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2017 Exit Interviews

green said:
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?
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If you are breaking down lindsey draft and free agent acquisitions then you should include diaw and hood.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
The Jazz starting Ingles over Hood tells me their priority isnt making Hood the long-term starter anymore.

The Jazz trying to extend Hill during the season and letting guys like Neto/Mack over him at times tell me his development isnt the top priority.

Basically, the Jazz are more concerned about the lineups that they feel work the best and help them win rather than the development of Hood/Exum. If that continues, that means they are no longer guaranteed minutes or a set role, which during your contract year could hurt your value. That's a lot of pressure on them. Hopefully they respond well.
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I think Exum will get roughly a dozen NBA teams interested in him. Regardless of how Q uses him next year.

Hood is harder to gauge, cause it feels like he was reduced to a streaky shooter. I think his potential is far more than that. I hate to say this, but the only beneficiary of Hayward leaving might be Hood. Technically he has been playing SG, but he showed in large patches last year, he has some fundamental tools of the SF. He was adept at finding midrange spots and could bully his way to the rim at times. He was a 3 dimensional scoring threat last season (15-16).
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
As a starter he shot 38% from 3

Off the bench it was below 20%.

I think with the starters he is able to spot up a lot more around Hill/Hayward and get 3's that he is willing to take (a lot of which Ingles tends to pass up). Off the bench he seems to force too much.

Of course this is on him to figure it out, but I also think he just performs way better with the starters. Ingles was probably the right choice in the Clippers series because he was absolutely locking JJ down, but I felt in the Warriors series Hood would have made more sense in the starting lineup.
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Except that Ingles spent at least half his time on Klay. And Klay never really got going.
 
bigmike said:
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.
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How was it justified I wonder?
Clearly getting sweeped in the 2nd round wasn't worth sacrificing Dante's development? Unless of course there were two priorities at play:

1) convincing Hayward that the team can win now
2) Jazz have lowered their expectations for X
 
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.



Define 'head case'....

Nuts?
Anxious?
In his own head all the time?
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14 pages on this?

- Hill, Ingles and Hayward had positive interviews because they are unrestricted free agents.

- Joe was positive because he has a good expiring contract with playing time on a playoff team and doesnt want Utah to just dump him for salary relief.

- Exum and Hood gave uneven interviews because they are still under contract and either played poorly or didnt get enough playing time this postseason.

- The shocker is Lyles. He was incredibly humble for a guy who had the right to be upset. Diaw was awful in the 2nd round, Favors was hurt and he got zero meaningful time. If anybody should be applauded for his interview, it should be Lyles who everybody on here bashes.

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Exum didnt earn more playing time for playing better. That is a probably what bothered him. He got pulled for minor mistakes that other players were making and not getting pulled for. He greatly improved the second half of the season while Mack and Neto stayed the same or got worse and his playing time didn't go up. Exum played well in the playoffs when he got a chance and he could have helped us more but he didn't get playing time.

I'm sure he is frustrated but at this point I just have to hope Snyder has a good long term plan for developing him and a reason he didn't play him as much as he deserved or needed.

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Et tu Brute said:
How was it justified I wonder?
Clearly getting sweeped in the 2nd round wasn't worth sacrificing Dante's development? Unless of course there were two priorities at play:

1) convincing Hayward that the team can win now
2) Jazz have lowered their expectations for X
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I don't think Dante not playing much in 3 games vs. GSW was that detrimental to his development. And no competitive playoff team should sacrifice its best chance of winning to develop a guy who clearly isn't ready yet during the playoffs. The team is trying to win and it sends a bad message to the critical vets that you're trying to re-sign this offseaso.
 
After watching the Hood interview, I am going to apologize to Hood for jumping the gun on his starter comments.

He was just responding to a direct comment, and I have no problem with what he said. He believes he's a starter in the NBA and he wasn't really saying anything other than he believes in himself. Nothing wrong with that. Kind of a loaded question, where most guys will say something like "whatever coach wants or whatever the team needs" blah blah blah. He just answered the question honestly that he believes he's a starter, and it didn't sound like complaining at all to me.
 
Watching Exum's interview, I found that I ignored just about everything he said, and focused on counting how many times he said 'you know'.. If he scored as much as he says 'you know', he'd be an all star.

It was almost like I knew what he was going to say because I knew he knew I knew..you know ?
 
Lol, I just watched the Exum interview, and let me just say, y'all are a bunch a morons.


Exum admitted to some frustration, but more importantly, said he understood that it comes with the territory as a professional athlete.

If anything, I thought he just felt a little awkward being the center of attention or being in front of the camera. People making mountains out of molehills around here. It's as if they expect him to say he loves riding the bench and watching Neto play because it's so much fun. SMH
 
they were all reasonably honest and what they said was good. I'd be worried if they said "yeah i think it was the right decision to sit me, i don't think i'm that good" Be really fascinating to see how Lyles Hoody and X come back next year.
 
LoPo said:
- The shocker is Lyles. He was incredibly humble for a guy who had the right to be upset. Diaw was awful in the 2nd round, Favors was hurt and he got zero meaningful time. If anybody should be applauded for his interview, it should be Lyles who everybody on here bashes.

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I've bashed, and will continue to bash Lyles, but you are correct here.

His interview, and his tweet show there is good in him. He could have taken this to a much more negative level.
He should realize it's his fault he wasn't playing. He played himself out of the rotation, and didn't look
too interested most of the time in spot minutes since then.

We know he worked hard last off season. I'm still salty about his draft, and what I believe was a big mistake.
Hopefully he shuts me and the rest of the haters up, and has us buying his jersey in the years to come.
I'm just VERY skeptical now that we've seen more of his skillset, or lack thereof.
 
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