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D Will Texas

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The best we did was sign Rudy Gay and get black & white uniforms ?

hello 4-5 seed and another secondround exit #hamsterwheel
 
Sorry guys, I know I’m a Debbie downer on here. I just don’t see it. We coulda at least added danny ainge , but no. Trapped in a Zanick nightmare
 
I think given what we had to work with from a salary standpoint and who we wanted to hang on to it was a very good offseason. And I definitely don't want Ainge replacing JZ. Better to be boring then making changes that dont make sense.
 
Brought back the entire team which was the #1 seed in entire NBA last year. 52 wins in a 72-game season. Added Rudy Gay and Hassan Whiteside. Drafted Jared Butler. Not sure what else there was to do. This was literally the best case scenario for this off-season.
If we want to be picky, we could moan about how we didn't get Batum, but got Gay instead. But who in their right mind would expect a player with a great role on a team that just beat us in the playoff to come to our side?

Or we could speculate about who the Jazz's number-one choice at backup center on a minimum contract was before he got offered a better contract. I'm choosing to guess Theiss, though his style of play is very different than we're used to at C.
 
If we want to be picky, we could moan about how we didn't get Batum, but got Gay instead. But who in their right mind would expect a player with a great role on a team that just beat us in the playoff to come to our side?

Or we could speculate about who the Jazz's number-one choice at backup center on a minimum contract was before he got offered a better contract. I'm choosing to guess Theiss, though his style of play is very different than we're used to at C.
I believe we’ve significantly overrated Batum here, in part due to recency bias, but if we’re saying Batum > Gay then we’re significantly overrating Batum.
 
I believe we’ve significantly overrated Batum here, in part due to recency bias, but if we’re saying Batum > Gay then we’re significantly overrating Batum.
Nah. I hope Gay thrives here, but if given a choice, I'd have gone with Batum. I'll gladly hope to be proven wrong, however.
 
Offseasons usually are
 
We've upgraded and we have more depth. For what JZ had to work with we did pretty damn well. Come playoff time I also prefer this team to last year's squad.
 
After reflecting on it, I’ve gone from being underwhelmed with our offseason to being pretty excited.

The playoff loss to the Clippers still stings like a ************, but if we take our fan glasses off and look at why we lost that series, I believe a few subtle tweaks gets the job done as opposed to a couple of wholesale changes.

I think having Rudy Gay as opposed to Niang, especially in the postseason will reap positive results for the Jazz. I’m also extremely hopeful that should we get unlucky with Conley or Mitchell’s health again come playoff time, the Jazz are more insulated at Guard with the addition of Jared Butler and the continued growth of Forrest- who had an amazing summer and looks like he might develop into a solid rotation piece.

As frustrated as we are, the reality is that it takes teams with younger stars a few disappointing playoff runs before they break through. Giannis and the Bucks had a similar run of disappointment in the playoffs prior to breaking through. I really like the idea of keeping most the pieces in place alongside our 2 foundational pieces in Mitchell and Gobert. By keeping the core roster in place, we’re gonna find out if DM and Gobert are good enough to get us there, and if the answer ends up being no, even if it’s not the answer we were hoping for, at least our FO will have a definitive answer.
 
Given the resources available, I'm pretty satisfied and I'm not sure what else was realistic. I'd have loved a Bojan for a real 4 trade, but Gay will suffice for now.
 
After reflecting on it, I’ve gone from being underwhelmed with our offseason to being pretty excited.

The playoff loss to the Clippers still stings like a ************, but if we take our fan glasses off and look at why we lost that series, I believe a few subtle tweaks gets the job done as opposed to a couple of wholesale changes.

I think having Rudy Gay as opposed to Niang, especially in the postseason will reap positive results for the Jazz. I’m also extremely hopeful that should we get unlucky with Conley or Mitchell’s health again come playoff time, the Jazz are more insulated at Guard with the addition of Jared Butler and the continued growth of Forrest- who had an amazing summer and looks like he might develop into a solid rotation piece.

As frustrated as we are, the reality is that it takes teams with younger stars a few disappointing playoff runs before they break through. Giannis and the Bucks had a similar run of disappointment in the playoffs prior to breaking through. I really like the idea of keeping most the pieces in place alongside our 2 foundational pieces in Mitchell and Gobert. By keeping the core roster in place, we’re gonna find out if DM and Gobert are good enough to get us there, and if the answer ends up being no, even if it’s not the answer we were hoping for, at least our FO will have a definitive answer.
Great post. Couldn't agree more.
 
If we want to be picky, we could moan about how we didn't get Batum, but got Gay instead. But who in their right mind would expect a player with a great role on a team that just beat us in the playoff to come to our side?

Or we could speculate about who the Jazz's number-one choice at backup center on a minimum contract was before he got offered a better contract. I'm choosing to guess Theiss, though his style of play is very different than we're used to at C.
Gay is also probably better than Batum.
 
Gay is also probably better than Batum.
I also think Gay is better than Batum in a vacuum, but I think a Batum addition for the Jazz would have been better from the standpoint that Batum probably helps the Jazz more when opponents go small and had the Jazz been able to sign him, it’s a double whammy because we would have weakened the Clippers in the process. That being said, Gay can still help us advance in the playoffs.
 
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