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Who is our long term #1 Superstar Stud?

Let's put it like this--if the Jazz win a championship in the next 5 years, it will be because of Favors.
 
A lot of hype of Burks. I think the excitement is warranted, but we haven't seen him play one game for us.
No summer league, preseason or anything. Let's not get carried away here people.

He's one of the most exciting things about this season, but I'm not going to start calling him the future until I see him in a real game.
 
Qman said:
To win a championship you need a #1 Offensive option Superstar Stud who will carry you to a title. If you have a good defensive team around him, your star doesn't need to be a great defender (see Dirk last season.) Championships are usually won by great players (Wade, Shaq, Kobe, etc.) with the right team around them. We need a centerpiece for our team.

The Jazz haven't had a superstar since Karl Malone left. You need a player would demands double teams in isolation, so in the playoffs when the other team knows you plays and tendencies you have an unbeatable offensive option to get good shots.

Who do you see as a potential superstar?
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Yet to be drafted. If the Jazz are miserable over the next few seasons, and if KOC utilizes his assets (expiring deals and eventually cap space) to pick up even more draft picks, then maybe the Jazz can get lucky and get a guy of championship caliber. They don't come along often.
 
JazzSpazz said:
This, I just can't decide which one though. I'm 40/40 between these two, with the other 20 on Hayward.
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Good call.

I am still not that high on Burks though. Have yet to see much more than Almond out of him. Gotta give the guy a season or so to see what he can do in the NBA. From what I have read and seen I just don't see super-star written all over this kid.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Good call.

I am still not that high on Burks though. Have yet to see much more than Almond out of him. Gotta give the guy a season or so to see what he can do in the NBA. From what I have read and seen I just don't see super-star written all over this kid.
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I wasn't all that excited about him until I saw him at the charity game up at SLCC. He looks really good. I am excited now.
 
BENTLEY said:
I wasn't all that excited about him until I saw him at the charity game up at SLCC. He looks really good. I am excited now.
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Me too. I knew he could drive and finish in college. But he was pulling up for 3's and looking incredibly smooth while he made 3 in a row. If he can play passable defense I don't see how CJ Miles and Raja Bell see the court much.
 
Hayward is the only one to show flashes of offensive potential similar to what is being talked about here. Most importantly he did it when matched up against a superstar and with the lights at their brightest. Can he sustain and improve on that? Dunno- but he has proved that the potential exists.

Favors is very raw offensively but potentially he is a beast.

Burks charity game indeed was an interesting taste- but it was in a charity game so we don't know how he'll do with the defensive screws squeezing him.

To me though, this team looks like a throwback to the 80s Celtics teams and it excites me.
 
I have thought this since last preseason, Hayward will be a stud. He did it all in that Lakers game. He took defenders 1 on 1 he hit outside J's he made his teammates better and made clutch defensive plays against the top closer in the game. He put the team on his back in that game, he has the intangibles of a star player, he is very competitive. Hayward has also been there done that as well at Butler.
 
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