors doesn't play for the jazz, then he needs to net us a lot on his way out. If he does play for the jazz, then he needs to get his wet 15-18 footer back + his defensive intensity. Watching him lately is making me sad.
*What is Alec Burks at this point? From here, he could turn into a great piece (as keeper or a trade chip) or he could be in-and-out of the lineup with continuing health problems.
I'm in the mood to worry about how the jazz will take the next step. How will we get to the next tier? History shows that we need a couple of years of playoff experience with our core before legit title contention. Will we burn up (Hill, Johnson, Diaw; age) or lose (Exum, Favors, etc.) too many assets before we can push into a title window?
*Exum's play has often been sub-par, and his role/timeline on this team is absolutely fair to question. Given where all the other pieces are, how do we develop him? His current trade value is near zero (relative to what we needed from a number 5 pick). We are now forced to develop him from standpoint of zero league-wide value; and we're soon to face a difficult decision on his extension value vis-a-vis our cap situation.
*Favors has been absent or ghosted for how many games now? To me, it looks like there's more than physical problems. Speaking in asset-terms, I'm starting to worry that we are losing an important piece, one way or another. If Favors doesn't play for the jazz, then he needs to net us a lot on his way out. If he does play for the jazz, then he needs to get his wet 15-18 footer back + his defensive intensity. Watching him lately is making me sad.
*What is Alec Burks at this point? From here, he could turn into a great piece (as keeper or a trade chip) or he could be in-and-out of the lineup with continuing health problems.
I'm in the mood to worry about how the jazz will take the next step. How will we get to the next tier? History shows that we need a couple of years of playoff experience with our core before legit title contention. Will we burn up (Hill, Johnson, Diaw; age) or lose (Exum, Favors, etc.) too many assets before we can push into a title window?