What upgrades are needed to make us a contender?

[FrenchJazzFa]

Team match is much more important than individual talent. We have a good example with our team during Don/Rudy era. Another good example for me is Denver. Theay are a much more well balanced team now with all the players back and KCP than last year where Jokic was going for 30-10-10 every night. They have a deep team andd more important their star ( Jokic) don't care about the number of point he score every night as long as they win. And it works. They will be tough to beat at West this year.

 

[Elizah Huge]

A guy I really like and think we should take a look at trading for is P.J. Washington. I think he could be attainable. Not sure what the asking price would be but he’s the perfect type of player we should be going after.

 

[Bodhi]

A guy I really like and think we should take a look at trading for is P.J. Washington. I think he could be attainable. Not sure what the asking price would be but he’s the perfect type of player we should be going after.

Completely agree.

But why would Charlotte move off him?

 

[Tom349]

Health issues aside I would love to see this team with Lonzo Ball and perhaps Porzingis instead of Olynyk.

I think the most important thing we can do though is nothing relatively speaking. There is no need to make any moves unless they're too good to turn down. Im still open to the Westbrook trade if LA were to offer two unprotected picks but we have enough picks that Im not desperate to do that deal. Im open to signing a youngish star as long as they are under contract for a number of years. If Ainge made one mistake with Boston its signing Kyrie only for him to leave 12 months later for no return.

I'm not against another NAW/THT type of deal should there be one for the taking.

 

[str8line]

Some of you are seriously underestimating the value of letting these guys develop without expectations this year. This is Lauri's first opportunity to be the man and we want him to continue to develop in that role because it helps him expand his game and confidence. Obviously we are exceeding expectations but this is not a championship caliber team and we shouldn't rush this. Let these guys work on expanding their games this year with very little expectations. That makes it a hell of a lot easier to work on things. Just look at Vandy. On a team trying to contend he is not going to be working on expanding his shot to the 3pt line because it hasn't been a good shot for him in the past. Last year he took 14 3's all year and I bet most of them were probably end of shot clock or end of quarter heaves that you take because you have to. I also think having no expectations is a big plus for a first year coach. He gets to work on and establish things without the fans and management second guessing his every move. The only thing that should happen this year is if we turn over and start coming back to earth we should move some of the vets if we can get an asset back for them. Other than that this roster should stay the same all year.

So true. There's a reason why we're playing well, as opposed to the train wreck of last year. It's because these guys aren't caught up in the ******** of stardom(Mitchell), they just want to play basketball. As long as ego doesn't take over we will continue to play well.

 

[jazfan23]

Really not sure what super star we’d need , that wouldn’t stuff up the balance that we already have .

Would love Dort from OKC , but they seem to love him .

Or Brown from Boston , but the cost would be to high.

If Hayward didn’t have a past here , someone like that , when you wouldn’t be giving them much in return .

 

[Jingled]

No thanks to Durrant. He would ruin the chemistry and likeableness of the team.

 

[FrenchJazzFa]

Hayward will be a good fit for sure and make the team even better. Can we forget the past? for me, yes definitly.

 

[HermanG]

KD is awesome and a champion, who can take over and win you close games.

However he is also one of the flagships of the "player empowerment" movement happening across sports that I think is more toxic than good. Hardy is a 1st year HC, so I dont know if we could keep him in check.

Dont get me wrong, I think he is a good guy and a great teammate. He just uses his influence to affect HC and GM level decissions more than a player ever should.

 

[Miggs]

Phoenix can offer Bridges/Crowder along with their 23/25/27/29 1sts and 24/26/28 pick swaps if they wanted to.

Toronto can offer the same exact package except OG/Trent Jr as the players going back.

We can beat literally everyone else’s offer in the league if we really wanted to but that’s not the point.

One, neither team is going to offer that. It’s obvious. Secondly, we could offer more if we wanted.

 

[Miggs]

I’m a big Terry Rozier fan. Someone like that who plays both ends, can shoot, rebound and pass.

 

[HeatCheck]

Phoenix can offer Bridges/Crowder along with their 23/25/27/29 1sts and 24/26/28 pick swaps if they wanted to.

Toronto can offer the same exact package except OG/Trent Jr as the players going back.

We can beat literally everyone else’s offer in the league if we really wanted to but that’s not the point.

If Toronto or PHX end up trading for KD I hope Jazz can sneak in as a 3rd team.

I would give up 2 future FRP's + filler salary to acquire either Mikal Bridges or OG Anunoby.