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Trade Rumors Involving the Jazz

Elizah Huge said:
If a 6’2 PG is your shortest player it’s not a problem at all.
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I know Locke keeps on talking about having everyone 6'5" or better, but finding superior ballhandlers at that height and above is just so difficult. finding just one is a tall order, finding 3 or four is pretty much impossible.
Sometimes people forget that we are just playing basketball. That being said, If you are under 6'4" you better be able to handle the rock.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I think all of us would agree Sexton is a better defender than Conley right?
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Healthy Conley? I don't know. But we have only had healthy Conley for less than 20 games this year. Sexton is a better defender than hobbled Conley. Not sure you could say the same about Donovan Mitchell though.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I think all of us would agree Sexton is a better defender than Conley right?
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Recently Mike has been pretty spry... so both sides of the court he has looked great. He had some great sequences/stretches in the game yesterday. I'd say Mike is the better defender but he struggles more when he isn't 100% or has a bigger guard to deal with. Collin has had his good stretches but I'd say he's worse on defense.
 
framer said:
Healthy Conley? I don't know. But we have only had healthy Conley for less than 20 games this year. Sexton is a better defender than hobbled Conley. Not sure you could say the same about Donovan Mitchell though.
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Sexton is way better than the Don we got last year. Actually giving an eff matters quite a bit.
 
The biggest things we'd miss would be the steady presence of Mike on and off the court. Even when he was out he was still helping the guys playing the position. We have talent to cover up the spot but will miss the playmaking and decision making a lot. Sexton just won't ever be the cerebral guy that makes 90% of the correct decisions. He has amazing speed and power and that will open things up at times that Mike is struggling.

I just find it kinda silly to say we wouldn't skip a beat... we may not fall off a cliff but I'd bet if Mike was out the rest of the year we'd lose at least 4-5 games we would have won.
 
Just think about where Mike is in his career and how he plays... he gives zero effs if he scores... he is 100% about making the best play for the team. Not sure if we understand how valuable that is... in addition to all his skill that mindset is crazy helpful to winning imo.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
The biggest things we'd miss would be the steady presence of Mike on and off the court. Even when he was out he was still helping the guys playing the position. We have talent to cover up the spot but will miss the playmaking and decision making a lot. Sexton just won't ever be the cerebral guy that makes 90% of the correct decisions. He has amazing speed and power and that will open things up at times that Mike is struggling.

I just find it kinda silly to say we wouldn't skip a beat... we may not fall off a cliff but I'd bet if Mike was out the rest of the year we'd lose at least 4-5 games we would have won.
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Well yeah… in this scenario we are getting actual players back for him.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I think all of us would agree Sexton is a better defender than Conley right?
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I’m a big Sexton fan, but the advanced numbers would say he is a little worse at D than Mike. However, those numbers could be skewed if the Jazz normally hid Mike on their defensive scheme.

He is on par with Clarkson on D and better than Mitchell was on D for the past two seasons with the Jazz.
 
Also, nobody said we wouldn’t skip a beat. Just that it wouldn’t be as drastic as some are acting is all.
 
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