The 2017 off-season...Hayward, Hill, Ingles...?

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Doesn't shoot well enough for the Jazz I guess

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[QUOTE]the Heat have rebuilt their roster around point guard Goran Dragic and big man Hassan Whiteside.

Adding a third star in Hayward [/QUOTE]

That's one star sorry.

[QUOTE]If Hayward goes to Miami he would be lying about wanting to win. Miami is a step or two backwards.[/QUOTE]

I think they could be better than the Jazz with Hayward.

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865681658/3-reasons-why-Rodney-Hood-can-replace-Gordon-Hayward.html[/url]

[QUOTE]Utah

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[QUOTE]the Jazz are now facing a make or break off-season that will determine if they face another rebuild, or ensure deep playoff runs for years to come.[/QUOTE]

They will still have an all-NBA player. Not another tank!

[QUOTE]If Hayward wants to win, then it really comes down to two teams: The Boston Celtics or the Utah Jazz.[/QUOTE]

We'll see. I could see Miami and especially SA making a lot of sense

[QUOTE]If he values winning, then Utah is a perfect situation. The Jazz won 51 games in a tougher conference. He would be able to remain with an organization, coach and players that he has grown accustomed to. The top talent on the Jazz is also much younger than that of the Celtics.[/QUOTE]

None of that really matters. Against GS it was Hayward and Gobert and no one else basically. So unless they make some other moves and spend some money why would he stay? Boston, Miami and the Spurs will spend money to win titles

[QUOTE]Heading into this season it looked like they had finally gotten the rotation set, but injuries to George Hill as well as Dante Exum needing more time to recover from his ACL injury made it a struggle.[/QUOTE]

When does Dante become a bust and the injury is no longer an excuse?

[QUOTE]Dante Exum does not appear ready just yet to take over the reins full-time,[/QUOTE]

He's yet to prove he belongs in the league. He has 1 more year to do so

[QUOTE] a one year rental may be the best option if Hill leaves. I would look for the Jazz to target Deron Williams, Darren Collison or Patty Mills. Each of them are strong spot up shooters and shouldn

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[QUOTE]Whatever the cost, Hayward allows the Spurs to play smaller without cramping Kawhi Leonard

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[QUOTE]Leaving the Denver Nuggets will be hard for Danilo Gallinari. He called Denver his "favorite city" during a Facebook live session in February

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[QUOTE] Even though he has a player option, I expect Gallinari to leave.

Prediction: Charlotte

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[QUOTE]the Heat have plans to bring an additional big name free agent on board, simply adding Hayward to their current roster wouldn

Rudy Gobert: Tristan didn

Milos Teodosic may be the Nets

Tony Jones‏: Tomorrow

The Utah Jazz are bringing in 11 players in their next round of pre-draft workouts on Sunday. Headlining the pair of workouts is UCLA big TJ Leaf, who averaged 16.4 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game last season and is projected as a first-round pick in the June 22 NBA Draft.

When Thomas Bryant wanted to fill time in his room at Indiana, he would pick up a pencil and draw. Not basketball plays

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[QUOTE]at 6-foot-4

Perrin is stunned by Swanigan

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[QUOTE]As of the 2018 playoffs, it will have been 10 years since the Jazz won even one game in the West semifinals.

That goal seems modest at the moment. But to make it easily achievable, the Jazz have to keep Gordon Hayward in free agency and they have to defer a playoff meeting with the Warriors until the conference finals.[/QUOTE]

Dallas getting upset by the 8th seed is what got them to the finals last time they were there

[QUOTE]I'll be intrigued about how the Jazz can keep building around him and how internal improvement with the likes of Rodney Hood and Trey Lyles can enable them to make up some ground with Golden State.[/QUOTE]

Hood isn't going to get a lot better. He needs to be able to stay healthy and understand his role though. Lyles is young enough that there is still hope but he needs to learn to play with others. If he keeps thinking he's his hero Kobe he'll be out of the league and playing China with his old teammate Burke. Bolomboy may have passed him already with possibly more picks on the way ready to take his spot. You have to keep getting better or you'll be out of the league. No mention of Exum. Neto or Wallace? Burks is still young enough to come back and with two years on his contract they need him to. Joe Johnson, Ingles and Diaw certainly aren't the answers though.

