I see your point, Viny, and to an extent I share the sentiment. But considering the fact that the job is Sloan's until he decides to retire (or, God forbid, keels over on the bench during a game), so it makes more sense to surround him with the type of players who could get him the ring.
If the Jazz had Duncan, we'd have won. --Based on what?
Ok, that's a good point.
But the opposite is true: (this is for the Sloan haters)
If we get rid of Jerry and his stuck-in-the-past-ways, then we'd win the title.
Uh...you make that statement based on what, exactly?
This will seem like a bit of a cop-out, but with a potential looming lockout on the horizon, the Jazz might not be absorbing much of a hit at all re: Jax's salary. Effectively this could be a one and a half year loan on a guy who, this year at least, could surely provide the impetus for us to...
"Epically bad," or "disastrous," or "seemingly run by a band of red-faced baboons" would all apply. And I see your points too. Hopefully you see why I have this man-crush on Jax too. Whether we trade AK or Memo for him doesn't matter much to me, because I see Jax as an upgrade regardless.
Not being argumentative, but how much of that was when MJ was piloting the ship? I don't think he'd sign off on their two stars leaving to the same team for a guy like AK and a rookie.
For the wing position one thing I think Jax would be great at is physicality. He's lengthy enough to match up against the 2s and 3s that the Jazz would see in the playoffs and would be able to knock them on their butts once or twice (sending a message...that kind of thing). Sure, AK is lengthy...
I don't see Charlotte giving up their two best players - by far their two best - for AK and a rook. I think we could con them into one of those guys, but not both. They're rebuilding, not suicidal. I think.
I agree with your caution in principle. Underlying subtext to my post was that he played in San Antonio for Pop and I don't recall incidents where the two of them were at each other's throats or anything. My point being: I think Jax could adapt to Jerry (well, at least as much as anyone can)...
While his 42% FG season average is certainly lower than I'd like, I think in the Jazz offense his percentage would go up significantly. In Charlotte, he is the number 1 option in a bad offense where defenses key in on him. Here, he'd share the shots with DWill, Paul, and AJ (and now...
Far too early in the season to conjecture about potential playoff matchups, but I'm with Thriller on this one: avoid the Lakers and Spurs. I'll even take it a step further and say our best bets would be to play New Orleans, Denver, or OKC (the Thunder would be a bit tougher though).
If the...
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