Until we find the winning combination. Spurs and 90’s jazz are good example of this.
Don't put the Jazz in the same category as a core that won 5 rings. Dear Lord.
What we did is a reflection of the Danny Ainge philosophy. While it is not uncommon, it is definitely a big change from every former owner/GM regime in Utah Jazz history. Bring back the Millers. Donny was going to leave but we could have used a Donny trade to build around Rudy.
You mean a team that kept its stars for basically their entire careers and core for basically ever, made two finals appearances those jazz were cream of the crop for years, just couldn’t solve the Jordan problem which no one could. Also didn’t compare the two other than to point out both teams as small markets kept their stars
Idiot
Only chance is to move the team from Utah. Nobody wants to play here. Stockton and Malone don’t grow on trees
This. In lots of ways we ****ed this all up when we brought in Conley instead of looking to plug the oh so obvious holes in our lineup. Somehow we hoped a shorter and even less talented guard along-side Mitchell would make up for the fact that we desperately needed a long athletic 3&D wing, or at the very least some size and defensive ability to run with Mitchell at the guard spot. That was the death-knell for this group. DL screwed us once more in his "emeritus" retirement. **** him so hard.
Rings have always been what mattered. Why did Malone go to LA? And speaking of Malone, since Duncan won a ring so early in his career, there was talk way back in his 2nd and 3rd season that he, and not Malone, was the greatest PF of all time, and it was largely because Duncan had won a ring and Malone never did, despite the fact that Malone was objectively the best PF by any other measure than rings, in the history of the NBA. But rings are what defines the professional player, and they always have. How it Barkley viewed? Same as Malone and Stockton. They always have "...who never won a ring" appended to the end of any praise for them. If Stockton and Malone had won even a single ring, the history books would firmly have Stockton on top of the greatest PGs of all time list and Malone cemented as the best PF of all time. But since they didn't they are usually listed somewhere in the top 5, Stockton at times even outside of the top 5 PGs, and mostly because there are 5 other PGs who won rings. This isn't new. What is new is the bald-face blatant chase of the ring by jumping around and forming super-teams with this express purpose. Yes great teams have always been able to get great players together to win, but before the travesty of "the decision" it was less player-driven and more just market-driven. But we have entered an age where players dictate where they want to go and teams oblige so they don't lose out on value. If everyone knows Mitchell wants to go to New York, like if he made that public, then any trade partner other than NY will low-ball because they know it is only a rental and that eventually he is going no matter what. That is what is damaging the league as a whole.
