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Bill Simmons: Prediction No. 1: Utah tries like hell to trade up for Jabari Parker.

Hack said:
how is it too steep?

What's the plan bro? Just keep cycling through the years and picks hoping and waiting for the next Lebron to come walking through the free agency front doors?

What the hell are we going to do with a bunch of average players?

We won't ever be closer to nabbing a top player. You have to take a risk. We can't wait til the whole league knows Jabari is a stud. No one will trade him to us at that point. Nor will anyone trade any top player to us.

If Jabari ends up a top 5 player in 5 years that package will seem ridiculously worth it.

Foresight > Hindsight.

Being scared is how you never get anywhere.
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THANK YOU. One of the posters that truly gets it.

This is a chance we've not had in a while, and may not have for many years down the line.

We need to make a BIG PLAY, and go for the home run. Parker is worth it. Wiggins is worth it. Parker will be slightly easier to get.

I'm tired of following this team with ZERO shot to win a title. At least by adding one of the top 3 I can turn off the lights, and have naughty dreams of championships.
 
This will go down along the same lines of when I stressed the crap out of trading for Harden then Bledsoe before they blew up, and a lot of people doubted how good they would be.

I don't ever pimp a player this hard unless I'm really sure.

The arguments in this thread against Jabari are going to look really dumb in a few years.

Thank god for Lindsey though. I have faith that he will pull this off. At first everyone will be crying about how much was traded, but that will soon turn to tears of joy.
 
Core4 said:
I agree. Jabari is an elite scorer, but he couldn't even guard college forwards. He was so much of a LIABILITY, Coach K. decided the team was better off NOT having him in the lineup at the end of games. He wasn't even a "franchise player" in college. Maybe a better comp for Jabari is Boozer. He'll score, but he'll give up more on the other end. Certainly you draft him if he's there at #5, but you don't give up three other key assets to move up 2-3 spots to get him.
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That one game dude and it was one of his worst games of the season. Certainly a case could be made that he choked during primetime, but come on....dude is 19 and carried that team most of the season. He is a stud.
 
Vermin said:
That one game dude and it was one of his worst games of the season. Certainly a case could be made that he choked during primetime, but come on....dude is 19 and carried that team most of the season. He is a stud.
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don't ruin hack's glory
 
Hack said:
This will go down along the same lines of when I stressed the crap out of trading for Harden then Bledsoe before they blew up, and a lot of people doubted how good they would be.

I don't ever pimp a player this hard unless I'm really sure.

The arguments in this thread against Jabari are going to look really dumb in a few years.

Thank god for Lindsey though. I have faith that he will pull this off. At first everyone will be crying about how much was traded, but that will soon turn to tears of joy.
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Amen.
 
Let's hope we can get a deal done for Parker. I'm tired of having a roster of role players.

Hey let's continue drafting role players and be safe when we have a shot at a guy that could be a star. That's too damn conservative.


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I would literally trade any player and asset we have to land Jabari.

If we have Jabari and nobody else, then at least we have a possible cornerstone for a future Championship.

In the NBA if you dont have a star you have absolutely nothing.
 
cowhide said:
I agree he is a stretch four but can he guard a four. Do you think he could guard Kanter down low? Do you think he could guard fast/quick SF?
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If i were coaching i would adjust my lineups when matchups dictate.

He can guard alot of 4's..... when he cant then i either move him to the 3, play more zone, bring help early, or in a worst case scenario i bring off the bench.
 
UGLI baby said:
I would literally trade any player and asset we have to land Jabari.

If we have Jabari and nobody else, then at least we have a possible cornerstone for a future Championship.

In the NBA if you dont have a star you have absolutely nothing.
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So the Jazz have absolutely nothing then.

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How the **** can some of you not be excited about this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr5fU3gW9Tg
 
Parker is 19 (he was 18 during most of the season). He was a freshman who's coveted for his scoring. His defense isn't stellar. There's no reason he can't improve on defense. Numerous draft profiles talk about his high basketball IQ - if he can learns the correct defensive angles to take he can become an average defender at worst.
 
Scorpjazz said:
Burks might be the one guy on the team who still COULD blossom into a super star..NONE of the others will (sorry to burst any remaining homer dreamers' bubbles) they all have too many flaws and are not consistently good at all aspects.
I would much rather keep him, i agree. That being said, Id drive him to the air port to be able to pick Jabari.
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I'm in shock.... Your down with burks now???
 
This thread is hilarious. I think we've found out which posters are delusional (Mormonism vs talent, college vs nba)

If you can get Jabari then you do and run away with him as fast as possible.
 
[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];831870 said:
I'd be ****ing stoked, but...

*I don't want to sell the farm for him
*I don't think he's actually gettable
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Sad thing is I don't think this farm has enough crop to get him anyway. I mean really, who is off limits if a team in the top 3 says we will trade you parker, but we want this.


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orangello said:
So the Jazz have absolutely nothing then.

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The one thing we have is *possibly* enough assets to acquire a might be star.

It'd be like if we were at an arcade and had a bunch of tickets we won from playing games. We can either turn the tickets in for a prize, or take the tickets home and have a bunch of pieces of paper while we wait for them to miraculously turn into a prize.

Burks is not magically turning into a prize and I cannot believe that I would ever have to type that out for some.


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