Utah's long journey to relevance

[vegas]

Also everybody needs to quit blaming our "market". When you have guys leave the team but retain a home here that says something. The Wasatch is a great place to live and right now SLC is developing into a better city than it has ever been.

This is exactly what we have to sell, play to our strengths. Good community, cool outdoor stuff, not polluted, people love you cuz it's the only team in town, media is pretty friendly etc etc. There are guys out there that hate their coach, their system, their city that will be enticed by those job perks.

imho if the players hadn't bought in, we would have already collapsed at this point. I agree we need to win more, we clearly agree the FO did not set this team up to win on purpose this year. Maybe sneak into the playoffs, but nothing more than that. Chemistry is good and tons of players are having kids. All of this is not happening by accident. Moves will be made, but I don't think they are in a rush in this very moment in the same way the forum is.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

This is exactly what we have to sell, play to our strengths. Good community, cool outdoor stuff, not polluted, people love you cuz it's the only team in town, media is pretty friendly etc etc. There are guys out there that hate their coach, their system, their city that will be enticed by those job perks.

imho if the players hadn't bought in, we would have already collapsed at this point. I agree we need to win more, we clearly agree the FO did not set this team up to win on purpose this year. Maybe sneak into the playoffs, but nothing more than that. Chemistry is good and tons of players are having kids. All of this is not happening by accident. Moves will be made, but I don't think they are in a rush in this very moment in the same way the forum is.

Many of my friend is California claim Utah is a mecca for hot young girls. If you grew up in Sacramento you might agree.

 

[Miggs]

Rip Hamilton running those screens were the Pistons championship teams #1 go-to option right?? Jamal Murray can do that, and thats playing off the ball, he's better with the ball in his hands..

Dragan Bender has a ton of talent and he projects to be a player like Pau, so I wouldn't rule out him being a top option. He's crafty and very coordinated, and legitimately 7'1".

Skal has a wicked repotiore of near 'go-to' level moves, just needs to keep adding strength and polish to his game, and he'd be a great top option, you can't put him on the FT line.

Jaylen Brown with an NBA range J is a scary thought, he'd be great value and could put up an easy 15ppg with that adjustment. I wouldn't rule it out either.

I loooooooooove Bender from what I've seen. If the 4th pick comes up and he still hasn't been taken, would you trade the 10th pick, Burks, Burke and a future 1st rounder (2017 top 15 protected...) to move up to get him?

Exum-Neto
Hood-Bazemore
Hayward-Ingles
Favors-Lyles
Gobert-Bender-Withey

That makes us awful thin on the wings though.

 

[Miggs]

Wow.. you're kidding me?


Just goes to show how talented DWill was...

What in the holy hell are you talk about?

 

[Game6Conley]

I loooooooooove Bender from what I've seen. If the 4th pick comes up and he still hasn't been taken, would you trade the 10th pick, Burks, Burke and a future 1st rounder (2017 top 15 protected...) to move up to get him?

Exum-Neto
Hood
Hayward-Ingles
Favors-Lyles
Gobert-Bender-Withey

That makes us awful thin on the wings though.

Absolutely not, that's an overpay, as rare as he is, he's not worth paying that sort of premium for, he's not Porzingis. Bender is more ready for minutes at SF than C too, his lateral quickness in a defensive stance on the perimeter is very impressive.

 

[Miggs]

Absolutely not, that's an overpay. Bender is more ready for minutes at SF than C too, his lateral quickness in a defensive stance on the perimeter is very impressive.

I feel the same but there's no way we pull off that trade with just Burke or just Burks I don't think. And again, keep in mind, those restrictions are pretty tight on the 1st.

As far as Bender, if he's that quick (and can hit the 3), I want him playing the 4 or 5. He's the stretch 4 or stretch 5 we need. Imagine a lineup with Exum, Hood, Hayward, Lyles and Bender. Or Bender at the 4 and Gobert or Favors at the 5. That's somse studly shooting out there.

 

[Ron Mexico]

This teams fine. We at full health are a top 4/5 team in the west this year. Next year we and a better bench and some development and see where we are at. My guess is top 3. We have plenty of cap space to resign our players. We have been missing our starting of all season. We have have been missing 4 of our best 7 players for a significant time. Look how much better we are with favors back. If a good trade comes in that makes us better great. But no reason to bail on this team we have. All of our core players are going to get better.

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