The Jazz have to try to put together the best team they can that matches up with GS. At some point GS will falter rather it be because of injuries, egos or boredom and the Jazz need to be ready to pounce like Detroit did against the Lakers which came apart because of Kobe's ego. I've got my doubts if they will. Joe Johnson and Ingles have to go. I doubt they will. It's not the way the Jazz have done things but we'll see if the new front office and coach actually have a clue or not

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[QUOTE] If he's available at No. 24, I'd take him.[/QUOTE]

Doesn't sound long enough for them

[QUOTE]Bryant is a 6-foot-10 big man with an incredible 7-foot-6 wingspan who played at Indiana as a sophomore last year. [/QUOTE]

This sounds like their type of guy. Even longer than Favors

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[QUOTE]Utah's power forward spot is in a bit of flux. Derrick Favors is entering the final year of his contract. Boris Diaw's contract is nonguaranteed for next season. Trey Lyles took a significant step back last season. Joe Johnson, for all of his brilliance last year, is still better suited for coming off the bench at this point of his career.[/QUOTE]

Again no mention of Bolomboy and I can easily see him in the rotation ahead of Lyles possibly even starting once Favors goes. Johnson needs to go. Doesn't match-up with GS

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[QUOTE]After all, the Warriors' four best players are all still relatively young. Steph Curry is only 29 years old, Durant is just 28, and Draymond Green and Klay Thompson are both 27 so, assuming that Golden State does everything it can to keep this terrifically talented core group together

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[QUOTE]Perrin said Leaf is a better shooter than Lyles but that the third-year-to-be Jazz forward is a better ballhandler and playmaker.[/QUOTE]

Potentially. Don't you have to pass the ball occasionally to be a playmaker?

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[QUOTE]As a team that prides itself defensively, but is also looking to win now rather than merely plan for the future, those are two traits that the Jazz will have to take into large consideration before selecting Leaf.[/QUOTE]

Please list these guys that will help them win now?

[QUOTE]The draft is now less than two weeks away and you can bet that whether Utah decides to hold onto their picks or deal them in a trade, we

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[QUOTE]Gordon has the upper hand. The Jazz cannot do much more than wait. Will Hayward follow the example set by the statues?[/QUOTE]

No they can try to improve the team. Depending on what happens before July 1st they can go into their meeting with him with a plan to put a better team around him and Gobert. They must do that because the other teams will have a plan

[QUOTE]If Hayward decides to leave Utah, I will always believe the decision to leave was made long ago.[/QUOTE]

Can you blame him? The team still hasn't been all in and they were only partially in this past year because he was a free agent.

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[QUOTE]How the Jazz can stay beneath the salary cap limit

[QUOTE]Robyn Hayward, the wife of Utah Jazz All-Star Gordon Hayward, posted a completely innocent picture on Instagram of her and her daughter Bernie snuggling with one another. However, NBA fans noticed a potentially subliminal message in the photo as the two-year-old was wearing a green shirt with a shamrock on it that read

Andy Larsen: The Jazz announced a new director for the Jazz dancers today: Ashley Kelson. She

Miami is loading up now to pursue Gordon Hayward, according to league sources.

Not quite sure how Miami would be a better option than the Jazz or Celtics.

Miami has Whiteside who is similar to Gobert. After that they have better talent and a President that knows how to build a winner. If he'd rather live there I could see it.

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[QUOTE]The Jazz could target aging point guards on younger rosters who no longer fit their teams' building plans. Two targets to keep an eye on for draft night are the Phoenix Suns

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I feel better now. :cheers:

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[QUOTE]Handing out a max contract to Hayward and a three-year, $60 million deal to Hill leaves the Jazz just $5 million from the luxury tax, which won

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[QUOTE]while he was brilliant at times, the 31-year-old has likely essentially reached his ceiling[/QUOTE]

He had a career year, Who's to say he can't get better still

[QUOTE]although the Wolves are certainly behind the Jazz in terms of talent[/QUOTE]

actually they're not. just younger

I could see Minnesota. They are on the rise. Might just need a vet or two

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I guess if Hayward demands it. I'd think Cleveland would want to keep Love and add Hayward

[QUOTE]Ian Begley: Nevada

Frenchie: @Dame_Lillard if you had the opportunity to sign with any team in the league today other than trailblazers what team would it be? Damian Lillard: If blazers said they didn

To his credit, Jeremy Senglin, the Wildcats

[QUOTE]New general manager Travis Schlenk told to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that retaining Millsap remains a priority. However, he acknowledged that Millsap may receive better offers elsewhere as an unrestricted free agent next month.

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[QUOTE]Hayward has significant concerns about playing with Isaiah Thomas. In other words he wants the ball in his hands, he doesn

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[QUOTE]Few teams in the NBA will embrace such an approach because, honestly, very few teams are even a dramatic move away from a slight chance to upend the current champs. The Houston Rockets, who won 55 games this season behind likely league MVP James Harden, may be such a team. Indeed, Houston GM Daryl Morey has admitted that an aggressive move with added risk may be in the cards he

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Why no mention of the Jazz going after Griffin so Hayward has to stay?