Should the Utah Jazz try to keep their pick? Why did the Jazz make these trades?
It is a Friday edition of Ask Locked On Jazz. Today the listeners want to know about draft picks, players, trades and the future.
0:00: Introduction
3:00: Should the Utah Jazz keep our protected pick?
8:00: Isn’t this supposed to be a bad draft?
11:00: Why did the Jazz trade Simone instead of re-signing him?
17:00: Who is a better player Ochai Agabji or Bryce Sensabaugh?
22:00: Should we be worried about Walker Kessler and his development?
28:00: This is hard to watch, what can we look for to get enjoyment?
31:00: How much did we lose by not making the playoffs or play-in?
32:00: Points Gained
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19 Comments
They are not trying to win anymore.
When you are tied with a team that has a better record than you going into the fourth and they start that quarter with Hendricks,George ,
Sensabaugh,samanic, and Clarkson you’re not trying to win.
Play the young guys was the narrative so you trade away KO and for some reason Abagji. I guess old man Clarkson suddenly a young guy bc he gets plenty of time.
God Favors trade was a joke!
“We’re fah” ….fourth year into a rebuild. Should have just left it as we’re fah’d
Being fleeced by the Jazz seems to work out pretty good. Utah is a perennial farm team. Dealing with GSW helped them get a title. Dealings with Denver got them a title. Minnesota is #1 and Cleveland is #2. Who is fleecing who? We are rebuilding around someone that is not a 1?!?
OKC is a brilliant organization. I’m not sure what this team is doing. You can’t sell don’t skip steps for 20 years.
50/50 on rotation players then you trade away proven rotation players for development scratch off tickets.
Brice vs Ochai you only talk about offense as to who is the better player. Defense counts! Why do you always discount defense? Brice will NEVER be a good defender.
The Tech trade, sure. But Olynick makes no sense. You don’t trade a glue player when you have a team of introverts or betas. How is THT still on the team?
My problem with Kessler is he is not playing 30+ minutes per game! Why Collins play so much since Jazz really want to lose?
Can you quantify how loosing negative affects player value on the free market? In other words, isn’t Clarkson or Lauri or Collins value higher if the team ends with a winning record? Close the season with a winning record, then sell. #10 pick, oh well. Get that encumbrance off us.
Is Ochai Chris Dunn 2.0
Needs to looose, ah get more athletic. I’ll try that on my wife.
To be honest, this podcast has been about my only source of enjoyment with the Jazz since Donovan Mitchell lost his enjoyment and turned into a diva.
Everyone thought trading Rudy was a no brainer. How about now? Markannen and Gobert seems intriguing.
Great analysis on Walker. I think Jarrett Allen/Nic Claxton are reasonable goals for him to aspite to. I think another name could be thrown in-Deandre Ayton. At least the Phoenix version.
This whole rebuild for a champ feels like a scam. They are selling us: "we have to lose now rookies grow their mistakes etc". Sure pistons,hornets and rockets been losing forever,having high draft picks,developing talent and they are still s#itty teams.
Why not try to be your best right now and let the rookies getting playing time when they have earned it. Whats wrong of being a mid level team and having a blast even if you drop at 1st round ? Becoming a champ contender by developing your talent is a lottery,where the chances to fail are bigger than to win,like finding a needle in the haystack. Is it worth it ? Absolutely not.
Ok. Lets say we are developing the rookies right now and winning doesnt matter. Why is this old fart Clarkson gettin 32mpg every night and every night hes playing like sh#t,hes ballheavy and wants to be the flamethrower even if hes out of gas. Why dont you give these minutes to a rookie ? I dont get it. What am I missing ?
Jazz had a great team that had peaked financially. The jazz didn’t have the picks and money to pay 💰 them so they traded everyone off and Clarkson would have been gone too…
Jazz will be stuck in the middle for awhile but that’s ok.
They need to be patient and hope that they can develop and bring in talent too