zero24gravity wrote:I'm sure the team looked at options to add another viable wing defender, but just couldn't get the right deal done.
Perhaps the team getting a wake up call over that terrible 15 game stretch, learning to play better when Gobert is out of the game, fresh legs of their 2 stars (DM looks great the last couple games!), adding NAW, and the emergence of Paschall + Forrest, will be the kind of change the team needs. Tying to have faith here. It's possible! The roster is talented enough.
To really upgrade the defense, the Jazz would have needed to get a defender like Lu Dort, Mathisse Thybulle or Marcus Smart. Yes, Jerami Grant would have been very cool, but it sounds like the asking price was just too high.
Short of that, Trent Forrest, Eric Paschall and Danuel House are decent.