Struggling to win a game against the Hawks really got me thinking about this team's ability long term.
What would you do next year?
What would you do next year?
What should we do next year?
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Which option in the poll?
Which option in the poll?
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I chose "sign millsap and play for the playoffs", but what i would really like to let sap go and sign cp3 but i know there is no chance of that happening.
I'm laughing at the options. Are you saying which we think are realistic or which we think is best in a fantasy world?
I like Favors or Kanter for Wall plus '14 draft pick. Give me that one.
My choice is #3.
Favors & Kanter are keepers. We have a couple of decent players in Hayward & Burks. All we're missing is a stud PG. What better place to get it than the '14 draft?
It's FREE!!
No-brainer IMO.
Favors & Kanter are keepers. We have a couple of decent players in Hayward & Burks. All we're missing is a stud PG. What better place to get it than the '14 draft?
It's FREE!!
No-brainer IMO.
i think the plan all along has been to go lean and mean next season. they have been guarding this cap space so jealously that i doubt they blow it on a below-average free agent class just to keep us in the 7th -8th seed spot. they have sacrificed two seasons of development time for the young bigs for this cap space.
Dennis Lindsey has said the last thing he wants to do is to have this team plateau at a 45 win team with no flexibility. he also said that if the time is right that they can aggressively accumulate assets (ala Cleveland was his example). with the supposedly incredible draft in 2014, it is possible the jazz are eyeing next season as a big learning season for the current youth and then hoping to add a great player in the 2014 draft.
the only problem is i don't think the jazz will be bad enough next year with the youth in control of the team to get a top 6-7 lottery pick in 2014.
Dennis Lindsey has said the last thing he wants to do is to have this team plateau at a 45 win team with no flexibility. he also said that if the time is right that they can aggressively accumulate assets (ala Cleveland was his example). with the supposedly incredible draft in 2014, it is possible the jazz are eyeing next season as a big learning season for the current youth and then hoping to add a great player in the 2014 draft.
the only problem is i don't think the jazz will be bad enough next year with the youth in control of the team to get a top 6-7 lottery pick in 2014.
Give me Chris Paul.
I like how you think. I'm thinking the same thing. Rep'd.
Adding a top 7 in '14 would complete the team.
Hard to argue that logic.
Are our young guys ready to win with Paul though? Would Paul's knees hold up by the time the young guys ARE ready?
Litany
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Start young guys and commit to it. If they lose as much as Jazz brass are afraid then we will get a top 3 pick in a sickkkkk draft and be set going forward.
If they don't struggle as much as some anticipate we will enjoy watching their growth and not having Al on this team.
If they don't struggle as much as some anticipate we will enjoy watching their growth and not having Al on this team.
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That's the whole point of this thread. Hopefully the FO takes notice of what fans want (i.e., say HELL NO to Big Al) and play the young guys.
It was fun watching them fighting in the late 3rd and beginning of 4th quarter tonight.
I guess an argument can be made that:
- OK we could have given away Millsap
- But we're still stuck with Big Al and his huge contract
So it was financially more prudent to try and win as many games as possible while we're paying for Big Al's contracts.
But this summer will be a different situation (i.e., both Millsap & Big Al contracts off the books) so we're able to "tank" as our baseline cost will likely be pretty low.
