fishonjazz
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I think that philly has done the right thing.... As ugly as it has been.I'd put LeBron as drafted. If any other team had drafted LeBron, I don't think he'd be in Cleveland.
The point is, the ONLY shot we have at a star is Exum
Or the draft. If Exum is a couple years away, lets maximize our chances at success and shoot for the draft.
And, as bad as Philly is, they have hope. Embiid might be in the summer league this year. They will get Simmons. They have Saric. They have Okafir. Between Okafor, Embiid and Simmons, they have three potential all stars.
We have Exum. Plus, they can attract free agents better than we can. Oh, and by the way, we've been to the playoffs as much as Philly since Deron left: once.
They have had some bad luck. Noel injury, wiggins and parker being off the board when they pick and kat and russell being off the board too. Embiid always being hurt. The lottery has not been very kind to them. If things had worked out with ping pong balls that might have towns and wiggins instead of embiid and okafor.
They also have not drafted very well with the draft positions they did have. I think noel and mcw were not the best picks.
Overall I think their strategy has not been bad but the execution has not worked out. Maybe simmons is that home run pick and it all works out for them.
I agree with your plan for what the jazz should do but I'm just not as committed to it as you are and I'm too ready for the jazz to win and make the playoffs now. I have decent patience (I have been pretty optimistic for a while now while we have been losing) but it would be tough for me to see us gut the team and start over.
I'm hoping that we can use the combo we have of really good but not great players, cap space, young untapped potential with our young guys, and tons of draft picks to acquire the star that we both believe the jazz need.
Im thinking they might be able to do it without gutting the team. That's my preference.