The Utah Jazz WANT Flagg?

The Utah Jazz WANT Flagg?

The Utah Jazz find themselves at a point in the season where they are now in a soft rebuild after they ended up going into last season continuing out at the end of the season going ahead and trading away a lot of players at the deadline and decided to make a couple

Moves that would end up pushing things later on down the line what ended up happening was at the end of that season we saw them end up resting a lot of their star players lry Market included and while it wasn’t exactly the most enjoyed part of the season for those

Gentlemen it was something that made sense for them at the time because they didn’t have the pieces necessary to make a championship run the one thing that Justin zanic and Utah Jazz CEO Danny an have made abundantly clear is that they’re planning on building a championship Contender and they will

Stop at nothing to do so with that being the final point you find a lot of situations where they’re trying to find different pieces that can fit the machines fit the timeline see if the rookies end up panning out if they don’t and now we find ourselves at the end of

This season with Taylor Hendrick and keontay George playing a large sum of minutes trying to figure out exactly what type of pieces they are BR sens ofall seems to be concluded to be a longer term project so he’s not really seeing very many minutes so far but I

Think that he will see an uptick as the season progresses as there’s only roughly 26 games left for the Utah Jazz season now because they’re not exactly going to go ahead and rest all their key pieces as starters whether it be your Colin SE or your L marinin you get the

Sense that they’re just trying to get these guys acclimated to playing alongside Their Stars so it isn’t a complete tank but it is still a soft version of one I am not always the biggest fan of tanking but I do understand the necessity of it if you’re

A small Market team and you think that you can get genuinely strong draft picks out of doing so in this situation it seems like they’re trying to go ahead and convey this pick because later on down the road they’re looking at picking up a sneaky big player and by big I do

Indeed mean big now mind you Larry marinin is considered to be a star player for this team and while he may not be the elite piece that they need for a championship run by himself they still want to find somebody to pair alongside him now there have been

Rumblings that they feel that Colin seon still might not be that ideal guy to have alongside him and they needs more than that in so much so that they’d be willing to trade away Colin seon despite his efficient scoring this season and the main issue is his length because it

Leaves him in a situation where he will ultimately always be a slight liability on the defensive side of the ball despite his high energy and high impact when it comes to team morale the culture being a leader for the team as well as scoring very efficiently and seeing his

Uptick and playmaking go so high in ways that a lot of people didn’t actually see coming James Hansen is a writer for SLC dunk and he actually also happens to be known on YouTube as Hoops nerd and he specializes in Utah Jazz media as well and he actually had a very interesting

Article that he put together on the SLC dunk site the title was breaking down the last two seasons of Utah Jazz shows they’re on a path that leads to to Cooper flag anybody that knows me knows I’m not the biggest on Cooper flag though he does have insane images and a

Lot of things that you just can’t teach you can’t teach size you can’t teach height you can’t teach length you can teach skill but you can’t necessarily teach Instinct and desire those things are innate within a player and they make those decisions I do believe that Cooper flag could potentially be an interesting

Piece to pair alongside Li marketing and also considering the fact that they wouldn’t necessarily be a twin towers lineup seeing as Walker kessle would still be serviceable in he just needs to get himself added on a little bit more of a jumper right now him shooting 50%

From the free throw line isn’t going to cut it adding on a mid-range jumper even if he doesn’t get to a great three ball we don’t need him to be Carl Anthony towns even though that would certainly help him being able to just modestly hit elbow pull-ups allows other things to be

Worked around in the offense but I found this article to be very interesting because of the way that he alludes to the potential of them going after Cooper flag now we do know they want a piece that is going to be so significant that it can push them over the Ed once

They’re fully developed but we also understand that Larry Markin in if they do decide to keep him and don’t eventually trade him is going to be on a very tight leash now at the age of 27 years old he’s about to enter his prime if you do not feel like he’s already in

It and there’s a very finite number of years that they have to work with in order to build a contender in my mind I think we have about 3 years before we decide what this team’s going to be and for certain whether lar marinin stays or they go ahead and ship him out

Regardless I do think they will end up resigning him over this off season and going ahead and accepting that contract out to give him a little bit of extra money next year going from1 18 million up to 43 million with that added $25 million bonus slapped on there but I

Think that there’s very few reasons for Lowry to go ahead and just leave this team despite the soft rebuild era that they’re in at the moment now the key thing that really gives me a little bit more Merit towards James idea happens to be the fact that the Nets actually

Decided earlier on this week that they were going to go ahead at the end of the season and just Center this team around M Cal Bridges who was a player that I wanted to Target at the trade deadline and eventually see paired alongside L marinin and conin ston because this

Player is an extremely defensively talented player but also an extremely offensively talented player and a skilled scorer with high efficiency basically negating the negatives that col ston brings on defense even when he is a potentially poor matchup against certain lineups as well as providing a cons consistent and direct scoring

Threat alongside Colin seon and Larry marinin instead of having to rely on Jordan Clarkson to have his inconsistencies be consistent at some point going forward but I digress now the thing that I appreciated most about this article and again I will end up linking it down in the comment section

