You DONT build around PG

[Stifle Tower]

Sooo, the Jazz should've traded Stockton when they had the chance, eh?

If the Jazz didn't draft Deron in 2005, who should they have taken at #3? The only other choice was CP3 -- what position does that guy play again?

Well, we'll all just have to see how many rings Utah wins by building around Favors, Hayward and Fredette.

You take BPA, unless you're set at that position. Then maybe you trade up or back or take the next best BPA at your real position of need. But there is always a premium on bigs. That's why Bowie was drafted over Jordan, Oden over Durant and Bogut over CP3 and Deron. The Jazz would NEVER have won a ring with the bigs they had: Okur, Jefferson, Fesenko and Elson...with an undersized Millsap at PF? Not gonna happen. You either need to get extremely lucky in the draft or make a big trade. Or gut your team and hope you can attract a couple of big name FA's (like NY did with Amare and then getting 'Melo). Yes, Favors is a huge risk. As big a risk as Orlando took with Howard or Phoenix took by drafting Amare. Favors is raw. He might be the next Stoudemire, or he could be the next Darko Milicic. Or he could fall somewhere in between. We won't know that until 2-3 years from now. But his attitude is very encouraging. There were no red flags like there were with Cousins.

Put the proper bigs in place and a PG like Harris is more than adequate.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Championship teams have really strong interior defense and rebounding. By getting a superstar big man, you not only have a go-to player on the offensive end, but a guy who can help anchor the defense as well...assuming the guy is willing to play defense.

This is probably one reason why the big men make the Finals and win the rings.