The key is whether they are a true contender in a couple years or not. I find it

Mar 13, 2018
1:49:53pm

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hard to believe that competitors like Mitchell and Gobert would turn down equal or more money and a chance to compete for a championship because "they don't like Utah"

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Sorry to revisit Gordon Hayward, but does anyone else feel a little stupid

GRCoug

3/13/18 12:45pm

No. All Stars are few and far between in Utah. We gotta keep the ones we have.

SandYFan

3/13/18 12:46pm

This too, he was groomed and developed in Utah. He was liked and had a team

Cougar TD

3/13/18 12:49pm

this is why the jazz will never win. Stars don't want to play in Utah.

indocoug

3/13/18 1:06pm

Other than Rudy

Probable Sacko

3/13/18 1:09pm

For now...

Refugee

3/13/18 1:10pm

I think that he didn't even try out restricted FA is a good sign though

Probable Sacko

3/13/18 1:13pm

True. My hope is that the stars on this team gel so well they know they won’t find a better situation.

Refugee

3/13/18 1:29pm

The key is whether they are a true contender in a couple years or not. I find it

CougarBacker

3/13/18 1:49pm

not an all-star but 2nd team All NBA last year.

Belboz

3/13/18 1:28pm

when you think of star players in the NBA, Rudy comes to mind?

indocoug

3/13/18 1:36pm

to me, star equals results and not votes. Gobert 2nd team all NBA. #2 DPOY.

Probable Sacko

3/13/18 3:39pm

Yep. He’s not flashy but changes the offensive game of every team in the league more than anyone else.

Refugee

3/13/18 4:15pm

People didn't offer him a statue, what are you taking about?

Cougar TD

3/13/18 12:46pm

I heard a lot of talk about a statue.

GRCoug

3/13/18 12:47pm

Well, if he'd won a title or given us another 10 years at an all-star clip, sure

ebv

3/13/18 12:48pm

Any talk about a statue would have been about building something. Betrayward decided to be a beta and go to boston

monkeycowboy

3/13/18 12:50pm

I don't want anyone to get hurt, but he definitely screwed over the Jazz.

Cougar TD

3/13/18 12:53pm

Wanting him to get hurt is different than accepting sports karmas effect in all this. The basketball Gods spoke clearly.

monkeycowboy

3/13/18 12:54pm

I'm fine with that

Cougar TD

3/13/18 12:56pm

Who did he betray? He got no input of where he got drafted

cougarfann888

3/13/18 12:54pm

The problem with that is the Jazz built the team around him, developed him,

Cougar TD

3/13/18 12:58pm

When Paul freaking George handles free agency better than Hayward there's an obvious issue.

monkeycowboy

3/13/18 12:59pm

Yeah that was really surprising

TNT

3/13/18 1:14pm

I don't know about a statue but he would definitely have his jersey hanging from

Dynasty1

3/13/18 12:51pm

It was more than just talk. Here's one preliminary sketch

Twin Roots

3/13/18 12:56pm

It shows other players the fans appreciate them.

Turnpike Lane

3/13/18 12:48pm

The statue stuff was just pillow talk. We didn't intend to follow through on it.

Probable Sacko

3/13/18 12:55pm

What were we to do? let him walk, pat him on the back & say break a leg in BOS?

Probable Sacko

3/13/18 12:58pm

Yep. It's now obvious that his one good year was because the team was built

QuikCars

3/13/18 1:03pm

I won't say Mitchell has made Hayward irrelevant, because I think we'd have been

dreamlvr

3/13/18 1:10pm

I don’t think Mitchell would have developed like he has with Hayward around

franklyvulgar

3/13/18 1:20pm

Mitchell is an alpha and Hayward is not. Eventually

dreamlvr

3/13/18 1:57pm

Funny thing is ... many Boston fans don't even want him to come back.

ManicBlue

3/13/18 1:10pm

Other players notice those kinds of things. In a market like SLC you need to

Bluedarts

3/13/18 1:15pm

I wanted him to stay (51 wins), but am happy how things have turned out. He

Benfica1

3/13/18 1:29pm

Good post. We all knew that the Jazz aren't contending for a year or two at best

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