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Should the Jazz go after Steve Nash?

NUMBERICA said:
He never had a shot, this is new.

If Harris can play anything close to how he did last night, then he will have reinvented himself and added about 5 years to his career.
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Harris used to be a very good scoring PG, and it wasn't just layups.
 
chawx said:
I was talking to my girlfriend about this—seriously guys, this isn't like the "Memo at Best Buy" story, I really do have a girlfriend—and we agreed that with Nash on this current team, we would be insanely good! Like top 2/3 in the league good...BUT, with that said, we're playing good ball right now. I'm with one of the posters above that said we should wait til closer to the deadline, and see if making a move for him would really be in our best interests.
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Well, if your girlfriend thinks we would be insanely good, Hell YES, let's go get Nash!
 
NUMBERICA said:
He never had a shot, this is new.

If Harris can play anything close to how he did last night, then he will have reinvented himself and added about 5 years to his career.
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He has a shot, but up until now it has gotten lost in his poor shot selection.

This year Harris' high FGA is 11 - and that was the game against Philly when Al was out. Every other game he's taken 9 shots or less. I doubt you'll find a 13 game stretch any time in his recent career where he's taken fewer shots.

Right now Harris' FG% is still atrocious; but he's taking good shots every game. It has nowhere to go but up.
 
Beantown said:
Harris used to be a very good scoring PG, and it wasn't just layups.
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Right. He shot a lot of free-throws too.

Look, he was never as horrific as Rondo (who can hardly hit even FTs), but until this year his entire game was predicated on being fast and getting to the rim. No really, his entire game (for all intents and purposes, his only bankable skill). And that's not bad necessarily, that still gave him options (finish and/or get to the line, get an assist off of a kick-out or dump off). But that kind of game simply doesn't last and it certainly has it's limitations.
 
How do we get Nash here without giving up any of the core? I see this team and I wonder how good they'd be with a real PG.
 
fallenchicken said:
How do we get Nash here without giving up any of the core? I see this team and I wonder how good they'd be with a real PG.
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It's not going to happen.
Nash has already promised to retire in Big Cactus Land.
Harris will learn from this.... and I'm glad this is early in the season.
 
If the Jazz trade for Nash just for the fact that Harris is a shot-first guard who apparently failed to mesh in the system of Jazz, and Nash is a great facilitator, past-first guard who can score when needed;

- they should be very confident that "horrible" or lemme say "non-existent" defense of Nash, who is 38, will not be a problem for them and they will somehow hide his defensive flaws with concerted effort.

- they are aiming at least a 2nd round in playoffs.

Devin sucked last night against Mavs, and he has not meet the expectations of many but he is a good defender and he really tries to play hard, commit himself to the team play, get used to the system. Like the guy but, as a fan who've seen Stock and Dwill run the point, I am having a hard time watching his PG play, too. However, I believe that at some point in this season, his effort to get comfortable and efficient in this system will pay off. The fact is he has never been a great facilitator or spot up shooter, but he is a way above average defender, good slasher, good at fast pace basketball, who actually fits very well in the 2nd unit of Jazz. You should not expect him to be the 2nd coming of No.12 .
 
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