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I know this is the American way, but too me this is just the lazy answer. If "playing basketball" always the best way for young prospects to realize their potential? I think it is pretty clear that this is not always the case.

I`ve never understood that the only way to develop players in the US is to play them. In Europe, young talents get a few minutes here and there in spots where they are able to succeed. They spend a lot of time on the practice field and do not play until they are good enough. If Cody Williams`...

There is also an added value here in making Atlanta better. Helping them be a play off-contender lessens the chances of their pick, that is owned by San Antonio, being good.

Enter the Ju-Zang (36 threes)

Are we ready to start the Ju-Zang Clan yet?

Locke was on his yearly visit to Nate Duncan to discuss the Jazz` season a couple of days ago. I can`t listen to his own podcast anymore, but he is much, much better when he is not running the show.

The NBA would not approva of that. They have specifically warned teams about resting players @ away games. They can obviously find an excuse, but not every time.

They can't extend him. The R&E had too few years to make it legal to extend further. Turner will be a free agent next year, no matter what team he plays for.

You think it is more likely that we give up "some first" than either waive and stretch John Collins or make some trades? I sure hope our front office think differently.

It has been like 5 months since these guys last went to work. The days when you could turn up to training camp out of shape are long gone.

If we really want 30 million in cap space, we can waive and stretch John Collins and not pick up the guaranteed options on Svy and Juzang. If my math is correct, that would give us around $30 million in space. We could get 3 million more if we waive and stretch Collins this year.

I don`t think they can extend him. He did a renegotiation and extensions in January 2023 that put one more year on his deal. AFAIK deals have to be for at least three years to be extension eligble.

This has worked out well for OKC. This iteration of the team has not had 5 players 24 or younger play 2000 minutes, but that is mainly becuase SGA aged out last year. If you look at their last few season, their young talent have gotten tons of minutes from the moment they got there.

We paid Lauri the maximum we could for this and next year. This deal does not affect that at all.

In terms of who has proven the most so far, you are spot on. My worry is that KG is that kind of player that could command a max contract without him being a player type to be worth it. I don`t see this with TH, but I could obviously be very wrong on both of them.

Looking ahead, the front office has a number of important decisions to make over the next couple of seasons. We have a bunch of rookies that we all hope will turn out to the the best players in the world. We know that a number of them will never be as good as we hope or think. As fans we...

I didn't check the opponents schedule, so you are probably correct there, even though I think the Spurs will be much better than us this season .

Really? I can't see a single game we will go into as favourites until the Pistons game in December.

Since I can`t see any thread on this and the search function is broken, here are the teams we are grouped with in the NBA Cup this season in Group West B: OKC Phoenix Lakers Spurs I wouldn`t put money on us advancing.

Ouch. The last game had to be the Kobe-retirement game IIRC?