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Point Guard of the Future Poll

Who do you want to be our point guard of the future? (Name them in the comments)

  • Someone from this or next year's draft.

    Votes: 16 55.2%

  • Free agent from this year or next year.

    Votes: 4 13.8%

  • We already have them on the roster.

    Votes: 2 6.9%

  • Someone we would have to trade for

    Votes: 3 10.3%

  • Don't Care / Point Guard Position is not important

    Votes: 4 13.8%
  • Total voters
    29
SoberasHotRod

SoberasHotRod

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Personally, I still think the point guard position is important. It would be nice to have our point guard of the future figured out in the next year or two. What is your preference for how we fill that position?

I know you might be ok with multiple ways, but pick one way that would be your preference.
 
Point Guard in the classical sense isn't as important as primary and secondary ball handlers/play initiators. That can come from anywhere, from 1 to 5. Frankly, I don't care where we get it in the end, but I think the draft would be preferable.
 
Scoot, if he is gettable, would be my preference. If not, I could see Cason being someone we would be really happy with for the next 10+ years.
 
In a vacuum, it is always best to develop your own core players. So I’m voting for that.

However, I’ve got my eyes on both Austin Reaves and Dejounte Murray. Drafting a guard this year would still work with that plan since you need depth and I’m not married to any of our current guards.
 
I'm definitely not excited about any of the free agent options this year. I haven't looked at next year closely enough.

I think this draft has quite a few potential point guards of the future. It would be great to have a guy on a rookie deal.
 
My preference is that Joe Ingles is the point guard of the future, which is something the Jazz FO should have realized 5 years ago. Never too late!

What's most likely? I think the Jazz will draft a PG and that PG will do well. Anyone and everyone who plays PG for Will Hardy and with Lauri+Kessler will be good. Didn't matter if it's Conley, Sexton, THT, Dunn.....The Jazz will draft a PG at some point in the 2023 draft and they will be good.

I think both Austin Reeves and Quickley would be all star level players if they were the starting PG for the Jazz next season.
 
I would love to steal Reaves from the Lakers. He’s been terrific in the playoffs and is still young enough to have some additional upside.
 
Honestly I'm not concerned about pg at all. Between Sexton, THT and Dunn I'm fine running with that trio. My focus would be adding more perimeter height and length. I would love to add a couple guys in the 6'7" to 6'10" so we constantly flood teams with switchable length on the perimeter. I think Jalen McDaniels value took a pretty good hit once he joined the sixers but I would love to add him off the bench.
 
We need to find a solution there... whether it is traditional pg type or something different. I think with Lauri and Kessler already you might not be able to get by with a makeshift sg masquerading as a pg. That works if you have Jokic, Lebron or Tatum/Brown (but they needed some help).

I prefer to get one in the draft as FA options aren't super appealing. IDK do something though.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
We need to find a solution there... whether it is traditional pg type or something different. I think with Lauri and Kessler already you might not be able to get by with a makeshift sg masquerading as a pg. That works if you have Jokic, Lebron or Tatum/Brown (but they needed some help).

I prefer to get one in the draft as FA options aren't super appealing. IDK do something though.
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Good post, specifically the part that we have some good/great bigs that get outsize benefit from being setup. Since I am not sure where the traditional PG is that also keeps up with the times and could be available (which is where the draft comes in), I am looking at the notion of multiple players with real creation/passing chops. Dejounte AND Reaves is where I'm dreaming.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
nobody is stealing reaves. everybody wants that dude. he's going to get paid. probably over paid, tbh.
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His max is 4/$98 and the Jazz have more than enough cap.

The Jazz also have the Laker's '27 pick and that's the single most valuable thing they could receive short of an established star if it was necessary (because a team's own pick is always more valuable to them than another teams pick due to getting compensated for having a bad season).

Jazz also have Clarkson in limbo, either as a sign-and-trade for Reaves (more cost-controlled, fills a similar potential role, they shouldn't be freaked out about his timeline) or re-signed to a reasonable deal and traded midseason for Dejounte (cost-controlled bait for a Dejounte deal since Atlanta wouldn't want to lose him for nothing [and will certainly be gun-shy about giving him the bag]).
 
I will be on an island here by myself I’m sure but I’m good with rolling with Sexton. He was essentially 17/5/2 on 54/38/82 shooting splits as a starter this year.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I will be on an island here by myself I’m sure but I’m good with rolling with Sexton. He was essentially 17/5/2 on 54/38/82 shooting splits as a starter this year.
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I'm good rolling with him too. I just think there is room to improve both his position(s) and the roster generally. But the only players in the safe-ish category for me are Lauri and Walker (in that order).
 
Elizah Huge said:
I will be on an island here by myself I’m sure but I’m good with rolling with Sexton. He was essentially 17/5/2 on 54/38/82 shooting splits as a starter this year.
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I don't think this impossible, but every damn signal from every media member is Utah sees him as a 6th man, so his own team appears to working against that reality.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Good post, specifically the part that we have some good/great bigs that get outsize benefit from being setup. Since I am not sure where the traditional PG is that also keeps up with the times and could be available (which is where the draft comes in), I am looking at the notion of multiple players with real creation/passing chops. Dejounte AND Reaves is where I'm dreaming.
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This idea of having another "combo plus" guard (where it's a SG-sized guard with legit PG chops, which I will generally refer to as "combo plus") also jives well with getting a player like Keyonte or Bufkin who I think could seriously pop but could use some help setting up plays and moving the ball.
 
I think it will be somewhat of a rotating door but I went with on the team because I think THT currently has the best odds of any individual
 
Funny how for years we couldn't buy a pg and it was such a massive hole and last year pretty much anyone we plugged into that position became a strength for us.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I will be on an island here by myself I’m sure but I’m good with rolling with Sexton. He was essentially 17/5/2 on 54/38/82 shooting splits as a starter this year.
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Definitely not an island. Sexton was great when started for us last year and I would really love to see him get a chance to secure that position at the start of next year.
 
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