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No, we cannot add another 6'4" or shorter guy in the top 5 to play with Keyonte. We would end up trading one of them.

6'9.5" in shoes with a 7'0.5" wingspan and an 8'11" standing reach and a meh vert is pretty small for a center. Even with more physicality, I doubt he's altering many shots with that verticality. Draymond could play center while smaller and less athletic, but Draymond is a top 5 defender in NBA...

Hendricks is way too short to play center, he just can't protect the rim well at all. He needs to learn how to play perimeter defense or he'll be out of the league. He's already trending to being out of the league by his 5th or 6th season so the Jazz probably shouldn't sabotage him when they...

I mean, the current trade values on the team are like Lauri: 2 to 3 firsts plus an expiring, unclear quality of picks Keyonte: One top 10 pick Ace: One top 10 pick Kessler: Extremely difficult to trade right now Walter Clayton Jr: One late first Kyle Filipowski: One late first Taylor Hendricks...

Yeah, like, the 2027 draft is really bad so I don't know if the Jazz will be trying very hard to tank. But we're not going to be good in 2026-2027 most likely.

He has done like less than 5 practices with the team since August because of his injury so he's not in sync with the rest of the team.

I mean, it has upside, but it also has extreme downside if Kessler signs a 1 or 2 year deal.

We're probably going to move Lauri to the Heat for like Wiggins, Rozier's contract, 1 pick, 1 swap, and Ware (who will we probably dump elsewhere). This trade is an absolute fantasy. Ausar has more value by himself than Lauri. (Lauri needing such a very motion heavy offense also limits his...

Obviously the Jazz have to sign him to a long-term contract to salvage his trade value, but I can't imagine either side actually wants to continue on this partnership. I would guess we see Kessler push for a sign-and-trade.

Cam Thomas did this exact thing last year after an injury plagued contract year fwiw.

Is this likely or Walker signing a one year deal to prove himself and get rid of the Jazz's RFA rights more likely.

I can't believe we didn't trade this guy last year.

They will not.

The Jazz's scheme does literally everything you do not want to do with an immobile big. Kessler takes forever to get back in transition, but the Jazz send their forwards in to crash the glass to, making his transition woes even worse. The Jazz meanwhile sell out helping to avoid paint...

Bro, it's 7 games in, are you kidding me.

Absolutely not! They should have traded him last deadline, now their relationship is going to be awful and his trade value is much lower. Kessler just does not fit at all what Hardy wants in an NBA center and has no future on this team yet they won't move him.

???????????? Possessions allowed in transition? Like I literally wrote in the post. Can you... Like read and stuff?

Well, it's been 7 games, but also PPP is a horrific metric for transition defense too. Last year, teams took 22.6% of their possessions in transition against the Jazz (the worst in the league and one of the worst marks in NBA history). The Rockets were middle of the pack at 18.4%

I mean, it's been 7 games and he's doing it mostly by having the single greatest foul drawing season of all time through 7 games. If he keeps being the best foul drawer in NBA history after 30 games, then yes, people will start wondering if he can be a star. His offensive impact does need to be...

Yes, we were and now we aren't.