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Jan 27, 2023
3:52:33am

Waluigi All-American

Put a lid on the excitement. Larry bird is a top 10 talent of all time with

Better defense and passing than Lauri could dream of. Kevin McHale was on 8 all NBA teams. Those are generational superstars. Lauri has potential to be great, but that's an insane comparison. The NBA has more talent and parity in the league today than ever before, including the 80's.
Vando could've started for those Celtics as a 4, maybe, and be fine. It probably would've fit his game pretty well. Today's game is not kind to nonshooters unless they are a top 5 defender, and Vanderbilt isn't that.

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Waluigi

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Imo, this is a core w the potential to title-contend in the next 5 years:

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 1:08am

THT is not even a rotation player on a championship team

Jay Kay

1/27/23 1:15am

I'm not sold on tht at all. He can kind of playmake, but his outside shooting

Waluigi

1/27/23 1:16am

If he were 25 years old I'd be inclined to agree w ya.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 1:19am

THT? Who are you talking about?

Waluigi

1/27/23 1:19am

Talen Horton-Tucker.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 1:22am

I know he's only 22, but this is his fourth year and he's shown minimal

Waluigi

1/27/23 1:23am

He clearly left college too early for his own good.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 1:31am

How is Tucker a mismatch player? A 6'4" shooting guard who can't shoot. I don't get it.

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 3:28am

I think you're joking about John and Karl, but I agree about THT. All he has are

Waluigi

1/27/23 3:30am

Yeah, you did answer your own question. In addition:

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 3:45am

The old wingspan mismatch. It is the reason guys like Mo Bamba, Bismack Biyombo, Reggie Jackson and Dallas Lauderdale

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 4:05am

Okay. And what about the other things? In a single player?

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 4:10am

I certainly wouldn't want him in the Nuggets rotation.

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 4:13am

I did at least address that in my OP.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 4:18am

There’s maybe a world where he turns into a Marcus Smart lite

PHXSUNS31

1/27/23 9:54am

Guys who can't shoot can't stay on the court. Team building isn't about having two guys that can play defense and two

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 10:28am

If they can’t shoot they better either be an elite finisher or on ball creator

PHXSUNS31

1/27/23 11:54am

Exactly my point. But the OP wants to build around Vando, Kessler and THT. 3 guys that can't shoot. That might have

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 1:12pm

Yep, I agree with you. Jazz fans just need to look back on Rudy/Favors/Rubio

PHXSUNS31

1/27/23 1:33pm

"Build around" not in the sense of a starting core

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 1:41pm

"THT can clearly shoot"??? Ummmmm....ok. The stats don't back up your claim.

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 1:45pm

If the strength of his game were primarily shooting I'd be inclined to agree.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 1:46pm

Not following your logic, please explain. He can clearly shoot because his game isn't primarily shooting?

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 1:53pm

The form, skill & release is all there. He's a very dynamic shooter, in fact.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 2:27pm

I'm not sure dynamic means what you think it does. But we will agree to disagree. One day he might be as good

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 2:41pm

Luckily for him, he's more valuable on offense as a non-scorer than Russell.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 2:53pm

Hmmm, not sure there are many in the NBA who believe that. I mean the Jazz acquired him and another guy with a song.

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 3:04pm

I think any team in need of a facilitator over a scorer — most certainly would.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 3:17pm

Well the evidence says quite the contrary. First the stats show Westbrook with 7.5 assists per game. THT has

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 3:26pm

By assist percentage, THT and NAW are about the same as creators

krindorr

1/27/23 3:33pm

Westbrook is primarily a drive-n-dump assists guy. Those stats are inflated.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 3:34pm

RE: Imo, this is a core w the potential to title-contend in the next 5 years:

ManicBlue

1/27/23 1:18am

If naw keeps shooting well, I think he has a shot. Maybe he can expand his

Waluigi

1/27/23 1:22am

When the Jazz first got NAW and at the start of this season, I thought he had no chance to stick in the league, but

ManicBlue

1/27/23 1:51am

NAW is an interesting prospect too, I agree.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 1:45am

As a Nugget's fan, I hope that is the group they try and contend with for the next 5 years.

kimdaddy35

1/27/23 2:53am

That's why I called it a "core" — to build on. The Jazz

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 3:06am

A contender's core usually has an established star, Lauri, and another star in

Waluigi

1/27/23 3:32am

Do you think McHale & Bird "occupied the same area" any worse

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 3:43am

Put a lid on the excitement. Larry bird is a top 10 talent of all time with

Waluigi

1/27/23 3:52am

Put a lid on your own omniscient comparison-parsing.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 3:55am

You have the first two correct, the others not so much.

cougar95

1/27/23 5:51am

What

JoeExotic

1/27/23 6:07am

I can't believe I read through that.

Northwest Cougar

1/27/23 6:19am

I see a lot of people thinking Lauri Markannen is a 3 - he most definitely is not

krindorr

1/27/23 6:29am

I think Lauri could certainly play a 3 if he's matched w the right

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 7:13am

Agreed, there's certain lineups where he can kind of work as a 3, but it's certainly not his best spot

krindorr

1/27/23 7:29am

The Jazz still need a #1

RockyBalboa

1/27/23 7:13am

We certainly need another star-level player.

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 7:28am

THT is a role player, nothing more. Jazz def need another bonafide star

RockyBalboa

1/27/23 7:36am

At 22 — you're sure of that, huh?

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 7:41am

In his first 4 years, he's shown an inability to create, distribute or shoot

krindorr

1/27/23 7:48am

Yeah, my least favorite thing is when he barrels in toward the basket with

Northwest Cougar

1/27/23 9:15am

Yes.

RockyBalboa

1/27/23 7:51am

Lol, no. Markkanen is a number one guy. He just needs more touches. His true

CougarTailDevourer

1/27/23 7:52am

He's a great #1 on a fringe playoff team.

JoeExotic

1/27/23 7:59am

Markannen is not Durant (or even close) despite one stat being similar

krindorr

1/27/23 8:28am

Durrant has all the talent, but only won by going to Golden State.

porcupinetree

1/27/23 10:25am

...so it's hard to win even with a freakishly talented clear #1 guy? Agreed

krindorr

1/27/23 10:32am

Durrant has the talent, but lacks the winning mentality. Mentally weak.

porcupinetree

1/27/23 12:10pm

Scoot would be huge. A Scoot/Markkanen duo is something to build on.

PHXSUNS31

1/27/23 9:58am

To contend for a title you usually need 3 stars - and one has to be a superstar. We’ve got 1.

dryflyelk

1/27/23 7:27am

I didn't mean to suggest our core of best players is set. As I explained

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 7:32am

I feel like you could say this about every team; if they add a few stars, they could be title contenders

krindorr

1/27/23 7:45am

For sure. I'm speaking Jazz-centrically. Some of my wording is misleading

SinkingQuffa

1/27/23 7:52am

Is this a joke? The only thing missing is championship level first and second

GeorgeAlbertsgoatie

1/27/23 8:22am

Yeah right

TNT

1/27/23 8:55am

If only TNT had chosen one letter differently. His boardname is one letter

Northwest Cougar

1/27/23 9:18am

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