Inigo Montoya wrote:HadAnEffectHere wrote:Inigo Montoya wrote:It remains to be seen but it doesn't change where the Jazz are. They need an infusion of high-end talent and their best bet to do so is still through the draft.
I mean, frankly, unless the Jazz get one of the 10 best players in NBA history, they're never going to be true contenders, so settling for a 2nd round exit and never pretending they'll be more is probably their best path.
That's pretty much what they've been doing for decades (but with the pretending). Personally, I won't support a franchise that has given up on trying to win a championship and is content to tread water in the 1st-2nd round range. And frankly, you don't need an executive like Ainge for that. If that was good enough they could have simply kept the Mitchell-Gobert team and I'm glad they didn't. It's ok to try and fail but if they don't even try then they can GTFO and move.
I largely think they broke up the Mitchell-Gobert team because Ainge deluded himself and Smith into thinking that Ainge could build a title contender without going deep into the tax.
I just don't see Smith ever going past the first apron, he's way too cheap to spend.
