It appears that we all love this move (like it anyway) and we should. First, it is another piece of evidence that the Millers are committed to the DL plan.(Not The other way around,). Second , is that this is a vital element of the plan. In a DL interview during summer league, DL noted that you draft those you think you can develop. It is not a coincidence that the Spurs have a good draft history. It is not because the draft''the good ones". It is because they drafted good talent and developed them well.
I'm a huge Sloan fan but,one area that he was weak on was developing individual player skills. I think he left that upto themselves and Stockton and Malone exemplified the self motivated work ethic.. (Modern day example is Pmilsap ) We just never had Scrubs or role players become the shooters that the spurs have had (comparing the Sloan -20 - years and the Pop -20 - years.) What Sloan excelled at , and Pop has openly copied is Creating a System and perfecting it and the role players fit into the system. It was for this reason so many Jazz players "excelled" in SLC and then were lesser players with other teams.
So the idea of perfecting the system AND perfecting the player is what the Spurs have perfected. And so it appears the Jazz are all -in to this idea.. Now we will find out if Jazz can execute on the plan.
