Rewards of the tank:2014 off-season!

[QUOTE]K.J. McDaniels averaged 17.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.7 blocks in 33.7 minutes per game last season.[/QUOTE]

mid late 1st

[QUOTE]Former University of Utah coach Jim Boylen has emerged as an early, potential candidate for the job. Boylen is currently the lead assistant for the San Antonio Spurs and is close to Lindsey, going back to their days together with the Houston Rockets. The two also share the same agent.

Another name that has surfaced is Phoenix Suns assistant Mike Longabardi, who is credited with turning the Suns into a credible team on the defensive end.

Other potentially available coaches include George Karl, Jeff Van Gundy, Lionel Hollins, Byron Scott and Stan Van Gundy.[/QUOTE]

Scott's a new one. Was born in Utah.

[QUOTE]Lindsey said his search will be wide open and thorough. He made it clear, however, that the new coach will be tasked with upgrading a defense that finished at or near the bottom of the NBA in almost all major categories.

Which way Lindsey will go? Will he hire a proven veteran like Hollins? Or will he go with a younger coach like Longabardi? Will he stay within the confines of the NBA? Or will he look at the college ranks for someone like Iowa State

[QUOTE]Lindsey left open the possibility of Corbin returning to the organization in some capacity.

"I don't want to speak for Ty and understand his range of emotions, from disappointment to anger to everything in between, but (he's) a good man who was a very good player, very good assistant that led us well through a tough three-plus years where there was significant change of personnel," Lindsey said. "So, I wouldn't rule anything out, just because he's that high of character.[/QUOTE]

Doubt that happens anytime soon.

[QUOTE]"And I'll say this, as well: I think Ty is ... going to be a better coach or is potentially going to be a better head coach for his experience, and it wouldn't surprise me at all to see him land on his feet to be a head coach and to do very well going forward. If that doesn't happen and he were to want to come back in some fashion, I don't think there's anybody within the organization that would prevent that."

Owner and CEO Greg Miller said in a statement that Corbin "has always represented the Jazz franchise in a first-class manner both on the court and in the community. He did a wonderful job of building relationships with the players and encouraged their growth throughout the season."

After jettisoning veteran salaries last summer, the Jazz started 1-14 amid injury woes, but improved as the season progressed. Rookie point guard Trey Burke started the season on the bench with a broken finger, pressed through a shooting slump and ended with a season-high 32 points in the final game. He averaged 12.8 points and 5.7 assists.

Despite the losses, the team never splintered. Players pointed to Corbin's positivity and the veteran influence of Marvin Williams and Richard Jefferson, who resurrected his career, shooting 41 percent from 3-point range and scoring 10.1 points after rarely playing at Golden State last year.

A lottery pick, another first-round choice and sizeable salary cap flexibility will benefit the Jazz and Corbin's successor this offseason. And there's plenty of promise in Enes Kanter, Derrick Favors and Alec Burks. The two big men improved in all statistical areas. Burks became a go-to scorer and ended up as the second-leading scorer despite playing as a reserve most of the season.
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Only those 3 show promise?

[QUOTE]"Literally we haven

[QUOTE]Lindsey's imprint was obvious in the deal that brought Trey Burke.[/QUOTE]
Believe Ty was pushing for that actually. That was a no brainer. They should have had a young pg the two previous years.

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[QUOTE] If George hadn’t still been available for the Jazz to take, this grade would be more like a B+. The fact is, however, the No. 1 player in that draft (at least judging after four seasons) was available to the Jazz and they didn’t take him.

A few data points in comparing Hayward and George at this point in their careers:

• Complexsports.com recently (Feb. 24) ranked the 25 best players in the NBA. They had George at No. 3, behind only Kevin Durant and LeBron James.

• This season, George finished 13th in the NBA with player impact estimate of 15.7 (Durant and James were No .1 and No. 2), while Hayward scored an 11.2 (the exact same as Jimmer Fredette, coincidentally), which was the second-best score on the Jazz behind Derrick Favors and just inside the top 100 in the league.

• In John Hollinger’s player efficiency rating, George finished at No. 26 with a rating of 20.16, while Hayward finished tied for the No. 98 spot with a 16.22.

