Thursday, July 14, 2022

 Three Thoughts on Rebuilding the Jazz

1. Victor Wembanyama, a 7-3 wonder from France, is said to be a once-in-a-generation prospect. He will be the first pick of the 2023 draft. Given that he will likely dominate the NBA and whatever team he ends up on will win a number of championships, we should be stockpiling lottery picks for next year. Picks late in the first round won't do. Wembanyama will be long gone by then. Trade off Conley, Bogdonovich, and Mitchell to the worst teams in the league for unprotected first-round picks. Without them, we hopefully will have the worst record in the league and have the best shot for the first draft choice. We will not only the pick for being the worst team in the league, but three other lottery picks. That's four lottery picks. Five if Minnesota falls into the lottery, as the the pick we received from them for would then be a lottery pick. Six if New York diesb't make the playoffs as we received a first-round pick from them for Royce O'Neale. All this would give us an awesome chance at Wembanyama.
2. Sign Isaiah Miller. If you don't, someone else will get away with him. He's been killing it in the Summer League. He takes explosiveness to a whole new level. He had four steals and made key baskets last night as the Jazz came back from what I believe was a 20-point deficit to almost come away with a victory.
3. Walker Kessler, he has the potential to be as good as Rudy Gobert. Don't bury him on the bench. He does most of the things Rudy does -- including blocking shots. At Auburn last season, he made 60.8 percent of his shots. He averaged 8.1 rebounds a game. And, he blocked a crazy 4.6 rebounds a game.

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