austinschutz@rocketmail.com
DEPTH CHART
Curry 32/Harris 16
Harden 30/Hayward 18
Ariza 28/Weems 20
Millsap 30/Evans 14/Brackins 4
Jefferson 34/Mullens 10/Brackins 4
The future is bright (numbers from last 10 games):
Al Jefferson - 26 - 27p 11r 2a 1s 2b 57% FG. 15th, 2004.
Paul Millsap - 26 - 16p 7r 2a 1s 1b 52% FG. 47th, 2006.
Trevor Ariza - 26 - 10p 5r 2a 1s. 34th, 2004.
Sonny Weems - 25 - 9p 2r 1a 51% FG. 39th, 2008.
Jeremy Evans - 23 - 4p 3r 1a 63% FG. 55, 2010.
Stephan Curry - 23 - 20p 6r 6a 47% FG 46% 3-PT. 7th, 2009.
Craig Brackins 23 - 3p 1r .3a. 21st, 2010.
Byron Mullens - 23 - 1p 1r .4a. 24th, 2009.
James Harden - 22 - 17p 3r 3a 2s 50% FG. 3rd, 2009.
Manny Harris - 21 - 5p 3r 2a 38% FG, 47% 3-PT. Undrafted, 2010
Gordan Hayward - 21 - 5p 2r 1a 48% FG. 53% 3-PT. #9, 2010
Average Age: 23.54
Much of what I tried to do with this team was to add youth. The Jazz as constructed previously only had a limited window to improve and it was clear that Deron Williams was not going to be returning as a Jazz man. My faith in Al Jefferson is/was also extremely high, so I decided that he would be one of the centerpieces of me team.
Through trading and free agency I was able to add several prospects that I like, as well as a couple of pick to help my team improve over the next few years. I also retained a lot of cap flexibility, enough to add a max player next offseason to push the Jazz back into contender status.
The final piece of the puzzle in not only staying competetive, but also being better down the road was to have a good balance of players. Al Jefferson may be the post low-post scorer in the game, and he is proving that he can be the centerpiece on a winning team. Steph Curry spaces the floor with his shooting ability, and Harden is a do-it-all shooting guard who spreads the floor and breaks down defenders. Finally there is Ariza and Millsap. Paul is a high-post power forward who feeds off the attention on Jefferson, and Ariza will thrive in a Utah system that allows him to go back to his bread-and-butter baseline cuts and get his field goal percentage back to what it was before New Orleans and Houston (around 50%).
TRADES
Deron Williams, Mehmet Okur, Francisco Elson for Stephan Curry, Louis Amundson, David Lee, Brendan Wright, Acie Law
Lee, Bell, Law for Reddick, Harden
Signed Manny Harris
CJ Miles,Brandan Wright,Ronnie Price for Joel Pryzbilla,BJ Mullens,Jeremy Linn,2011 Memphis 1st
Resign Manny Harris
Sign Sonny Weems
Cap Space for James Posey,2013 LAL 1st
JJ Redick,Louis Amundson for Trevor Ariza, Craig Brackins
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