• In Hollinger’s estimated wins added stat, George finished at No. 15 with a score of 13.9, while Hayward finished at No. 46 with an 8.0.

• In do-overs of the 2010 draft I found online, Hayward was selected anywhere from No. 6 to No. 11, while George was most often taken No. 1 and never slipped past No. 2.

The facts would seem to indicate at this point that the Jazz could have landed a top-20 (maybe even top-10 or top-5) NBA player in George but instead got a top-100 (maybe top-50) player in Hayward. Considering that the Jazz, like all pro sports teams, invest heavily to make sure they get their draft picks right, taking Hayward over George looks like a pretty big strike for the franchise.[/QUOTE]

Many other teams passed on George too.

[QUOTE]The Jazz did well in selecting Evans in the second round, as he looks to have established himself as a player worthy of a rotation spot on an NBA roster — something most second-round picks do not accomplish in the NBA. Of all 60 players selected in the 2010 NBA draft that have played at least 2,000 minutes, Evans has the second-best career win shares per 48 minutes at .143, behind only George’s .149.

Grade on 2010 NBA draft: C+ (though still somewhat to be determined)[/QUOTE]

Mostly garbage time before this year for Jeremy though.

[QUOTE]Trade of Deron Williams

It’s clear the Jazz made the right choice in trading Williams when and how they did. He was never going to lead the Jazz to a championship.

This season, according to Hollinger, Favors at the age of 22 had a PER of 19.01 (No. 44 in the NBA) and an EWA of 9.2. (No. 36). Williams at the age of 29 had a PER of 17.69 (No. 64) and an EWA of 6.9 (No. 65).

So, at least by some measures, it seems Favors is already a more valuable player than Williams, so even if the 2011 trade had just been a straight Williams/Favors swap, it could be considered a positive for the Jazz, especially considering the age and salary differences.

Factor in the two additional first-round picks, which ended up being a No. 3 in 2012 and a No. 27 in 2013, and the Jazz made out like bandits. Perhaps they could have used those picks more wisely, but that’s a different step to evaluate later on.

Grade on Williams trade: A+[/QUOTE]

Bullshit! They took the 2nd offer on the table and no other teams knew he was even available. Who cares what they got. Did they maximize what they have got?

[QUOTE]Making Tyrone Corbin head coach in 2011

Considering that Sloan’s longtime assistant Phil Johnson decided to quit with him in 2011, the Jazz did the right thing giving Tyrone Corbin the job. Corbin had been watching and learning from Sloan and Johnson for seven years, and was considered a hot up-and-coming coaching prospect.

Looking back now, it’s impossible to know who the Jazz might have appointed midseason instead that would have done a better job long term. Even Jeff Hornacek, a strong candidate for the NBA Coach of the Year award for the unbelievable job he’s done in his first season with the Phoenix Suns, was only a part-time shooting coach for the Jazz at the time. It would have been crazy for the Jazz to promote Hornacek instead of Corbin to head coach in 2011. Interestingly, it was Corbin that made the decision to bring Hornacek on as a full-time assistant coach after he was promoted.

Grade for promoting Corbin: B+[/QUOTE]

He had been interviewed for other jobs. It made perfect sense. He's been in a bad spot all along.

[QUOTE]Handling of Corbin after he was named head coach in February 2011

When Corbin was promoted following Sloan’s resignation, the Jazz made it clear they did not view it as merely an interim promotion, but as a long-term hire. They quickly gave Corbin a three-year contract to remain head coach of the franchise.

Owner Greg Miller said at the time: “I am confident that Tyrone is the right man to lead this team into the future. He is someone with longstanding ties to the Jazz and this community, and who has embraced the core philosophies and ideals this organization holds true. I feel that his character and leadership qualities will be true assets to the Jazz moving forward for many years to come.”

General manager Kevin O’Connor said: “He is ready for this job and we feel certain he will excel as a head coach just as he excelled as an assistant coach and as a player.”

Judging by these words of Miller and O’Connor, Corbin’s tenure as the Jazz’s head coach has to be viewed as a disappointment.

