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I have been thinking the exact same thing. It is one thing for the FO to tank, but when their is no merit based logic around who you play, you loose the team and you mess up the culture big time.

We have had season tickets with someone in the family for over 30 years - until last year. I have traveled to watch the Jazz play on the road and recorded every game I couldn't watch live - until last year. This year I watch bits and pieces of games when it is convenient but never record games...

It is too early to tell but it is not looking good. And for the record, Ainge didnt draft Kessler.

So well said. Just a few adds of why the product has problems. The combination of the number of teams tanking combined with load management logic greatly reduces the number of games worth watching. Why waste time watching games when you have teams who dont want to win or have the players you...

If he defends like any of those 3 I will stand down - and be delighted. I dont see any indication of him being close to that kind of a defender.

I want a shooting guard who can defend and who can shoot. Keyonte doesnt do either of those well. Nor does he handle the ball and make decisions that you need in a PG.

I have said before, I am fine with tanking and fine with rebuilding but there is zero sense to the timeline and process this FO has used to do so. What we are doing right now should have been year 1 or we should have hung on to one of our All Stars and built around them - which was very doable.

I agree with your list with one exception. Elaborate on what you are liking with Keyonte. I am not seeing a "good PG" because of his ball handling (and decision making) and his shooting percentages continue to be as bad as they were in college. He has an occasional good game.

I was about to post the exact same thing. Where is MJK when we need him.

If Ainge put much stock in college shooting percentages we never would have drafted Keyonte. Doesnt seem to be something they prioritize.

Very few rookies are ready for prime time. There is a good reason why most young players are brought a long more slowly.

If you are going to do a timeline with Ainge, as if he has a plan, you have to back two years and explain why we waited until year 3 to tank. It makes no sense to have two years of being crappy but not crappy enough and then decide to do a real tank. I am fine with tanking, even if it is a 2...

His FG% in college was 37.6% and his 3 pt percentage was 33.8%.

Way too soon to tell anything at all about Cody but the notion that AInge was "incredible" at drafting in Boston is only looking at part of the story. He did a great job when he was at the top of the lottery (and he was very lucky to end up with those picks). In fairness, no GM is incredible...

The question for me is not about how good they are relative to where they were selected, it is how good of players are we getting relative to what we gave up to get them.

I will go with superstars since I think both of them have a good shot at ending up in the HOF

I hope Keyonte becomes a talented scorer and a MUCH BETTER decision maker but 39% FG and 33% 3pt is not a talented scorer in my book.

Amazing to see how many folks on a fan board are excited about losing.

I always learn stuff when I listen to Locke, which I really like. And I have no use for homer announcers and IMO Locke does a good job of being objective.

Did he add anything about them earning their minutes? All coaches are ready to play rookies that prove they are ready and earn it.