The team has definitely gotten worse with the losses of Boozer and Korver, but there is hope. Millsap is a good up and coming Power Forward in the league and with more minutes a night I feel he can step it up and become a strong player for our team. Plus Boozer is about to hit 30 and not many players get better after the age of 30. Boozer also has only shown up in one big game (Rockets game 7 2007 playoffs), and he has 28% of games over the last 6 years. Boozer also was a 13 points 9 rebounds a game before he got to Utah (a place where Power Forwards thrive, and where Jerry Sloan milks you for all you are worth), so who knows if he can produce with the likes of Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose (score first point guard) around him. Hopefully the Jazz can come to terms with Udonis Haslem or someone of his style of play because he could nicely fill in for the missing minutes of Millsap off of the bench (plus he works hard and hustles for every loose ball). I feel that Gordon Hayward will fill in nicely for Korver because he can dribble and pass the ball and he makes those around him better, but his shot will need to improve because Korver is amongst the best at this in the league. I believe the big question comes from what will happen with Memo, and AK. If Memo can return to what he was two years ago when Booz was out with an injury, and AK can return to his All Star level, the team will be much improved from last years team and there will not be any let down. Evans had a nice showing at the summer league and could possibly fit in nicely this fall, that is if he can bulk up by fall and make the team. We did get the TPE from the Boozer deal with the Bulls, so hopefully the Jazz can do something there to help the team and get some parts that will compliment Dwill and make him happy enough to see that the Jazz are dedicated to making a team that is competitive and that can compete for a title.
Around the league everyone is still buzzing about the James decision. I agree that his "decision" show probably was a little silly, but the way the media wants to be involved in everything these days, I am not shocked. James seemed sincere in his choice on TV and worried as to how people would react to him. The way I see it is that he worked hard for 7 years in Cleveland and he got them back into the playoffs and even made a run at the title in 2007 but lost the the San Antonio Spurs. He had his right as a FA to go where he wanted to, and to be honest if I were in his shoes I would have done the same thing. Teaming up with Dwade and Chris Bosh would make them the Ultimate team. It doesn't make him less of a person, because as you hear all the time, this is a business and in business if you want to be successful you want to package the best stuff. They did really well in the olympics together, so we will have to see what they can put around them in Miami with the money they have left over. My prediction is that the Heat are the team to beat for the next few years. As to my opinion of what the Cavs owner did, he could have been humble about the fact that he just lost the league MVP, but he decided to take the selfish route and blame it all on James. Very interesting articles are out there, and it will be interesting to see how David Stern reacts to it, but James took the higher road and said he didn't want to get into it when asked about the owner's reaction.
here link to ESPN article
The team has definitely gotten worse with the losses of Boozer and Korver, but there is hope. Millsap is a good up and coming Power Forward in the league and with more minutes a night I feel he can step it up and become a strong player for our team. Plus Boozer is about to hit 30 and not many players get better after the age of 30. Boozer also has only shown up in one big game (Rockets game 7 2007 playoffs), and he has 28% of games over the last 6 years. Boozer also was a 13 points 9 rebounds a game before he got to Utah (a place where Power Forwards thrive, and where Jerry Sloan milks you for all you are worth), so who knows if he can produce with the likes of Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose (score first point guard) around him. Hopefully the Jazz can come to terms with Udonis Haslem or someone of his style of play because he could nicely fill in for the missing minutes of Millsap off of the bench (plus he works hard and hustles for every loose ball). I feel that Gordon Hayward will fill in nicely for Korver because he can dribble and pass the ball and he makes those around him better, but his shot will need to improve because Korver is amongst the best at this in the league. I believe the big question comes from what will happen with Memo, and AK. If Memo can return to what he was two years ago when Booz was out with an injury, and AK can return to his All Star level, the team will be much improved from last years team and there will not be any let down. Evans had a nice showing at the summer league and could possibly fit in nicely this fall, that is if he can bulk up by fall and make the team. We did get the TPE from the Boozer deal with the Bulls, so hopefully the Jazz can do something there to help the team and get some parts that will compliment Dwill and make him happy enough to see that the Jazz are dedicated to making a team that is competitive and that can compete for a title.
Around the league everyone is still buzzing about the James decision. I agree that his "decision" show probably was a little silly, but the way the media wants to be involved in everything these days, I am not shocked. James seemed sincere in his choice on TV and worried as to how people would react to him. The way I see it is that he worked hard for 7 years in Cleveland and he got them back into the playoffs and even made a run at the title in 2007 but lost the the San Antonio Spurs. He had his right as a FA to go where he wanted to, and to be honest if I were in his shoes I would have done the same thing. Teaming up with Dwade and Chris Bosh would make them the Ultimate team. It doesn't make him less of a person, because as you hear all the time, this is a business and in business if you want to be successful you want to package the best stuff. They did really well in the olympics together, so we will have to see what they can put around them in Miami with the money they have left over. My prediction is that the Heat are the team to beat for the next few years. As to my opinion of what the Cavs owner did, he could have been humble about the fact that he just lost the league MVP, but he decided to take the selfish route and blame it all on James. Very interesting articles are out there, and it will be interesting to see how David Stern reacts to it, but James took the higher road and said he didn't want to get into it when asked about the owner's reaction. here link to ESPN article
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