Looking back, the mistake the Jazz made was signing Corbin through the 2013-14 season. Jazz management should have had the foresight to recognize that a major rebuilding season was possible in 2013-14 — given the player contracts set to expire before that season — and therefore should have only signed Corbin through 2012-13.[/QUOTE]

What they probably already knew was that Deron was going to be dealt.

[QUOTE]Instead, the Jazz ended up putting their coach and players in an awkward situation and allowed Hornacek, one of the most promising basketball coaches in the world today, to walk out the door to Phoenix.

Who could have known Hornacek would be such a good head coach? [/QUOTE]

Anyone with a clue! His dad was a coach. he was like another coach o the floor. Not surprising at all.

[QUOTE]Not me. As an outsider I was fully on the Corbin bandwagon. But Jazz management gets paid a lot of money to have such inclinations.

Grade for long-term handling of Corbin: D+

2011 NBA draft

The Jazz, still with O’Connor as general manager, went into the 2011 draft with picks No. 3 and No. 12, which they used to select Enes Kanter and Alec Burks. Despite being the third pick overall, however, Kanter is 19th in most minutes of players from the 2011 draft. Burks is just ahead of him at No. 18 in minutes played. At this point it seems the Jazz are unsure, at best, of what they have in Kanter and Burks.

We’ll never know how the Jazz might have been able to use these draft picks in trades, so all we can really do is look at what other players they could have drafted.

As already mentioned, 17 players from this draft have played more minutes thus far than Kanter or Burks. Players the Jazz could have drafted include: Klay Thompson, Kawhi Leonard, Kenneth Faried, Kemba Walker, Nikola Vucevic, Chandler Parsons, Jimmy Butler, Reggie Jackson and Markieff Morris.

Regardless of whom the Jazz might have picked, it’s doubtful they would have played them enough minutes for us to know whether they’re any better than Kanter or Burks right now.

Grade for 2011 draft: C (though largely still to be determined)[/QUOTE]

Again so ould other teams. Kanter and Burks are good. Remains to be seen how that draft or any of these drafts shake out still.

[QUOTE]Hiring Dennis Lindsey as general manager in August 2012

As of yet, Lindsey has not had the time to earn the trust or distrust of Jazz fans. That certainly won’t be the case much longer, given the summer the Jazz have ahead of them.

Grade for hiring Lindsey: To be determined[/QUOTE]

If he really could have had a #1 pick for Marvin he should be fired!

[QUOTE]Decision to let Jefferson and Millsap leave for nothing

In February of 2013, the Jazz chose to let the trade deadline pass without making any trades, a puzzling move to many fans and NBA insiders considering the quality of the players and contracts the Jazz had available — Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap being at the top of the list.

Instead, Jefferson and Millsap left the organization as free agents following the season, netting the Jazz nothing in return except cap space.

Dennis Lindsey admitted after the deadline that the Jazz were “very” popular in trade talks but declined to mention any specifics. Without knowing what was on the table for the Jazz in trade offers, it’s impossible to fully evaluate the decision to stand pat.

Having said that, I feel comfortable in saying there must have been a way the Jazz could have pulled at least one decent long-term asset in exchange for Jefferson and Millsap, but they failed to do so.

Grade for 2013 trade deadline: C-[/QUOTE]

They did. The GS deal doesn't happen if they take on other contracts for Millsap and Jefferson. Letting guys go in fa isn't getting nothing the way the NBA works. Get tired of hearing that. We don't know what they could have got or if it would have been better. Bringing back Millsap and Demarre would have been the thing to do in my opinion but I'm the only one in that camp.

[QUOTE]2013 NBA draft

The Jazz made a move to trade up and nab Trey Burke with the 9th pick. Interestingly, there is potential for this draft to end up looking very similar to the 2010 draft for the Jazz

[QUOTE]Clint Capela officially declared for the 2014 NBA Draft. The Swiss forward is averaging 9.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.8 blocks in Pro A while in Eurocup he scored 11.2 points with 6.5 rebounds per game. Sportando [/QUOTE]

mid first

[QUOTE]Jody Genessy: Jazz president Randy Rigby said team's "exhaustive" coaching search will include 20-plus candidates during an interview on 1280. Twitter @DJJazzyJody[/QUOTE]

That's a lot of candidates! More than have been rumored so far so it will be interesting to see who else makes the list.

