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Would Wiggens stay with the Jazz long term?

Would Wggins stay in Utah long term?

  • Most likely

    Votes: 11 68.8%

  • Probably not

    Votes: 5 31.3%
  • Total voters
    16
Also BTW, I would never even pretend to entertain the notion that the Jazz get a major talent next year in the draft, but if they do, I think Burke will mesh very well and that's one reason I like him.
 
Beantown said:
But Utah was successful and Deron wasn't staying. The Cavs were successful and LeBron didn't stay. CP3 only wanted to go to LA or NYC.
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Yeah, but here's the thing.... the Jazz didn't want to sign Boozer again for $80 million (his contract with Chicago). The Jazz probably didn't want to sign DWill for $100 million (his contract with Brooklyn). The Jazz didn't want to sign AK to another $30 million (or whatever his deal is). The Jazz front office wanted to dismantle that team and rebuild.

I think DWill might have stayed if the team were moving in a positive direction, but it was going into a rebuild. That's a bigger issue than market size. DWill wasn't happy about going to the Nets, and since then he hasn't won a single playoff series.

Any team that is going to draft and ultimately retain a superstar player needs to make sure they have a solid plan to build a contending team. Otherwise, that superstar is going to look elsewhere. Bringing in some good players like AK, Boozer, Korver and Okur gets the team to the 2nd round of the playoffs. That doesn't satisfy a superstar who thinks he can do more.
 
I completely disagree that the Jazz traded Deron with the purpose of a rebuild. It was a matter of necessity, as was this (dragging-feet) rebuild. Grabbing Al Jefferson was their last-ditch attempt at building a contender and the attempt fell flatly on it's own face and Deron knew it. The Jazz traded Deron because they knew they were getting worse, but MORE IMPORTANTLY, they did it because they knew DERON knew it was getting worse. That, and the bedrock of Jazz basketball had just left. If you're suggesting that the Jazz didn't try to make 2010-2011 work then I suggest that you're up in the night.

Deron was no longer in a good situation here. The difference between the Jazz and those other teams is that the Jazz were smart enough to know where that was all headed.
 
The Jazz should be a dream for every young wing with All-Star potential.

Favors, Kanter, Hayward, Burks and Burke. No other team in the NBA has so many young players with tons of potential.

Add Wiggins and let them grow together: Championship!

Favors - Aldrich - Gobert
Kanter - Landry - Evans
Wiggins - Webster - Carroll
Hayward - Burks
Burke - Maynor - Tinsley
 
NUMBERICA said:
I completely disagree that the Jazz traded Deron with the purpose of a rebuild. It was a matter of necessity, as was this (dragging-feet) rebuild. Grabbing Al Jefferson was their last-ditch attempt at building a contender and the attempt fell flatly on it's own face and Deron knew it. The Jazz traded Deron because they knew they were getting worse, but MORE IMPORTANTLY, they did it because they knew DERON knew it was getting worse. That, and the bedrock of Jazz basketball had just left. If you're suggesting that the Jazz didn't try to make 2010-2011 work then I suggest that you're up in the night.

Deron was no longer in a good situation here. The difference between the Jazz and those other teams is that the Jazz were smart enough to know where that was all headed.
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I agree with you, but let me put it this way: a team where DWill is a superstar max player isn't getting past the 2nd round--unless another player like Lebron is on the team. The Jazz knew this and they traded him out to a desperate team (Nets) when his value was at its peak. It was a good basketball decision.

Concurrently, the risk of losing DWill for nothing is also a good reason for trading him. That's valid, and that's the cover story.

In the final analysis, the Jazz fleeced the Nets, and that's what's most important.
 
Catchall said:
I agree with you, but let me put it this way: a team where DWill is a superstar max player isn't getting past the 2nd round--unless another player like Lebron is on the team. The Jazz knew this and they traded him out to a desperate team (Nets) when his value was at its peak. It was a good basketball decision.

Concurrently, the risk of losing DWill for nothing is also a good reason for trading him. That's valid, and that's the cover story.

In the final analysis, the Jazz fleeced the Nets, and that's what's most important.
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The Jazz saw the writing on the wall so they traded DW which helped tremendously with the rebuild and DW went to an organization that can and will spend money to build a championship contender.
 
Catchall said:
Do you think the Nets are a contender now?

DWill
Joe Johnson
Paul Pierce
KG
Brook Lopez
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If all those were in there prime, it would be.

So many questions marks with injuries and age. Its hard to tell. If they all can get a season in healthy then they might have a shot.
 
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