No one is untouchable, but it would take an awful lot for the Jazz to give up Lauri or Keyonte, especially Keyonte when it's not yet clear what his ceiling actually is.
Guys I think are basically not going to get moved unless it was a BIG opportunity - Lauri, Key, Taylor
Guys I think will be here but I think they could be had for the right price - Sexton, Kessler
Guys I think they would like back - Dunn, Brice
Guys I think they will actively shop - Clarkson and Collins.
Guys that should list their house - THT
Whatevs - the others.
There is no reason to think that way. Teams are able to ramp up extremely fast if they have a couple stars. We may have 2 in Key and Lauri plus a damn good dude in Sexton. If that is the case then it is all about putting strong complimentary pieces around them and that is easy with all our draft assets and cap space.I just think it’s depressing that we probably have 5 more years before we are hopefully in the discussion for a deepish run In The playoffs. Gonna be a long haul
I think Kessler needs to replace John with the starters. Not sure if Taylor is a starter but it would make sense if he does well the last 15 games... even if he was only like a 20-25 minute guy as a starter. I could see us adding like a decent wing like Caleb Martin in FA and slotting him into the starting lineup somewhere.As of today, our projected starting lineup for next year looks like:
Keyonte
Sexton
Lauri
Hendricks
Collins
Unless Keyonte and Hendricks have huge 2nd year improvements, then my guess is that would be a 30 win team. I think the first question for the front office will be what options are available to significantly improve our starting lineup. I think that lineup needs a guard that can defend, a wing/big who can defend and create for others at least a little.
Look its gonna take our untouchables to get other peoples untouchables.I don’t get the concept of untouchable.
If the Jazz trade for Trae young, do they declare key untouchable? No, he’s in the trade
If the Jazz trade for doncic, do they say Lauri is untouchable? No, he’s in the trade.
It’s all a matter of relative value.
I think Kessler needs to replace John with the starters. Not sure if Taylor is a starter but it would make sense if he does well the last 15 games... even if he was only like a 20-25 minute guy as a starter. I could see us adding like a decent wing like Caleb Martin in FA and slotting him into the starting lineup somewhere.
Its just so choppy. Need to start building a team.