Report: Jazz rebelling against small-ball trend

[Coach Ellis]

So four obvious starters are: Exum, Hayward, Favors and Gobert.

Who do you think the 5th starter will be, say, by the All Star break this year?

a) Burks

b) Hood

c) Lyles

The answer should be - B.) Rodney Hood - by opening night. I LOVE me some Houdini, but Hood is such a much better fit for the starting lineup. Shooting, length, athleticism and surprisingly better defender than expected. Let Alec Burks wreak havoc off bench by moving him into Trey Burke's 6th man role. Add Pleiss, Lyles, Booker, Jingles, Burke and Neto to the rotation. . . Jazz are pretty much set until the Sll Star break, which is when I expect them to make a bold move for their playoff push.