The correct move would be to go play for James Dolan who has showed full hesitancy to support what Donovan stands for vs Wade and Smith who have backed what he stands for right? Listen, if you’re choosing Dolan over Smith well……there’s not a lot of rationale there.
If they can build an actual contender, cool, maybe it's enough to overlook being in Utah. If not, he'll ask out and they'll trade him. It's not that surprising or unusual, this is how being in a less desirable market works.
Let's all cry about this rumor then. Point was that we have Mitchell until he's 30 and if he whines and is an unhappy diva we can trade him. I'd rather trade an unhappy player for assets than spend all our assets trading for an injury-prone point guard which we've succeeded in two of the past three times.
Wow, I usually agree with most of the things you say. However, you are making a few assumptions about what I said. I was just addressing the fact that Utah is no different than other places. Racism is everywhere. I applaud DM for starting the discussion. I agree with you that it needs to start and I support whatever DM and the Jazz can do to have a discussion and make changes. I lived in Utah for 7 years off and on. So I have first hand experience that Utah is not perfect so do not include me in the group of people who are ignoring or down playing racism in Utah.
We have Donovan until he’s 27. A trade request is coming 2 years from around this time. The player option that wasn’t a big deal is going to speed this up a lot.
Believe me, after all of us here will have listened to you incessantly talk about this for 3+ year, we won't blame him at all. Hell, we'll probably welcome it.
One thing I’ll tell you and I’ve heard and know this is Ryan Smith really wants a 3rd Donovan contract and is going to try to do everything possible to make him happy. It won’t be a question, Smith will offer Donovan a super max if he qualifies for it and he’ll do it for multiple reasons. Ryan’s agenda isn’t just a winning Jazz team, it’s making Utah a better place and changing some narratives about Utah. Donovan signing a 3rd contract is significantly important to him.
And here’s the proof, it’s working, because if you think logically, he’s not escaping any of that simply going to James Dolan who doesn’t support his cause. All of you want to delusion that these issues are isolated to be the case, they aren’t. And he only highlights and pays attention to the negativity. He’s absolutely creating a narrative and your response is a perfect example that it is working.
I’ll find something new lol.
In regards to Utah? Absolutely. I follow a lot of people on Twitter. The amount of people saying “hey we support and love you” outnumbers the idiots 10 to 1. Guess which post he liked? Negative garbage comments. He’s setting up the exit where everyone says “who could blame him”. And yeah, it’s working. He is that smart and PR savvy. And no, I’m Oneye, not Moran
I hear he has a folder of JazzFanz posts from a groupie-turned-starker-turned-fatal-attraction that he reads each night to get him through the next three years of his contract.
Pretty sure New York beats Utah in "A state whose politics are back asswards." and "A population who has very few people who look like him.", although I agree he won't go to the Knicks.
I think it’s normal for fans to try and find the culprit of the blame however I think the biggest issue was injuries. I don’t believe it’s Rudy’s fault - I also noticed he seemed a bit hobbled that last game.
Give me Luka for DM, at least I get some defense and not political grandstanding.
Seriously, I bet he even had the nerve to vote for a VP whos grandparents were slave traders in Jamaica. I'm white, I have frustrations too, I just don't blame everyone else for my problems.
