I think it looks good. Utah is thied for 4th pickd right now. All year long we have read nothing but "IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!" Well here we are about 18ish games from the end of the season and Utah is tied for 4th. Is it over? Of course not but we are still VERY much in this. So I advocate what I have all along. Lets finish this ride. See wehre we stand when its obvious where we will be.
Can things go south? Obviously they can. But it is just as realistic that things work out great. We are in the home stretch and are still very much competitive for a bottom 5 team.
The board has just gotten extremely pessimistic. Y'all enjoy your doom and gloom. Worst case scenario is that things go south and I get bummed. But I still had a full season where I was happier than the pessimists.
This.
I've seen a lot of growth from our core players this year, which makes me extremely excited for the future. I never expected Hayward to be a #1 option, and I don't think our FO did either, but the experience he gained this year will make him that much more of a threat when we do somehow land our #1.
Burks is unquestionably a very good NBA caliber starter now.
Kanter's defense has slowly gotten better as his rebounding has returned. Now he needs to get his shot to come back (think that has something to do with huge bruise on arm from LAC game). An offseason of training with Malone, possibly Memo, and more p3 sessions, opposed to rehabing and being limited has me incredibly excited about this kid's potential.
Favors has learned how to pass and has gained some offensive moves.
Trey went from looking like a complete bust in Summer League to being able to finish in the paint, shoot from the outside, not turn the ball over, and somehow shoot above 50% when (even when he's been having a horrible game) in the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter. He's shown some flashes of court vision brilliance as well, which gives me hope that we may be in good hands when Hayward is no longer our primary distributor. I am excited to think of what an offseason at P3 will do for him, considering that even beefire the draft he was working out with his dad's friends instead of real trainers. Next year, he may have more quickness to actually play adequate defense.
Gobert is an insane shot blocking machine. An offseason of weight training and catching the ball in the post and on the move will do wonders for his game. Instead of having him work with Malone like Kanter and Favors, it would be awesome if the Jazz could enlist the service of Mark Eaton.
I believe Jeramy is being misused and abused at the PF position. He developed a very pretty jumper last offseason, Gordon says he can hit the 3 ball as well. In Jazz sit down meeting they should tell him they want to reposition him to SF, so he should use the offseason working on his handles, passing, and get laterally faster.
I highly doubt Ty is coming back next year.
I think that all 3 of our potential draft picks this year will be good players, and plus we'll probably have that stud Neto come over as well.
Even if our first pick only nets us Aaron Gordon at best, he might be best option for team with his top notch defense at positions 1-4. He's an incredible athlete, and a great passer, and can hit the 3 ball. His free throws are atrocious, but look how far Derrick's have come.
I am definitely optimistic for our future.
![[size/HUGE] fixed [/size]](/data/avatars/m/2/2497.jpg?1511131091){kind=avatar}