Marc Stein: NBA coaching sources have identified another prime candidate for the Utah Jazz opening: Hawks assistant Quin Snyder Twitter @ESPNSteinLine

Marc Stein: Snyder worked w/Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey in San Antonio and, interestingly, spent a season w/CSKA Moscow studying Lindsey pal Ettore Messina Twitter @ESPNSteinLine

Gery Woelfel: A couple NBA sources tell me 76ers have Andrew Wiggins in their draft crosshairs. Twitter @GeryWoelfel

[QUOTE]Former Louisville forward Chane Behanan has hired an agent and will declare this week for the NBA Draft, a source close to the situation told SNY.tv.

[QUOTE]Don

[QUOTE]In pro basketball, a player

[QUOTE]Lindsey

[QUOTE]the Jazz have just $27 million in guaranteed contracts on their payroll for next year, when the salary cap is expected to increase to around $63 million. Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey has said the team is willing to pay up to the luxury tax, giving them plenty of room to sign restricted free agent Gordon Hayward and still make a max deal at some point down the road.[/QUOTE]

Which max player are they going to be able to get or even want? G, Burks and Kanter could take up most of that money.

[QUOTE] By the end of the season, the Jazz

[QUOTE]The online sports book Bovada.lv has put together some odds on who could be the man to replace Ty Corbin, with former U. of U. coach Jim Boylen and the European coaching star Ettore Messina as the early frontrunners.

Here's how they stack up:

Jim Boylen — 2/1
Ettore Messina — 4/1
Mike Longabardi — 11/2
Andy Greer — 11/2
Brad Jones — 11/2
Jeff Van Gundy — 11/2
Lionel Hollins — 6/1
Stan Van Gundy — 15/2

— Aaron Falk[/QUOTE]

My money is on Longabardi or Greer right now.

[QUOTE]Burks nearly led the team in free-throw attempts on the season with 373, just behind Hayward, despite playing eight fewer minutes a game. He finished a respectable 74.8 percent shooting from the line.[/QUOTE]

That is not a respectable FT% for a guard. He was improving as the season went on.

[QUOTE]Burks has never been known for his verbosity, speaking in short snippets and acting like he’d just as soon be getting stuffed by Blake Griffin than talking to the media. However, before he left for his home in Kansas City for the summer, he opened up a bit about the season and his future.

“I did what (coach Tyrone Corbin) wanted me to do and did it to the best of my ability,’’ he said. “I was a more mature player, knowing the surroundings, always being in an attack mode on both sides of the floor.’’

One of the criticisms of the current Jazz team is that it doesn’t have a No. 1 scorer or a player that can become one in the future. Burks didn’t hesitate when asked it he could become such a player.

“I definitely feel like I can,’’ he said. “I’ve got the talent to be. I’ve got the competitiveness to be. I feel like I can become a great player in this league with my athletic ability and potential. I think I can be real good in this league.’’[/QUOTE]

He, Kanter and Burke are the only guys that fit the mold of scorer.

[QUOTE]When asked about what he needs to improve on most, Burks said, “Probably shooting. Everybody can improve on that.’’

Still, Burks shot better than every other perimeter player on the Jazz, and only inside men Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter and Jeremy Evans shot better.[/QUOTE]

He probably shot a higher % of shots at the rim than them and many of those he ended up at the line with no shot attempt.

[QUOTE]Lindsey says the 6-foot-6, 210-pound Burks needs to improve his strength.

“As he gets stronger, he’ll improve his productivity at the rim and the free-throw line,’’ he said.

As he heads into his fourth year, Burks is in a similar position Hayward and Derrick Favors were a year ago with his rookie contract to end after the season. He could sign a new contract as Favors did or wait until after the season and become a restricted free agent like Hayward. He wouldn’t say which way he was leaning.

“I can’t talk about extensions, that’s up in the air,’’ he said. “The Jazz are a great organization and my agent’s good so they’ll work all that out. I feel like I’m going to have another great summer and take my game to the next level. I feel I proved what I can do and I improved a lot over the year and got better over the summer.”

For Burks, the future looks bright, whether it’s with the Jazz or another NBA team.

