year with a similar poor performance, his trade value is going to go down. To get something valuable in return, have to give up something valuable.

Also for Jazz fans thinking back on famous duos, Stockton and Malone had a lot of first round exits and broke through to the finals in about their 10th and 11th seasons together.

When you are a market like Utah that is not going to draw top free agents, fans should not take it for granted of being in the mix. Jazz played a competitive series against a final 4 team.

Hindsight is 20-20 on a number of recent moves the Jazz have made.

Could blow it up and end up not any better.

That is why they pay those management guys the big bucks, right? To make many decisions which often don't work out well.