Let me offer a re statement that has been said by most on this board. WHY resign and be no better than we are now. If they were stupid enough to offer Jefferson $5 bucks then coach would be forced to play him over the young guys because he's the vet bla bla bla.... There is a glimmer of hope though, they didn't persue Boozer when his contract was done because they knew he wasn't going to bring them a championship. Hopefully they haven't lost that train of thought because Jefferson has no chance of a title.
I know my opinion is not generally shared in these parts, but if we don't sign Big Al or bring in a replacement of similar caliber, we don't win more than 30 games next year.
We will need depth behind Kanter and Favors to win more game than that. But providing we do get a player or 2 to back them up I think you are wrong. If the roles of Favors/Kanter had been reversed with Millsap and Jefferson this year I actually think we win the same if not more games. The increase in defense would make up for the decrease in offense.
look at charlotte and Detroit. Young teams who have drafted some stellar players and are still bottom feeders. The problem of relying on youth is that you build them up for 3-5 years before finding out that expectations are greater than reality and so you have to put your faith in the draft and repeat the process. Developing a star out of a young player just doesn't happen that often. We should clear cap and acquire one.
look at GSW and OKC.
jazz talentwise compare most to those 2 teams
than okc and charlotte(for **** sake did you really compare jazz youngsters to charlotte drafted youngsters?). wtf
are you high? if you took the best 5 drafted bobcats players in there history. and put them against C4 + carroll
asuming they get a training camp and same caliber coaching. c4+carroll will win 9 out of 10 times.
wow. still cant beleive it did you really compare jazz talent to bobcats?
really? or is something lost in translation.
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I'm curious to know what you think. When Comapring Andrew and Aaron Harrison, How much better is Andrew?
Only way I see us offering him the max is if he leads us to a series victory over the Spurs.
our offense has not gotten worse when Al missed games. Why should it be any different next year.well if we are adding the depth that I have seen suggested of late (Carl Landry, JJ Hickson), we will literally have no offense.
Andrew is an anomaly in today's game. He has terrific size, a fantastic bbIQ, all the required athleticism, changes of speed, ball-handling, and intangibles... all while embracing and being a pure PG. This is what makes him better than Aaron that has most of all the same skill but thinks SCORE.. and is a prolific scorer/shooter. Its the roles they picked years ago..
because boozer attitude and his whishes to be in utah where in question.
jefefrson wants to be a lifetime jazzman.
and say what you want about his oncourt skills and lack of defines, he has a great off court attitude
our offense has not gotten worse when Al missed games. Why should it be any different next year.
Uh...remember all those games we lost with D-Will, Booz and Memo
look at charlotte and Detroit. Young teams who have drafted some stellar players and are still bottom feeders.
how much would the max be set starting next year for Big Al?