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[LogGrad98]

This summer, we need to look to package Tomic, Miles' expiring, Okur's expiring, our 1st rounder(s) and virtually anything else to move up in the draft and get a legit player like Irving or Williams. You win big in this league with studs, not all-stars or solid players. Might we have to take back a crappy contract in return. Sure, it comes with the territory. But if it means we get a player who seems to be the real deal and not another Hayward-type (Don't get me wrong, I like him but c'mon), we have to go for it.

Not that I disagree with you. I would like to see us use our assets to turn it into a superstar level player. But who was the stud on the Piston's championship team in '04? And they beat a team loaded with studs (Malone, Shaq, Kobe, Payton, et al). Interesting departure.

 

[PrinceJL]

i think his issue is his lower body strength. he needs to get stronger down there so he can box out better & not get bullied down in the post (offensively & defensively).

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Not that I disagree with you. I would like to see us use our assets to turn it into a superstar level player. But who was the stud on the Piston's championship team in '04? And they beat a team loaded with studs (Malone, Shaq, Kobe, Payton, et al). Interesting departure.

Malone was injured in the finals. Payton was a shadow of his former self. I don't think the Piston's model works that well. I think that's a model to be a perennial runner up.

The San Antonio model should work for the Jazz though: draft superstar big, get talented Euros, get a great coach/system, fill in with veteran role players who buy in, try to stay healthy, etc.