2016- Yet another long off-season

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[QUOTE]Hill is not a masterful playmaker, but Utah primarily uses Gordon Hayward and Rodney Hood in pick-and-roll situations anyway, making Hill

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[QUOTE]Consider the All-Star seasons produced by Tony Parker (3x), Jeff Teague, and Manu Ginobili in comparison to Gordon Hayward

[url]http://purpleandblues.com/2016/08/05/media-outlets-jumping-on-the-utah-jazz-bandwagon/[/url]

[QUOTE]Last season, the team

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[QUOTE]Ingles functions primarily as a defender and ball mover for Utah. [/QUOTE]

I'd say he's more of a playmaker and shooter. Can defend when he is motivated.

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[QUOTE]Larry Miller wasn't cheap[/QUOTE]

:roll:

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[QUOTE]It

[QUOTE] Matt Bonner, who spent 10 seasons with the Spurs, spoke with Concord News Radio on his future in the NBA and said he is still looking for a team next season and is hoping an opportunity will open up. When it came to re-signing with the Spurs, Bonner said there hasn

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[QUOTE]after posting a negative WAR during his rookie season, the only direction it could

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[quote]These moves gave the Jazz some much-needed depth after losing 179 combined games from their six best players due to injury last season. [/quote]
I assume he is calling Exum one of their top 6? :rolleyes:


[quote]The Jazz are now arguably 14 players deep with NBA talent, in a league where the average rotation is ten deep.[/quote]
I think the only question right now is if Exum is an NBA talent. :confusedshrug:

Missing the teams best playmaker and facilitator. Hard for me to give Exum any minutes let alone 21 until I actually see him play. :rolleyes:
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As expected, Hill and Dante Exum will eat up all the point guard minutes, which is a huge upgrade from last year.[/quote]
Is it an upgrade when you are putting one of your best players on the bench? :no:

[quote]Having started 261 of his last 269 regular season games and 55 playoff games, it is hard to imagine Hill as anything but the starting point guard this year[/quote]
Hard for me to see anyone other than Mack but after last years Withey mess who knows really?

[quote]In the Summer League game in which Exum sprained his ankle, he showed he does have the ability to attack the basket.[/quote]
Or at least he did have the ability against summer league competition before he blew his knee out.

[quote]If both are on the roster when the season begins, they will battle for the position of third point guard. Mack will likely win this role if he is on the roster, as Snyder has already shown he prefers Mack at the helm.[/quote]
I see no reason to keep Mack on the team if he's not playing.

[quote] Due to the fact that Mack is bigger than Neto, he can also jump in without hindering the team

[url]http://saltcityhoops.com/a-projected-substitution-pattern-for-the-utah-jazz/[/url]

[QUOTE]Can that bench unit play enough defense to hold the lead that the starters set?[/QUOTE]

I think that's a big question. The bench will have a lot of firepower but how much D can they play? Hopefully they can keep enough D out there with their starters to make it work.

[QUOTE]You will notice that Exum and Burks play almost exclusively together in this rotation. The defensive prowess of Exum is a good fit next to the limitations of Burks, while the offensive capabilities of Burks compliment Exum.[/QUOTE]

Or you could play guys like Neto, Mack and Ingles that play both ends. Makes more sense to me

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[QUOTE]They have a solid core of young emerging guards like Alec Burks, Rodney Hood, and Shelvin Mack[/QUOTE]

Wow someone included Mack! I can see it from the national media but it's hard for me to see how anyone that watched the Jazz last year could not see Mack as their starting pg right now. I could care less if he was a 3rd string pg on a good team. He ran the offense better than anyone has(though I think Neto may be able to challenge him if given the opportunity to run the offense and not just spot up which might happen now that he's got a lot more shooters around him). I don't see Hill or Diaw or Joe changing that. They had the number one D again while he started. He was one of their best players. He did all that without a training camp! He's 26. The best is ahead for him like most of the team. Someone has to earn his job as I see it. Hill makes more sense alongside him or behind him not ahead of him. Neto getting his chance, Exum actually living up to the hype, or a move of some kind is the only thing changing that.

[QUOTE]The straw that stirs the drink for the Jazz though is Gordon Hayward[/QUOTE]

Same thing here. I expect this from the national media but anyone who has been watching has seen the team revolves around Rudy making life difficult for the other team. Hopefully they can play well without him now with Hill and company but we haven't seen it consistently yet.

[QUOTE]one would think the idea of trading the team

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[QUOTE]The Wolves are in their

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