It takes a lot to win a championship, and it's not that the Jazz aren't doing enough on the margins. It's also hilarious to pull the championship card when whining about Frank Jackson and Torey Craig and downplaying Gobert and Mitchell. Not to mention the several other role players the Jazz have gotten on the margins. The majority of this roster is from the margins.
No team has won a championship simply by doing well on the margins. The only area the Jazz have done well is on the margins and finding/developing underrated talent. Like I said, the FO has several valid criticisms. But their ability to scout/develop is definitely not one of them. If the Jazz aren't good at this, you can't name another team in the league that is good.
You kept saying we built a team from the margins like if it's worth some kind of achievement award and no other teams are doing it.
How else do you think a good team is built upon? We are not some big market teams where big name superstars will just volunteer to join us so our management are PAID to do one job, that is to build a team with good scouting and player development. So they are just doing their jobs as far as i'm concerned. Anything less than that would mean their jobs on the line.
Just look at the marginal moves made by Denver(who just scooped Shaq btw), Clippers, Lakers, Bucks in their pursue for a title. Or even the superNets. Despite currently sitting on Durant/Irving/Harden, it didn't stop them from working around the margins to try out guys Bruce Brown and Claxton. And I believe they just signed Mike James to a ten day.
Even though Mithcell/Rudy had been great find by the management, it's still just the bare minimum given the number of opportunities they've had(FA, trades. draft picks, etc) to acquire franchise players since 2013.
During that same timespan, Suns GM found Booker, Kings GM found Fox, Wolves GM found Lavine, Lakers GM got Randle. All proven to be franchise players later on, but that didn't prevent their GMs from getting fired.
And I can even argue that they were forced to work around the margins more than other teams because they screwed up their draft picks way too often which left them with little to no choice. They put themselves in this position. I mean how can you look at guys like Burke, Dante, Lyles and tell me "you can't name another team in the league that is good"? And those are only the lotto guys, don't even get me started on Tony Bradley and Udoka......
I also like how you kept bragging about us getting role players on the margins, while downplaying guys like Torrey Craig and Frank Jackson, who represent the very definition of the type of player you work around the margins in order to get.
Torrey Craig has been a key part of Denver rotation during their deep playoff run last season and now doing it again for the Suns. Just watch him putting up 18+10 a couple of nights ago and making some important stops during crucial possessions to help the Suns escape OKC with a 3pt victory. Had we have a guy like Craig we'd have secured the W against the Lakers and Minny. And what did the Suns give up to pick him up again?
You think i'm kidding when i said guys like Royce and Niang are easy to come by? Getting guys on the margin happen in this league almost every day so there's nothing to brag about my friend.