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LogGrad98 said:
I for one will be happy even if we end up in the lottery next year, because at least we tried, took the risks. Did SOMETHING.
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Same!

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So we lost Hayward who was an all-star in his last year with us and we based a system entirely around him. Where does Bojan stack up against Jazz Hayward? We all have looked back and said Hayward would be the perfect fit here. Bojan slides comfortably into that same role. Similar type of offensive game. Perhaps less mid-range, but a lot of coming off screens. He's less than a year older than Hayward, too, and Boston is on the hook for $67M for the next two years while we have $73M for four years for Bojan.

And we obtained him for cap space. Does this completely erase the summer of 2017?
 
infection said:
So we lost Hayward who was an all-star in his last year with us and we based a system entirely around him. Where does Bojan stack up against Jazz Hayward? We all have looked back and said Hayward would be the perfect fit here. Bojan slides comfortably into that same role. Similar type of offensive game. Perhaps less mid-range, but a lot of coming off screens. He's less than a year older than Hayward, too, and Boston is on the hook for $67M for the next two years while we have $73M for four years for Bojan.

And we obtained him for cap space. Does this completely erase the summer of 2017?
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None of this is possible without the summer of 2017. Looking back at the last two years until now, Hayward leaving was the best thing that could have happened to us.
 
David Stern said:
None of this is possible without the summer of 2017. Looking back at the last two years until now, Hayward leaving was the best thing that could have happened to us.
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Yes, but all our sorrows and all of our hypotheticals of what we thought we lost, was restored back to us, no? I don't mean by saying we're better, but specifically all that we lost with Hayward we more or less have with Bojan? If Bojan was the focal point of our offense, what does he look like? Obviously we're the big winners from here on out.
 
Also, Donovan was free to develop without Hayward here. No way does Mitchell get to launch up 30 shots with his inefficiency if Gordo had been number 1 option.

Jazz are a better team now than they could have been with Hayward at $30m+. We're so lucky Lindsey couldn't offer him the super max.
 
infection said:
Yes, but all our sorrows and all of our hypotheticals of what we thought we lost, was restored back to us, no? I don't mean by saying we're better, but specifically all that we lost with Hayward we more or less have with Bojan? If Bojan was the focal point of our offense, what does he look like? Obviously we're the big winners from here on out.
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Yeah you’re spot on with that, and it’s an interesting thought.
 
LogGrad98 said:
We are fans. We complain about everything, duh.

But you are tilting at windmills right now my friend. Many of us have been asking for exactly this for years. For the FO to stop sitting on their assets and do something with it by hell.

And they did.

I for one will be happy even if we end up in the lottery next year, because at least we tried, took the risks. Did SOMETHING.

But I will still do plenty of complaining because I'm a fan and that's what fans do.

Duh.
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No complaining from me. I've been imploring Dennis to get off his big asset and do something for years. I'm in the minority, but I actually applaud him for keeping Dante. He never wavered. Right or wrong, he'll go down with that ship if he has to.

Barring injuries, this team can contend. And that's all you can ask for as a fan. I wont even criticize if Conley is only here 1 year. It will be unfortunate, but you have to go for it.
 
infection said:
Yes, but all our sorrows and all of our hypotheticals of what we thought we lost, was restored back to us, no? I don't mean by saying we're better, but specifically all that we lost with Hayward we more or less have with Bojan? If Bojan was the focal point of our offense, what does he look like? Obviously we're the big winners from here on out.
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As much as I hate what Gordon Hayward did, a team comprised of Rubio, Mitchell, (non injured) Hayward, Favors and Gobert would’ve been amazing. Jingles and Hood with bench roles. Would’ve still needed to make another move beyond Rubio, but that team would’ve been legit. DL ****ed up by not giving Hayward the full 5 year rookie max instead of letting him go negotiate his own deal in 2014.

The big issue would’ve been dealing with the 2017 scenario right now. Because it’s still likely that he would be leaving right now given how free agency has played out in the past 24 hours.
 
Jack Strop said:
No complaining from me. I've been imploring Dennis to get off his big asset and do something for years. I'm in the minority, but I actually applaud him for keeping Dante. He never wavered. Right or wrong, he'll go down with that ship if he has to.

Barring injuries, this team can contend. And that's all you can ask for as a fan. I wont even criticize if Conley is only here 1 year. It will be unfortunate, but you have to go for it.
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DL and the Jazz timed this perfectly.

Just as GS's window is closing, we come bursting in.

They timed it perfectly. Patience and a plan, it's all coming together now.
 
Ellis269 said:
As much as I hate what Gordon Hayward did, a team comprised of Rubio, Mitchell, (non injured) Hayward, Favors and Gobert would’ve been amazing. Jingles and Hood with bench roles. Would’ve still needed to make another move beyond Rubio, but that team would’ve been legit. DL ****ed up by not giving Hayward the full 5 year rookie max instead of letting him go negotiate his own deal in 2014.

The big issue would’ve been dealing with the 2017 scenario right now. Because it’s still likely that he would be leaving right now given how free agency has played out in the past 24 hours.
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How quickly some forget. Someone bump the Gordon FA thread from that summer and let's see what the consensus was on giving him a max contract. Coming off a horribly inefficient year, Utah was willing to give him an identical contract to Favors.

Hindsight is great, isn't it? Kudos to Gordo for busting his *** to make himself into a star. He wasnt back then. He could have just as easily turned into Wiggins. It wasnt like he came into the league like Donovan. Theres zero doubt about giving him maximum he's eligible for. There was with Hayward at the time.
 
RandyForRubio said:
DL and the Jazz timed this perfectly.

Just as GS's window is closing, we come bursting in.

They timed it perfectly. Patience and a plan, it's all coming together now.
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The problem if Lakers get Kawhi (very good chance I think), it's going to be hard to beat Lebron/Leonard/Davis. That's a superteam better than the Lebron/Wade/Bosh one.
 
So Lebron/Leonard/Davis is arguably 3 of the top 6 players in NBA
Does that make them best team of alltime?
 
slc said:
So Lebron/Leonard/Davis is arguably 3 of the top 6 players in NBA
Does that make them best team of alltime?
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Team? Definitely not. I still have my doubts about them playing together. Kawhi and Davis struggle to stay healthy and LeBron was injured last year for the first time in his career. Then they have to fill out the rest of their roster with 9 minimum players. Good luck with that.

Will they be good? No doubt. I’d fully expect a Jazz vs Lakers WCF if Kawhi goes there.
 
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