“I’m 22. I’m still young — most people are just getting out of college at my age,’’ he said. “I’m playing in the NBA, just getting better, improving as a man off the court and maturing. It’s all about self-growth.’’[/QUOTE]

I could see them possibly getting him for a good price. He might take the money rather than risk injury next season with the way he plays. And after the way things went with G taking the money might look like an even better option. He'll be their main focus probably after G(and hopefully a pg). They could sign Kanter for the right price but they won't want to overpay him with his future on the Jazz more uncertain.

[QUOTE]Boylen has had a longstanding relationship with Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey, dating back to when both worked for the Houston Rockets. Since getting fired at Utah, Boylen served two years as an assistant for the Indiana Pacers and is currently Gregg Popovich

[QUOTE]Born in Italy, the 54-year-old has won four Euroleague championships as a head coach and is the presumptive favorite to be the first international head coach to break into the NBA coaching fraternity.

Former BYU Cougar Travis Hansen played in the NBA and internationally and for years, he either played for or against Messina.

[QUOTE]Jim Boylen is part of the next wave of head-coaching prospects, according to Kevin Arnovitz at ESPN.com.

Arnovitz acknowledges Boylen's rough performance during his four seasons at Utah. However, he also points out that he's gotten back into his element as an assistant coach at Indiana, and now as the head assistant to Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich.

[url]http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/67711/the-next-wave-of-head-coaching-prospects[/url]

That arcticle:

[QUOTE]Quin Snyder, Atlanta Hawks assistant coach


It seems like eons ago, but there was a time when Snyder was basketball

[QUOTE]Adrian Griffin, Chicago Bulls assistant coach

Odd as it seems to pair a couple of Thibodeau bench assistants on a diverse list of seven prospective head coaches, Pinckney and Griffin both attracted heavy mention, usually independent of each other.

Griffin is not yet 40 -- 39 until July, he's more than 11 years younger than Pinckney -- which means there are a bunch of people in the game who have watched him grow up from youth camps to his stint now as a lead assistant to Thibodeau. Those who have say that, since high school, Griffin has displayed a polished maturity that screams NBA head coach.

He had barely filed his retirement papers in 2008 when Scott Skiles and the Milwaukee Bucks offered him a job as an assistant. After two seasons with the Bucks, Griffin joined Thibodeau, with whom he

[QUOTE]Kevin Ollie, University of Connecticut head coach

With a few waivers granted for region or diploma, much of the NBA was rooting for UConn the night of the 2014 NCAA title game.

Ollie was one of the league

[QUOTE]David Vanterpool, Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach

It

[QUOTE]Jim Boylen, San Antonio Spurs assistant coach

Thanks to the success of Steve Clifford in Charlotte, the nomadic, 50-ish, affable, well-respected grinder has come into fashion. And if you

[QUOTE]Ed Pinckney, Chicago Bulls assistant coach

Though they

[QUOTE]Several themes surfaced in conversations with team execs, coaches and league insiders about how teams size up a candidate who has never previously served as an NBA head coach:

Fewer obvious names
Those asked to reel off names who excited them struggled to come up with more than a couple. The same question last spring found no such hesitation.

Last year's:

[QUOTE]What does an NBA head coaching candidate look like in 2013?

A few new trends have emerged in the coaching ranks, namely the Rise of the Video Kids (see Spoelstra, Erik; Vogel, Frank), but most hires in the NBA follow a well-trodden path. Owners and executives love a track record of success and will pay top dollar for a big name. NBA assistants with winning pedigrees are still popular, as are former NBA players who look the part. In general, guys whose career numbers are visible on Basketball Reference are preferable to those who never suited up in the NBA, while college coaches are viewed with a jaundiced eye.

