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2017 Exit Interviews

The Jazz Wonderbra said:
Folks...

I didn't hear the same thing from Hood. First off, I don't think that he understood the question. Second, his comments seemed more like a guy who tries to exude confidence. He was the starter for a good part of the season, but he obviously wasn't starting when he was hurt.

Rodney, do you think you are a starter in this league? What is he supposed to say... 'nope'. I think ya'll read too much into this. He could have said something like, it's the coaches decision. But instead he exuded confidence in his game.
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I watched it so I can judge for myself, instead of relying on what others are reporting.

The reporter asked him "do you think you're better as a starter or coming off the bench". Hood answered "I'm a starter. I know I can start in the NBA, and we won a lot of games with me as a starter."

He was simply saying that he knows he can be good enough to start. He was unhappy with his performance this year, and he said he'd do all it takes to become the best player he can become.

I don't think he was complaining about being benched.
 
Siro said:
I watched it so I can judge for myself, instead of relying on what others are reporting.

The reporter asked him "do you think you're better as a starter or coming off the bench". Hood answered "I'm a starter. I know I can start in the NBA, and we won a lot of games with me as a starter."

He was simply saying that he knows he can be good enough to start. He was unhappy with his performance this year, and he said he'd do all it takes to become the best player he can become.

I don't think he was complaining about being benched.
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I think he was just trying to avoid making excuses for why he sucked. It would have been easy to just say his knee wasn't healthy, but he didnt want to seem weak.
 
I can understand Exum's frustration, but if it's directed at the team, it's misguided.

Obviously he's not where anyone would have hoped, the ACL tear in Year 2 was basically worst possible timing. And frankly, he sucked for a good part of the season - Quin was absolutely justified playing Neto or Mack over him at time. Hopefully when he takes a step back after the season he'll realize that.

Mack is gone, and Neto is the 3rd PG next season, so next year will be Dante's time. I hope he gets at least 28mpg, regardless of whether or not George is back. i think he'll be ready to take the leap.
 
Siro said:
Ya I don't believe him.
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I definitely believe him.. I've been following him closely since HS. There's no doubt in my mind he's telling the truth.

I do wonder what kinda diet he was on tho. Clearly carrying too much weight ontop of the injury..
 
amen. Hood needs to STFU. dude was probably the worst player in the entire playoffs - all teams.
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probably the lowest paid player on the court too but did alot of scoring during crunch time in the 4th quarter ,i remember his 4th quarter scoring and fu##ing appreciated it myself as a Jazz fan
 
Edgewriter said:
Then he should have played better. He has no one to blame but himself. He looked great this last game and it made me excited for his future, but he shouldn't be mad when the team was worse with him starting for most of the year.
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I don't disagree. I'd be pissed if I was Mack as well. The only PG who shouldn't be pissed is Neto, because there was not a single good reason to play him.

But, back to Exum. It's easier to say "play better" but the reality is, we tanked three freaking years for Exum. If Exum doesn't pan out, then all that was a failure. We should have kept Millsap and Marvin and made plays for the playoffs instead of tanking.

What I don't get, is that you spend three years trying to get Exum then you don't develop him. That is what is crazy. That being said, I've been told that he is a head case and don't be surprised if the Jazz try to move him this summer.

IF that is the case, then Lindsey has failed at his job (unless he can get an upper level player for Exum...like McCullom/Lillard/Bledsoe/etc.

2012 - no draft picks
2013 - Trey Burke, over McCollum, Giannis, Gobert, Snell and Schroder. Lucked out with Gobert.
2014 - Exum...man, that draft sucked. We should have tanked harder that year.
2015 - Lyles, over Booker
2016 - George Hill, we should have taken Teague.

Lindsey hasn't drafted well. Not at all. Gobert was his best pick, and seeing how he passed on Gobert three times (the original two Jazz draft picks then the one they picked Burke with), I'm not sure I'm giving Lidsey a ton of credit there. If he loved Gobert that much, he'd never traded for Burke.

Trade wise, he traded for George Hill over Jeff Teague. That was a mistake. Teague is younger, healthier and costs roughly the same. Had we had Teague, we may have finished third in the West, avoided GS until the next round and had a real PG in the playoffs. His other big trade was getting Trey Burke. That was a terrible trade when you find out that the Jazz were planning on taking Gobert and Giannis with the two picks they moved for Burke.

Free Agent wise, Joe Johnson was a great find. Ingles was luck. Joe Johnson was great. Other than that...not too much there.

So, what exactly has Lindsey done, other than luck out with Gobert and have Hayward develop?
 
green said:
What I don't get, is that you spend three years trying to get Exum then you don't develop him. That is what is crazy. That being said, I've been told that he is a head case and don't be surprised if the Jazz try to move him this summer.
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Exum? Told by who?
 
I was already nervous about paying Hood his next contract, so this just convinces me further that he may be the odd man out. This team won't be able to keep everybody, so to me it will be Burks, Favors and Hood on the trade block in the offseason. Probably have to keep Burks until he can raise his value, but wouldn't be surprised to see the other two involved in a trade.
 
Regarding Hayward, it's possible his agent told him not to say anything and to let him (the agent) handle the discussion, rather than turn it into something that plays out in the media.
 
Really stuck by the positive tone of these interviews. Hill, and Hayward in particular. Hayward wants to stay. Whether he ends up staying is another story.
Maybe it does depend on who we keep/bring in. Or maybe he can be more enticed by another situation. But as of now his heart is here. He is ours to lose.
 
Revolution 9 said:
Really stuck by the positive tone of these interviews. Hill, and Hayward in particular. Hayward wants to stay. Whether he ends up staying is another story.
Maybe it does depend on who we keep/bring in. Or maybe he can be more enticed by another situation. But as of now his heart is here. He is ours to lose.
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Also didn't he just buy a house recently? Why buy it so close to Free Agency if your heart's not at least in the city you're living in?
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Exum and Hood both sounded a bit frustrated. Sounds like the pressure of their contract year coming up is getting to them since they are both kind of trending down on the Jazz's priority scale.
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My prediction is that the Jazz will regret the summer they resigned Hayward, Ingles and Hill .... and didn't extend Exum.
 
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