Its you who needs to do the reading lol. In your self-defined 40 year window TH is actually only the 5th top 10 pick, and this year we get the 6th.
The Jazz had near perfect roster development. They got screwed by injuries and failing under pressure. I really don't think it's all that necessary to go past that. You can nitpick the moves in the margins being our ultimate failure, but the broad strokes were genius and worked.
Nope. Conley was never a championship move and didn't address our obviously most glaring deficit, perimeter defense, which ended up being our Downfall in every playoffs we were in. That was a mistake.
Not necessarily disagreeing with you, but nearly perfected, how?
Mistakes were made and I've thought about how bad they were and where they could have been different. I blame DL but also wish Quin would have put some of those guys we thought would be "the guys" out there enough to show they sucked or weren't working. In addition to the Favs, Davis, Bradley, Doke super fail we also didn't churn the end of the roster enough. We rode with Morgan, Oni, Brantley for a while without getting much or seeing what they looked like in extended run.
It was definitely time to blow it up. I have heaps of blame to spread around, but the bulk of it goes to DL and Quin, who were 3/4ths or further along into a cycle of team-building that many people dream to be a part of... and then caved to impatient and destructive impulses. How many bites at the apple do they expect to get?
They were always just a step or two behind with decision making etc. Also had some sloppy mistake/miscalculations.
I'm with you on DL. His track record is easier to lay bare and judge harshly than Quin's. But I suspect that Quin did an equal number of hard-to-forgive things that we'll never hear about. The obvious one, though, is just how predictable and monotonous his schemes became. It sounds like the bulk of his dirty work was behind the scenes.
What’s TH?
I disagree. There is no point in getting ahead of future picks when other teams would likely value those picks as later draft picks. Those picks aren't going to lose value with the current perception but they could gain a ton of value if key injuries happen to the wolves or cavs. We are much better off using our picks around draft time to either combine and trade up or trade out for another future pick which I bet is a likely scenario where we kick certain picks down the road further.
I'm not advocating dropping them all off this offseason, but If you enter 2027 with 4 first round picks, you aren't going to get max value for them because everyone knows you aren't making 4 picks. It is also the uncertainty of the picks right now that brings them value. I wouldn't let the possibility of having 4 picks 3 years from now keep me from firing off one of them on a Josh Hart type of deal at a random trade deadline. Seems like a single first round pick at a trade deadline will get you something decent at a better (but more expensive rate) than just using a pick in the 20's or even late lotto. It is OK to use some of our pick stash like this to balance out risk.
Still 29 bidders so if people are low balling you there will be the threat of some other team swooping in. We are just really far away from worrying about that "problem" imo.