Below so that you guys can read it yourselves thoroughly if you do so desire to but he broke it down into segments leading them by each important move that was made whether it be trades or hirings and it all starts on June 28th in 2022 when the Utah Jazz hired

Will hardy now for those that understand Will Hardy has been a very instrumental piece in what the Utah Jazz have been capable of doing and what they plan on doing in the future he’s been the guy that’s kind of turned trash and like used Goods to treasure essentially and

You saw that culminate in the fact that a lot of us didn’t want to get rid of fono now fonio obviously his first season wasn’t really great and he did deal with a lot of injuries which also attributed to it but at the end of the day the head coach is responsible for

Putting the best guys out on the court in accordance with whatever the manag team decides they want them to do and whatever ownership decides is best for the team best for the fans and best for the business and credit to Will Hardy he’s really been able to do that

Consistently he’s found out how pieces work and how different cogs in the machine can find their ways around things and then puts them in lineups for the most part that allow them to succeed now there have been different growth periods and again we are in one once

Again but lately we’ve seen growth from konay George we’ve seen a little bit from Taylor Hendrick but there’s still much more to be seen going forward no matter how you feel about it all people can understand that will hardy is a young developing coach that has a lot of

High upside and very low risk he followed that up saying on July 6th 2022 R go be was traded to the Wolves now if you guys remembered we got Malik Beasley Patrick Beverly Leandro Bal Maro Jared Vanderbilt Walker Kessler a 2023 first round pick from Minnesota a 2025 first-

Round pick from Minnesota a pick swap in 20126 for first round picks and a 2027 first round pick from Minnesota along with a top five protected 2029 first round pick from Minnesota that’s a lot right continuing on down the list we ended up dealing away Patrick Beverly

Next we sent Patrick Beverly to the Lakers and in return got tht and Stanley Johnson who’s no longer with us now obviously tht still gets some rotational minutes but a lot of people thought he was going to get traded away at the trade deadline however the biggest theme

Seemed to be there just wasn’t enough interest around him to Garner any meaningful trade and so bar anything insane I don’t think that they’ll end up resigning him at the end of the season and this will be his last year with the Utah ja has allowing him to go free and

Find a team that will be willing to pay for his services and perhaps he’ll be able to revitalize his career and create more for himself in a different situation on September 3rd 2022 donov Mitchell was dealt to the Cleveland Cavaliers one of my favorite players of

All time was brought back in this trade as well as a couple other pieces it was oai abaji Larry marinen Colin SE a 2025 first round pick from Cleveland a 2026 pick swap for the first rounders a 2027 first round pick from Cleveland and a

Pick stop in 2028 in round one and a 2029 first round pick from Cleveland pretty big hauls for both Donovan Mitchell and Rudy gobear so much so that we ended up getting two dominant stars back and a defensive centerpiece that could anchor the defense for years to

Come once he really grows into his own becomes more aggressive and kind of develops a little bit more of a mean streak in Walker Kessler bonovich actually ended up being traded to the Detroit Pistons next on September 22nd 2022 we ended up getting back Sabin Lee

Kelly OIC cash and a tpe now all in all not a crazy trade we did end up enjoying some quality time with Kelly oen and I think he really impacted the culture and The Bigs in this city more so Walker ker than anybody and I think he definitely

Learned a lot from his tutelage even though we really haven’t seen a jumper develop out of him or a really strong passing sense I would like to see some of that get a little bit flashy going on down the road but those things do take

Time and so there’s no need to go ahead and force it on February 9th 2023 Malik Beasley Jared vanderbelt nil Alexander Walker and Mike connley were traded to the Lakers and Timberwolves for a 2027 first round pick now the Lakers received in this deal Malik Beasley D’Angelo Russell jarro Vanderbilt and multiple

Tpes the Wolves received nil Alexander Walker Mike connley a least favorable 2024 second round pick and a 2025 second round pick from Utah alongside a 2026 second round pick from Utah and a tpe the Jazz received a conditional 2026 seven first round pick from the Lakers

And multiple tpes now this was one of the biggest trades that saw us give away a key piece that saw a streak of us being a really good team turn into us being a really mediocre team at best in this situation it was Mike connley this year coming around we saw guys like

Kelly oin and fono abaji was like a little bit of a lesser piece we just didn’t think he was going to pan out as much as we originally hoped he would and he was in a sophomore season slump I don’t know if he will recover I would

Like to see him do well in the future but it doesn’t seem like things were trending well or better for him in the long term with the Utah Jazz and their plan however we saw Kelly oen be a big guy for them offensively in that second unit Distributing the ball and then we

Saw vono step into that starting small forward spot and really be the best Wing that we had even though those Traders marry each other there’s a little bit more to go on February 22nd 2023 the Utah Jazz signed Christ down to his first 10-day contract following that

They resigned him again for another 10 days and then gave him a contract to the rest of the the season and through this year which ended up getting guaranteed earlier on this season which was lovely because Chris Dunn is a very big culture guy he plays really solid defense he’s

Also known for having a really knack for having a strong passing sense takes efficient shots doesn’t take too many shots and knows how to orchestrate the offense and communicate on defense which is something that I hope konay George ends up developing and really taking note of he’s also a very lowc cost kind

