THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR THE UTAH JAZZ!

TheOneAndOnly · Post #1 » by **TheOneAndOnly** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:40 pm

The future is bright for the utah jazz!
k so i'm an optimist, but here goes:

Memo comes back healthy and ready to contribute again. He'll spread the floor and open things up for Paul, Al, and Derrick.

Jazz will either get a top 3 pick or trade up into the top 3 to draft Kyrie Irving to be groomed under Devin Harris. (Jazz have plenty of trade chips with extra draft picks and/or Tomic - their own this year and Golden State's next year, even if its top 7 protected)

Hayward, Favors, and Evans all come back improved.

Tomic comes over (if not traded) and is decent and adds some length in the middle

Lineup will consist of players in their prime and a good young core of rookies and 2nd year players:

Harris / Irving
Miles Hayward
Millsap / Evans
Jefferson / Favors
Okur / Tomic

A healthy Okur allows Al to go to his natural position at the 4. Millsap evolves into a starting 3 with minutes at the 4, too. Okur will open things up nicely for the two of them!

The present and future look good with this core, IMO! Another couple of vets like Watson and a solid backup center will fill out the lineup perfectly!

The59Sound · Post #2 » by **The59Sound** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:45 pm

TheOneAndOnly wrote:Miles Hayward

TheOneAndOnly · Post #3 » by **TheOneAndOnly** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:48 pm

just a depth chart with veterans on one side and the newbies on the other. calm down

Post #4 » by **jazzfan1971** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:57 pm

Famous Jazz musician.

BringtheD · Post #5 » by **BringtheD** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:12 pm

Jackpotting around.

The59Sound · Post #6 » by **The59Sound** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:56 am

TheOneAndOnly wrote:just a depth chart with veterans on one side and the newbies on the other. calm down

Below that, though, you seem to imply that those on the left are starters. Just think it would be insane and ludicrous to start CJ. If that wasn't the implication, then fair enough.

countrybama24 · Post #7 » by **countrybama24** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:32 am

Memo = non-factor.

outerspacefella · Post #8 » by **outerspacefella** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:15 am

The59Sound wrote:
TheOneAndOnly wrote:Miles Hayward

Did Hayward change his first name? :-?

HolyToledo · Post #9 » by **HolyToledo** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:04 pm

Memo is no longer a starter in this league. We will be lucky if he is a decent backup center.

Neon Black · Post #10 » by **Neon Black** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:12 am

HolyToledo wrote:Memo is no longer a starter in this league. We will be lucky if he is a decent backup center.

true. But if he does come back strong, I'm excited to see what he can do off the bench. I've always wanted him to be a scorer off the bench.

Xsy · Post #11 » by **Xsy** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:04 am

I expect Mehmet to be the same exact guy he was last season.

Benchwarmer who starts playing halfway through the season for five minutes at a time and doesn't do well until something else goes wrong.

Ugly0598 · Post #12 » by **Ugly0598** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:07 am

MacheteConfetti wrote:I expect Mehmet to be the same exact guy he was last season.

Benchwarmer who starts playing halfway through the season for five minutes at a time and doesn't do well until something else goes wrong.

Give Okur a little bit of slack, there was only 2-3 games all season where he was even close to 100% back to form (The December game against the Clippers at the Staples Center was one).