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You're the GM this offseason. What do you do?

NUMBERICA said:
What the **** is this garbage and where can I get the drugs he's on?

Dante Exum ****ing sucks. Straight up.
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He will end up being our biggest draft bust ever... not just because of where he was drafted, but because we refused to move on and continued to buy back in over and over again.

If someone said Elfrid Payton is the answer at PG and is worth $10M a year everyone would laugh... yet he has shown more in his 5 years. The biggest argument for Dante continues to be that we don't know what he is... like he gets some intriguing bonus for not being able to stay healthy.

I hope he is successful but I won't get sucked back in to believing he will be anything.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He will end up being our biggest draft bust ever... not just because of where he was drafted, but because we refused to move on and continued to buy back in over and over again.

If someone said Elfrid Payton is the answer at PG and is worth $10M a year everyone would laugh... yet he has shown more in his 5 years. The biggest argument for Dante continues to be that we don't know what he is... like he gets some intriguing bonus for not being able to stay healthy.

I hope he is successful but I won't get sucked back in to believing he will be anything.
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It's like when George Costanza was spotting squirrels when he was squinting without glasses, but they were really mailboxes but Jerry didn't have the heart to tell him.

I'd rather have Payton. Elfrid or otherwise. Gary Sr. would also be more healthy.
 
Jingled said:
sigh.

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This one bothers me. "Not winning, but much closer"... if that is the goal of management, to just be "much closer" than winning. Then what are we fans being so passionate about? If the management doesn't want to put together a winner, but just a good team. Then I won't lose sleep or care so much about this team.
 
NPC D4617 said:
Exum gonna be like 30 years old still on IR and the Jazz saying just wait. Be patient.
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And he’s gonna have two good games in a row and every Dante Stan will come out with the I told you so’s.
 
Tony Jones did a Q and A today on The Athletic website. Someone asked what an ideal offseason would look like for the Jazz, this was his response: "For the Jazz (taking my version of ideal out of it), it would be to land Walker. Failing that, landing Harris, spending the veterans exception on Dedmon from Atlanta, and finding a shooter with the 4.7 million room exception and finding a rotation level player in the draft would be a pretty good summer. Also, Grayson Allen's summer is big as well. There's a chance he could develop into a rotation piece. The Jazz need that to happen."

He also said the Jazz have no interest in Jabari and he doesn't think they have any interest in Jeremy Lamb. He said if the Jazz happened to sign Tobias they would likely move Donovan to point guard and Royce to starting shooting guard. He said a trade for Conley is unlikely because they don't have the contracts to trade that they did at the deadline. Said Bogdanovic might be an under the radar guy to keep and eye on.
 
Jingled said:
Tony Jones did a Q and A today on The Athletic website. Someone asked what an ideal offseason would look like for the Jazz, this was his response: "For the Jazz (taking my version of ideal out of it), it would be to land Walker. Failing that, landing Harris, spending the veterans exception on Dedmon from Atlanta, and finding a shooter with the 4.7 million room exception and finding a rotation level player in the draft would be a pretty good summer. Also, Grayson Allen's summer is big as well. There's a chance he could develop into a rotation piece. The Jazz need that to happen."

He also said the Jazz have no interest in Jabari and he doesn't think they have any interest in Jeremy Lamb. He said if the Jazz happened to sign Tobias they would likely move Donovan to point guard and Royce to starting shooting guard. He said a trade for Conley is unlikely because they don't have the contracts to trade that they did at the deadline. Said Bogdanovic might be an under the radar guy to keep and eye on.
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Thanks for sharing... no problem with plan A... it’s the follow up plans I worry about... imma calm down for a minute and just let the offseason unfold. It sounds like there is a realistic chance we can swipe Harris... if money was all equal I think he’d pick us over Philly. They might be successful there but Butlers free agency, Embiids health, Ben Simmons unlikability all factor in plus his role will be marginalized there and magnified here. I think Brooklyn and NY could factor in too... those would be homecomings for him.
 
Jingled said:
He said a trade for Conley is unlikely because they don't have the contracts to trade that they did at the deadline.
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We absolutely do, it’s just that we’d refuse to move them (Exum and Favors), which would be absolutely bananas to not.
 
Jingled said:
Tony Jones did a Q and A today on The Athletic website. Someone asked what an ideal offseason would look like for the Jazz, this was his response: "For the Jazz (taking my version of ideal out of it), it would be to land Walker. Failing that, landing Harris, spending the veterans exception on Dedmon from Atlanta, and finding a shooter with the 4.7 million room exception and finding a rotation level player in the draft would be a pretty good summer. Also, Grayson Allen's summer is big as well. There's a chance he could develop into a rotation piece. The Jazz need that to happen."

He also said the Jazz have no interest in Jabari and he doesn't think they have any interest in Jeremy Lamb. He said if the Jazz happened to sign Tobias they would likely move Donovan to point guard and Royce to starting shooting guard. He said a trade for Conley is unlikely because they don't have the contracts to trade that they did at the deadline. Said Bogdanovic might be an under the radar guy to keep and eye on.
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Interesting. So Walker or Tobias or Bojan. That's not optimistic at all...

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Reading the tea leaves...

If we don't get Kemba it sounds like DM will be our de facto pg (Joe Ingles can quarterback, so I think he'd operate more as the pg). I like this as I think we can get better defensively on the perimeter with more size.

I doubt we make a trade during the draft... so it sounds like we are making this pick... in general you don't use a pick and then trade it a couple weeks later. I think I like this... there are quite a few guys I like around our range.

If we can land Tobias it is a giant step forward. I think we could move Jae for other needs and have Royce/Niang fill in some of the stretch 4 minutes. If Tobias is in then Korver is out... so Allen better be ready for some minutes. There are a few guys that we can find for the room exception that could help. Vet min could go to Dedmon (ideally but he may get more), Koufos, there are likely some other competent names.

Bojan is good too and I'd like us with DM, Ingles, Bojan, Jae/Royce, Rudy...

Beyond that it gets a little bleak as far as guys we can get with good current and future value, but you'd still be able to execute a Conley deal with part of the space and maybe make one solid signing.

Overall I like the idea that if we don't get an elite pg we are better playing DM at pg and adding a wing/playmaking 4... just will need those additions to be able to make some plays if we go that route.

I really really hope that we have some back channel knowledge of Tobias' interest and it is just that him and DM had a good chat after a game before leaving the court. I hope DL is utilizing all his Woj equity on getting the dirty on what the "sauces" are saying.
 
Jazz said:
All U Muppets don't understand basketball. In the NBA today U need athleticism to win.
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You also need skill. We've had plenty of athletes (Ronnie Brewer, Jeremy Evans, etc.)
 
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