Some of these biases make sense on the surface, but general managers and owners are often driven by their aversion to risk. By and large, a head coaching hire ranks behind only free agency and the draft as a primary factor when measuring a front office

[QUOTE]Robert Pack, Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach

Had Vinny Del Negro not been granted a reprieve by Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling in March 2012, Pack would have been a playoff head coach last season as Del Negro

[QUOTE]Khem Birch: After careful consideration with my family Coach Rice and inner circle I've decided to declare for the 2014 NBA draft #rebel4Life Twitter[/QUOTE]

mid 2nd

[QUOTE]After many complicated months, Spencer Dinwiddie has decided to forgo his senior season and enter the NBA draft. Dinwiddie tore his anterior cruciate ligament while driving to the basket against Washington in mid-January and missed the rest of the season for the Buffs. The setback

[QUOTE]Best Utah Jazz turnaround seasons

+15 1983-84 (30-52 to 45-37): Earned their first playoff berth as rookie Thurl Bailey joined Adrian Dantley and Darrell Griffith. Frank Layden was NBA coach of the year in his second full season.[/QUOTE]

Rickey Green and Eaton too.

[QUOTE]+15 2005-06 (26-56 to 41-41): Rookie Deron Williams joined Mehmet Okur, Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko and helped lead Jazz to brink of playoffs.[/QUOTE]

Deron was 3rd string part of the season.

[QUOTE]+10 2006-07 (41-41 to 51-31): Jazz rookie Paul Millsap and Derek Fisher, acquired in a trade with Golden State, each played in all 82 games and helped Utah reach Western Conference finals.

+9 1996-97 (55-27 to 64-18): Bryon Russell took over as starter and set team record for 3-pointers, and rookie Shandon Anderson provided spark off the bench.

+7 1994-95 (53-29 to 60-22): Jeff Hornacek averaged 16.5 ppg in first full season with Jazz, Antoine Carr joined team and was top player off bench.[/QUOTE]

Antoine was never as good again unfortunately.

They could easily join this list possibly even at the top of it.

[QUOTE]SALT LAKE CITY

[QUOTE]Utah has officially entered the Dennis Lindsey era, as any future action that the Jazz make will be guided by his principles and basketball beliefs.[/QUOTE]

I'd say it entered his era draft day last year. He made a big statement with 3 deals. The tank wouldn't have happened if Jerry was there. They tried it after Stockton/Malone.

[QUOTE]So, the big question remains

[QUOTE]Nick Lotsos: Lefteris Bochoridis has officially declared for this year's NBA Draft. Twitter[/QUOTE]

Not listed at draftexpress so I assume undrafted.

[QUOTE]According to the sources, one of the top European prospects Martin Peterka will declare for the 2014 NBA Draft. Czech forward had also an option to go to college, but decided to become pro. 19-year old Peterka has a great season in Czech Rep. NBL. After 43 games this season his stats are: 9.1ppg, 5.0rpg in 20.7mpg. He helped his team to win Czech Rep. Cup earlier this season. Last summer he shined at European Championships U18 in Latvia, where he averaged 13.7ppg, Reb-5 (9.1rpg), 1.7apg, 1.0spg. He also represented his country at Eurobasket.com[/QUOTE]

undrafted

[QUOTE]The national champion Connecticut Huskies will lose an underclassman to the NBA draft, league sources tell Yahoo Sports: junior DeAndre Daniels. Daniels will file the paperwork with the league office and declare himself eligible for the June draft, sources said. Yahoo! Sports[/QUOTE]

late first

Adam Zagoria: NBA scout on Khem Birch: "He is a 2nd-round possibility at best. He can block a shot but is a raw offensive player who needs D-League experience to start his professional career no matter who drafts him." Twitter -

Shams Charania: Davidson's De'Mon Brooks received thorough competition from agents, deciding today on Keith Kreiter of Edge Sports. Possible 2nd rounder. Twitter @ShamsCharania

Mitch McGary Declares For NBA Draft After Testing Positive For Marijuana
Apr 25, 2014 10:58 AM EDT

Mitch McGary has declared for the 2014 NBA Draft after testing positive for marijuana.

McGary would face a year-long suspension during what would be his junior season at Michigan.

McGary told Yahoo! That he smoked marijuana one night in mid-March.

McGary played in only eight games in 13-14 before a back injury ended his season.

According to multiple NBA scouts, McGary is a likely second-rounder -- depending on how his medical testing goes with NBA teams.

[QUOTE]Misko Raznatovic: Dario Saric, officially, declared himself for draft 2014. Twitter [/QUOTE]

Top 10 if he stays in. I think he would stay in Europe at least another season even if drafted.