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Bleacher Report Says It All
Posted by: Adam on December 29th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.There’s always the good and bad about Bleacher Report. I’ve noticed that their posts can be kinda biased towards certain teams or really, brutally honest, or even sometimes totally out in the boonies in their analysis and claims. However, their latest article, “A New Year’s Resolution for Every NBA Team for 2013,” is spot on when it comes to the Utah Jazz. Here’s what they have to say:
“The Utah Jazz have a bevy of young players who need to see more minutes, so it makes sense that the team should resolve to spend more time with the kids in 2013.
“Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter and Alec Burks are all more intriguing (and cheaper) than many of their older counterparts, and with the uncertainty surrounding impending free agents Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson, Utah should be trying to get as long of a look at its youth as possible.
“Maybe the Jazz are concerned with sneaking into the playoffs, and that’s why Favors, Kanter and Burks aren’t seeing as much time on the floor as they should, but it doesn’t make sense to gun for the eighth playoff spot when your young players could eventually propel you to someplace among the top four.
“Youth must be served in Utah.”
I couldn’t have said it better myself… It’s interesting how every analyst outside of the Utah Jazz organization is aware of our problem and calls us out on it, yet Locke, Corbin, etc., insist that their way will get us to where we want to go… Sorry Front Office, not buying it…
Here’s the link to the whole article: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1458035-a-new-years-resolution-for-every-nba-team-heading-into-2013
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How boss would it be if the starting line up tomorrow was Kanter, Favors, Evan, Burks, and Hayward?! Not gonna happen, but Evans has as good a jumper as Watson, and does a whole lot more than Watson can dream of doing. I believe in the C4. Jazz organization believes in Al?! I dont get it. And I understanding showcasing talent but never at the expense of developming our future. Plus the more GMs see the more the curtain is revealing the truth behind the great and powerful Al.
Don’t even get me started on Locke. It comes down to ambition, the Jazz FO don’t seem to have any
Maybe the reason we keep bringing in so many old worthless veterans is that our team owner is a used car salesman?
@Nick HAHAHAHA
I think even Corbin has got to realise in the past few weeks play that having Al in the lineup limits the potential of this Jazz team’s effectiveness, certainly early on in games.
Ther question I think most of us all have, how effective could Marvin and Gordon be if they saw more of the ball? What effect would Favors have on the offensive end of the floor? Would his defense make up for his lack of scoring? How quickly could he develop his attacking game if he was getting more minutes on the floor. Would Kanter get more confidence and develop his game with more minutes against better players? Would the undersized Millsap be more of an force if he wasn’t covering that extra step on the floor, or should he be traded too? Would the Jazz be more unpredictable and still able to compete without Jefferson and maybe Millsap?
With the young players that we have we don’t need both Millsap and Jefferson here, at least one has to go, but we do need something back for that. I wish I knew what teams were willing to trade. Personally though if it was at all possible to get Chris Paul in the summer, I’d keep both of them here and miss out on the playoffs this year and blow up half the team if we had Chris Paul, Favors, Kanter and Hayward next year. If Lindsey could get a player of the calibre of Chris Paul into this team, not going to happen, but if it did we could have an exciting future. That would be better than a trade for a back up PG or some other teams reject.
@Omar, I love the Core 4! We just need to make it the Core 5, add a PG… It’s time now for us to drop our dead weight and give the young guns a shot. Weed out Al, Millsap, Watson, Tinsley, etc. They aren’t here for the long haul, therefore let’s move them . . .
@Steven, in addition to your comment about Chris Paul, it’s interesting how everyone is seeming to be joining forces around the league. Nash goes to L.A. to win a championship, people go to Miami, etc. If I were Paul or someone else, I wouldn’t want to go win a championship with an L.A. or Boston because you’re just one of the 20 championships…that’s not very memorable. If I was a superstar, I would go to Utah, OKC, Charlotte, etc., a place where the team didn’t have a championship. I think being the one to bring their first championship home is very appealing!!!
@Nick, if these “car salesmen” fail to bring home some newer models and trade in cash for clunkers, I will be very, VERY disappointed . . .
LOL, Nick!!!! Hahaha sad, but true.
Even our GSW pick is losing value!! KOC should have moved during draft, but he did nothing, and continues to do nothing.
@Adam, imagine if KOC had giving Bobcats Al, Millsap, GSW pick to get Okafor (a contract they wanted to dump—and did) and the #2 pick:
KANTER
FAVORS
HAYWARD
BURKS
LILLARD
Instead C4 with Watson in limited time….shame.
Why not play Gordon and Alec as co-point guard?
The play better defense than any of our point guards and can start the play as well as any. Their offense blows away Tinsley and Earl, who make more turn overs than points.
I think we’d be surprised with starting the Core4 and DeMarre.
They’re fast, young, inexpensive, eager to play, with the best +/-. They may not win any more games initially, than the slow, old, expensive, inefficient starters presently starting, but will only get better, instead of declining.
Jazzaholic
@ Jazzaholic not only that but they also make the games watchable. Our starters have to be the most boring lineups in the NBA. I would rather watch C4 have some .500 seasons and watch them get better every year.
Gordon and Alec would be amazing with both of them running the offense. If only Jazzaholic was our coach.
@Omar, it would’ve been fantastic!!! With him as our PG and Al gone, we probably would’ve struggled about as much as we are this year, but next year and the year after, we would be fantastic to watch and we be increasingly deadly!!!
@Millslapped, agree with you on the coaching idea! Jazzaholic knows!!