**** THE OFFICIAL: Why Jazz Fanz should be EXCITED thread ****

[Growlor]

The youth get a chance to prove their worth. If they succeed... Wonderful! If they fail to reach expectations, we have terrific insurance for the future in multiple picks.
It's like a weekend in Vegas with a money-back guarantee if things don't go well.
What's not to be excited about!
Roll on summer league games! Let the fun begin!

 

[spycam1]

bitches dont equal women

bitches is just bitches

you can have a penis and still be a bitch

and i still get money over that bitch

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bitches dont equal women

bitches is just bitches

you can have a penis and still be a bitch

and i still get money over that bitch

Yes, you are most certainly correct. I didn't want to challenge gender distinctions in my explanation because it was meant to clarify a basic but esoteric point about Money, not about making Money from bodies.

But yes, even cats can be bitches... and capitalized on accordingly. (Confirm with my signature).

 

[Gegenläufigen]

Yes, you are most certainly correct. I didn't want to challenge gender distinctions in my explanation because it was meant to clarify a basic but esoteric point about Money, not about making Money from bodies.

But yes, even cats can be bitches... and capitalized on accordingly. (Confirm with my signature).

repd

 

[spycam1]

Well what I'm saying is together the 3 guys is an upgrade on Darren Collison the Mavs had running the point last year. So they should be competing for a playoff spot, potentially pushing GSW down.

I'm not expecting Dallas to be better than GS unless

1. GS has major injury problems

or

2. Dallas signs Bynum and he stays relatively healthy

 

[cowhide]

Have you seen this verse?

Dude you need to go talk religion somewhere else. This is a JAZZ basketball forum. I don't like calling being names but you are not very smart if you think bringing God into a basketball forum isn't going to piss some people off.

 

[Gegenläufigen]

I'm not expecting Dallas to be better than GS unless

1. GS has major injury problems

or

2. Dallas signs Bynum and he stays relatively healthy

if dirk comes back 100%, or close to it

i could see them pushing for a playoff spot

 

[cowhide]

I'm starting to think that Burke/Hayward/Parker/Kanter/Favors (or Gobert) is achievable with Burks and maybe a guy like Isaiah Austin off the bench to mix things up. That team would have the talent to make the Finals. Then it's just a matter of coaching.

How are you going to pay all those guyS? I guess if you get several of them on rookie contracts but even that makes it difficult.

 

[cowhide]

Always is a stretch, but thanks.

I second that PKM.

 

[orangello]

Harris and Larkin won't make Dallas much better at all, imo. But Calderon is decent.

Disagree. Harris off the bench competing against second units is a plus for Dallas.

 

[orangello]

Lol.

Looking at the teams that picked ahead of us in the draft, I think six of them have a legit shot at being better than us next season (Cavs, Pelicans, Kings, Pistons, T-Wolves, Blazers).

I would add Dallas, Washington and possibly Toronto. Those three teams would have had better or equal records to the Jazz if they were not devastated by injuries.

 

[orangello]

I would add Dallas, Washington and possibly Toronto. Those three teams would have had better or equal records to the Jazz if they were not devastated by injuries.

Also, there's a small chance that the Bobcats have a similar record to the Jazz.

 

[The Midnight]

Disagree. Harris off the bench competing against second units is a plus for Dallas.

Yep.

I would add Dallas, Washington and possibly Toronto. Those three teams would have had better or equal records to the Jazz if they were not devastated by injuries.

OK, I can live with that.

Also, there's a small chance that the Bobcats have a similar record to the Jazz.

Now you're pushing it.

 

[green]

Also, there's a small chance that the Bobcats have a similar record to the Jazz.

It wouldn't shock me if Charlotte makes the playoffs. Al isnt a bad player. Just not good in Utah or for what he is getting paid.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Al Jefferson is gone. Halle****inglujah.

 

[The Midnight]

It wouldn't shock me if Charlotte makes the playoffs. Al isnt a bad player. Just not good in Utah or for what he is getting paid.

Oh ****!! I forgot big Al is going there!!! Wow.. there is a pretty good chance they can be better than the Jazz then. LOL...

 

[Sneakers]

I heart tank

 

[♪alt13]

jazz 2013-2014 bottom 5 in league 2014-2015 top 4 in west
in lindsey we trust

 

[dipship31]

Next year is going to be a win-win regardless. We get to watch the young guys and if they lose a lot of games we'll take a much nicer pick, but if they end up playing well together, winning, and possibly pushing for a playoff spot I think we'd all be giddy little school girls looking forward. There's only one way it can be screwed up:



if we give Jefferson, Biedrins, etc. a significant amount of minutes.

 

[Nate505]

Next year is going to be a win-win regardless. We get to watch the young guys and if they lose a lot of games we'll take a much nicer pick, but if they end up playing well together, winning, and possibly pushing for a playoff spot I think we'd all be giddy little school girls looking forward. There's only one way it can be screwed up:

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if we give Jefferson, Biedrins, etc. a significant amount of minutes.

Man stole my thunder here.

The beauty of this season, in theory anyway, is that I'm not rooting for the Jazz to tank. I'm rooting for them to win, but with playing the young guys. That being said if they don't win it does mean the Jazz can get a potential franchise changing guy (with some luck unless they are really bad) and it will show the team what they really have.

It seems the dream scenario for most Jazz fans is that the C5 (or whatever you want to call them) look great, but youthful mistakes and a weak bench make them lose close games. They then finish with the 7th or whatever record in the NBA and the ping pong balls bounce to the 1 or 2 spot. The other good scenario is that they do have a 6th pick and can paraly it up to a 4th-5th, but I've heard that's unlikely. Still though, won't count it out.

The alternate dream scenario is that both Favors and Kanter explode and look like legit all stars next year. Frankly, that's the one I'm rooting for (as a fan I can't root against the team), but it really seems like there's no losing situation, other than the Jefferson and Biedrin's of the world getting minutes (if they don't deserve them...and heck, they better do a lot for them to deserve them).

Quick question that I think you've answered before PKM (or anyone else). I've heard the 2014 draft is 5 deep in terms of franchise changing players. Is that number true, and if it is who are they? I know about Wiggins/Parker/Randle. According to DX the top 5 they have for 2014 are Wiggins, Randle, Dante Exum, Aaron Gordon, and Marcus Smart. They don't even have Parker in the top 5 yet which seems odd to me (everyone and their mother tells me he's a sure fire #2). nbadraft.net has Wiggins/Parker/Smart/Randle and Willie Cauley-Stephens in the top 5. On another note they have 4 Kentucky players in the lotto. And on yet another note, they don't have Exum or Aaron Gordon, so I have no clue who has a clue at this point.

Is Smart really one of the game changers? I know he would have been a top 3 pick this draft, but I had no idea he was thought that highly about next season. Regardless, with the spread there it appears that getting a really good player at 7-8 is even possible. Don't know if it's a franchise changer though.