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Day 1 Starting Lineup/depth chart as of right now? I can’t figure it out

2025 Starting Lineup

PG: Isaiah Collier (starting point guard, breakout rookie)

SG: Keyonte George (scoring combo guard)

SF: Ace Bailey (high-ceiling rookie wing)

PF: Lauri Markkanen (stretch big and veteran leader)

C: Walker Kessler (rim protector and rebounder)



2025 Bench Lineups

Second Unit – Veteran Stability & Spacing

PG: Walter Clayton Jr. (rookie guard with efficient scoring)

SG: Elijah Harkless (two-way shooting guard, G League standout)

SF: Svi Mykhailiuk (floor-spacing wing)

PF: Kyle Anderson (versatile forward, veteran toughness recently acquired)

C: Jusuf Nurkić (experienced interior presence)



Third Unit – Upside and Energy

PG: Jaden Springer (young guard, solid playmaking)

SG/SF: John Tonje (2025 second-round rookie wing with 3\&D profile)

SF/PF: Brice Sensabaugh (young scoring wing)

PF: Taylor Hendricks (athletic young power forward)

C: Kyle Filipowski (stretch-big with playmaking touch)
 
Just bumped this instead of making a new thread. Depth chart without injuries

Keyonte/Collier
Bailey/Sensabaugh/Svi/Konchar
Markkanen/Cody Williams/ Vince Williams
Jackson JR/Filipowski
Kessler/Nurkic/Love/Landale

Landale, Love and Nurkic all expire next year. Vince Williams has a team option for this final year.

Jazz will likely bring back Nurkic if he isnt traded. So the Jazz will need to add two roster spots in 2026 assuming no other trades are made between now and the start of next season (which Im sure a trade will happen).

One of those spots will be the 2026 pick. The other can be the MLE.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Just bumped this instead of making a new thread. Depth chart without injuries

Keyonte/Collier
Bailey/Sensabaugh/Svi/Konchar
Markkanen/Cody Williams/ Vince Williams
Jackson JR/Filipowski
Kessler/Nurkic/Love/Landale

Landale, Love and Nurkic all expire next year. Vince Williams has a team option for this final year.

Jazz will likely bring back Nurkic if he isnt traded. So the Jazz will need to add two roster spots in 2026 assuming no other trades are made between now and the start of next season (which Im sure a trade will happen).

One of those spots will be the 2026 pick. The other can be the MLE.
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I really think the Ainges love the idea of a high motor guy like Landale as a backup for Kessler. There wouldn't be any room for Nurk in that scenario.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Landale is getting traded to the Celtics or Rockets, book it.
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Nurk doesn't exactly have a great track record of functioning as a backup. I mean this is a guy who once asked for a trade because his starting spot was taken by the best player on the planet (Jokic).

I presume he loves this season's high-profile hub role and would hate trying to cover for Kessler when he rests.

But who knows if Kessler will really be here.
 
I had Landale as someone I was intrigued as a bench big option for this free agency.

Don't know how realistic it is to keep Nurkic with a pitch of "so, we're paying you 19m and playing you 30 plus minutes every night, but our offer for your to stay is around a third of your current salary at best and 15 minutes every game".
 
rjfan said:
I had Landale as someone I was intrigued as a bench big option for this free agency.

Don't know how realistic it is to keep Nurkic with a pitch of "so, we're paying you 19m and playing you 30 plus minutes every night, but our offer for your to stay is around a third of your current salary at best and 15 minutes every game".
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Nurkic can face reality or be disappointed. No one is giving him any kind of money to be a starter.
 
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