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Just for the context, here is the comparison of Lauri's stats this season vs his second year with Chicago (from ESPN): 2018-2019 - 32 MPG: 19 PPG, 9 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.6 BPG. 43% FG, 36% 3P, 87% FT. Distribution of shots: 15 FGA (including 6 3-point FGA), 4 FTA. 2024-2025 - 32 MPG: 19 PPG, 6...

This is nothing new and goes back to his Chicago days. I mean, he has clearly grown as a player since then but his inconsistency, the overreliance on the 3-pointers and the frequent lack of assertiveness have defined him as a player for a long time. You can find many descriptions of his play in...

Is it surprising though? Even on this site game threads routinely end up being only 3-4 page long, while the topics about tanking and draft are bursting with activity. Even "so-not-casual" Jazz fans on this site stopped watching and discussing the Jazz basketball.

Yeah, but what about the Jazz fans who got tickets to the games? For example, the Jazz fans in the DC area have a chance to watch their favorite team just once a year. I am not sure they are that excited to be treated by watching Micah Potter, Cody and a random guy Ainge picked up in a Home...

I bet Collins, Markkanen and Kessler will all be good and healthy for tomorrow and the game against Houston. But we are soon having a stretch of games against the Pelicans, Detroit, Washington, Toronto and Philadelphia and I am afraid for the health and safety of our best players going into it.

You had him in the top-5 throughout November and your "some water" was not being ready to move him in the top-3 yet.

Actually, they are actively throwing games. Sitting your healthy veterans specifically for the games against other tanking teams is throwing games. Not putting back the best players in the fourth until the very last minutes (while the opponent is erasing your lead/puling away) is throwing games...

I know that the progress is not linear but I just don't see any area that Keyonte improved in since the end of last season. There was probably some moderate improvement in his ability to draw fouls on the drives, but I think thats it. If he is going to top off as the younger version of...

Well, I became the Jazz fan during the Jerry Sloan years because I liked what he and the Jazz stood for back then. I don't follow other teams. But it's true, the current Jazz are doing their best to turn off fans like me who embraced the Jazz team culture of the past.

That's a well-thought response. There are some things that I disagree with, though. Toronto is Canadian, which is probably as bad as the location of SLC. However, they have the appeal of a big city, have the most ready supportive cast of young players to be competitive immediately and one a...

I think many posters on this site lost the meaning of what the sport is about. It is about competing hard, playing fair, doing your best and being proud of what you achieved with all your effort. Does it guarantee the ultimate win? Of course not, that's life. But watching it is so much fun...

It is just being realistic. SLC even in the best years was routinely mentioned as the worst destination for the NBA players. Two most recent centerpieces the Jazz had, Hayward and Mitchell, clearly wanted out. Heck, even Conley did not want to come to the Jazz but was forced to. But more...

To be honest, if I were someone like Flagg or Harper and I had to choose between the bottom feeders of Washington, New Orleans, Charlotte, Toronto and Utah, the Jazz would be my last choice by far. A combination of weather, small town feel and the fact that the Jazz have no promising young...

Here are the quotes from the Jazzfanz posters discussing who the Jazz should pick with their 35th pick and talking about the future top-15 great: - "Am I the only one who is interested in Jokic? Never seen his nane on this forum." - "personally I take medicine when I get jokic, but if you...

Flagg IS a great college player and has a high chance of being a great NBA player. But he does not have that rare physical advantage that you cannot teach like Howard, LeBron or Wemby did. Another player from this draft can quite plausibly have a better learning curve plus develop his body...

Good teams have the lowest TO%, bad teams - the highest. The top3 teams with the lowest one are Oklahoma, Boston, and Cleveland. Utah is a bad team now.

You know, these stats are not that different from what Filipowski posted in 30MPG before being drafted in the 2nd round: 16.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.5 blocks. 51% from the field, 34% from 3, 67% from the line.

But why are people so fixated specifically on Flagg? Historically the can't-miss-prospects were deemed such because of their otherworldly athleticism. At least after everybody shifted to being drafted at 18/19: Lebron, Wemby, Dwight Howard, Zion. But Flagg is not one of those athletic unicorns...

Since Silver is not monitoring it, I would like to share here a curious statistic: this year the Jazz played other tanking teams (plus a terribly injured at the time Orlando) 7 times: Lauri missed 5 of those games.

I know, I know. But at the end of this game he played against the field of midgets and was routinely guarded by 6'3"Dunn, 6"5" Bogdanovic and 6'5" Harden. Lauri should destroy such match ups by overpowering them on the drives to the basket (he did it once and I was like "oh, yeah!" - and then...