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Talk about a boring offseason …

Offseasons usually are
 
We've upgraded and we have more depth. For what JZ had to work with we did pretty damn well. Come playoff time I also prefer this team to last year's squad.
 
After reflecting on it, I’ve gone from being underwhelmed with our offseason to being pretty excited.

The playoff loss to the Clippers still stings like a ************, but if we take our fan glasses off and look at why we lost that series, I believe a few subtle tweaks gets the job done as opposed to a couple of wholesale changes.

I think having Rudy Gay as opposed to Niang, especially in the postseason will reap positive results for the Jazz. I’m also extremely hopeful that should we get unlucky with Conley or Mitchell’s health again come playoff time, the Jazz are more insulated at Guard with the addition of Jared Butler and the continued growth of Forrest- who had an amazing summer and looks like he might develop into a solid rotation piece.

As frustrated as we are, the reality is that it takes teams with younger stars a few disappointing playoff runs before they break through. Giannis and the Bucks had a similar run of disappointment in the playoffs prior to breaking through. I really like the idea of keeping most the pieces in place alongside our 2 foundational pieces in Mitchell and Gobert. By keeping the core roster in place, we’re gonna find out if DM and Gobert are good enough to get us there, and if the answer ends up being no, even if it’s not the answer we were hoping for, at least our FO will have a definitive answer.
 
Given the resources available, I'm pretty satisfied and I'm not sure what else was realistic. I'd have loved a Bojan for a real 4 trade, but Gay will suffice for now.
 
Jazzman12 said:
After reflecting on it, I’ve gone from being underwhelmed with our offseason to being pretty excited.

The playoff loss to the Clippers still stings like a ************, but if we take our fan glasses off and look at why we lost that series, I believe a few subtle tweaks gets the job done as opposed to a couple of wholesale changes.

I think having Rudy Gay as opposed to Niang, especially in the postseason will reap positive results for the Jazz. I’m also extremely hopeful that should we get unlucky with Conley or Mitchell’s health again come playoff time, the Jazz are more insulated at Guard with the addition of Jared Butler and the continued growth of Forrest- who had an amazing summer and looks like he might develop into a solid rotation piece.

As frustrated as we are, the reality is that it takes teams with younger stars a few disappointing playoff runs before they break through. Giannis and the Bucks had a similar run of disappointment in the playoffs prior to breaking through. I really like the idea of keeping most the pieces in place alongside our 2 foundational pieces in Mitchell and Gobert. By keeping the core roster in place, we’re gonna find out if DM and Gobert are good enough to get us there, and if the answer ends up being no, even if it’s not the answer we were hoping for, at least our FO will have a definitive answer.
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Great post. Couldn't agree more.
 
idiot said:
If we want to be picky, we could moan about how we didn't get Batum, but got Gay instead. But who in their right mind would expect a player with a great role on a team that just beat us in the playoff to come to our side?

Or we could speculate about who the Jazz's number-one choice at backup center on a minimum contract was before he got offered a better contract. I'm choosing to guess Theiss, though his style of play is very different than we're used to at C.
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Gay is also probably better than Batum.
 
Hekate said:
Gay is also probably better than Batum.
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I also think Gay is better than Batum in a vacuum, but I think a Batum addition for the Jazz would have been better from the standpoint that Batum probably helps the Jazz more when opponents go small and had the Jazz been able to sign him, it’s a double whammy because we would have weakened the Clippers in the process. That being said, Gay can still help us advance in the playoffs.
 
Jazzman12 said:
I also think Gay is better than Batum in a vacuum, but I think a Batum addition for the Jazz would have been better from the standpoint that Batum probably helps the Jazz more when opponents go small and had the Jazz been able to sign him, it’s a double whammy because we would have weakened the Clippers in the process. That being said, Gay can still help us advance in the playoffs.
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Oh, yeah the double whammy thing sounds nice but as you said Gay probably helps Jazz more.

I like that Batum is a cerebral player that helps accelerate plays. In France vs USA games he did some quick passes to Rudy in post up situations. Gay may not find those passes as quickly but defensively I feel Batum isn't that good of a defender so our main problems would still continue against 5-out offenses.
 
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