Of guy and it just makes sense that they end up keeping him around for the long term and seeing what they can get out of that situation on June 22nd 2023 the Utah Jazz drafted Taylor Hendricks keontay George and Bryce sensal the three rookie lineup Keon George and

Kaylor HCK have seen some spread like minutes together all cross the season T HRI has a less than polished offensive game a decently polished defensive game that still needs a little bit of work particularly in the zones and type of defensive formations that will hardy

Likes to run and mix things up but I think that he has the frame size and intelligence to really get that job done his numbers in the G League don’t necessarily jump off the page and while Bry sens the balls due from a scoring perspect perspective defensively he

Leaves as much to be desired and he’s still a little bit turnover prone Keon George obviously out of the three is the most polished therefore at the 16th pick being the middle guy in between all of them he has seen the most minutes and he has seen the most opportunity also take

Into account the fact that he played in the preseason and in the summer league and balled out it makes sense Keon is that original guy that should warant the most amount of respect at the very least for this year Taylor Hendrick being the ninth pick some people are calling him a

Bust that doesn’t make sense to me the guy didn’t get to play in the beginning because of minor injuries and while he hasn’t jumped off the page in the g- league he also hasn’t been a bad player in the G league so give him a little bit

More time allow him to cook and I think Will Hardy will find a way to make him the player that he needs to be again remember Walker ker wasn’t that solid in the beginning of his season last year and then he came on late and really started lighting things up BR since ofal

Is a little bit more of a wild card player he kind of gives me Jordan Clarkson Vibes because of his turnover proness and his lack of defensive intensity but he is a more consistent score at the very least in the G league so I don’t know how well that will

Exactly translate to the NBA but his efficiency from college to the NBA league has seemed to be pretty decent overall I like I prefer his shot selection now than I did before he’s become a little bit more of a passer willingly and while it comes and goes it’s definitely an improvement but

There’s much more to go for him the Utah Jazz on July 7th traded for John Collins now the interesting thing about this was they actually sent away Rudy Gay in a conditional 2026 second round pick from Memphis alongside of tpe and receive John Collins the original plan though

Was for them to go ahead and hunt down Chris ASP porzingis but he ended up actually the Boston Celtics go figure he’s balling out there he’s playing great defense he’s scoring the ball at will and things just look really good they’re a title contending team if the

Jazz were to get Chris as porzingis though that would be kind of a win now move I don’t know about you guys but to me picking up Chris as porzingis in the offseason doesn’t really seem like a eh we’re kind of tanking move it comes down

To me as a we’re trying to get something going we’re trying to get some motion about us and while it didn’t work it led to them picking up John Collins who didn’t necessarily pan out the way they originally hoped to but he has provided them to be a stretch five kind of player

Whose jumper has been a little bit off as of late but in the beginning of the Season it made sense for him even though his defense was poor and once he showed up his defense just a little bit more and hit more consistent threes it allowed will hardy to mix and match some

Lineups pull Walker ker on the bench with that second unit that was basically defensively challenged and balance things out for both parts of the roster on February 8th 2024 that was the trade deadline we saw oai we saw Kelly oen we saw fono leave oai and Kelly oen along

With the TP went for Lewis Auto Porter Jr a least favorable 2024 first round pick and a tpe to us and then the Pistons received fonio we also saw in that trade us get Kevin Knox who ended up getting bought out shortly after the draft R to Gabriel Peta who’s still

Overseas in the Euro league and does have a decent bit of promise and then a most favorable 2024 second round pick cash and a tpe now Hoops nerd sums this up in totality saying that Dan will do whatever he can to build this team into a contender he’s done a massive rebuild

Stage for onee tanking and then he did a soft one this year where it doesn’t seem like he’s planning on tanking and getting the greatest top 10 pick you can get but it looks like they still do plan on going ahead and shipping out the pick this year in favor of potentially making

A move to try and grab Cooper flag in the upcoming years when you really think about it most championship caliber teams and most teams that end up making a play at being a true Contender always tend to have a top five to 10 player at least on

Their roster if not multiple because of that and the fact that we don’t think Larry marinin is a top 10 player it puts us in a situation where we don’t have enough Talent around him to go ahead and get the job done so we’re going to have

To draft it because let’s face it no guys willingly end up picking the Jazz for the most part in free agency there haven’t been that many guys that chose to do that in the article and in the eyes of Hoops nerd he thinks that Cooper flag could potentially be that guy that

They end up making a play on I for one would welcome it though I do have my grads with Cooper flag I think that overall he has the skill he has the size and he has the coachability aspect that will allow him to potentially be a really great player in today’s League I

Don’t think he has as drastically High a ceiling as web minyama because I think web minyama has a knack for playing defense I think that Cooper flag lacks a little bit over there even though he can get blocks I think his motor is kind of coming and going and for me personally I

Don’t necessarily love that about his game I digress because again I do think that at his Peak or borderline near it he would be close enough to a top 10 player if not close enough alongside lry Markin and as two borderline top 15 top 20ish players as long as the rest of the

Rosters filled out well to go ahead and make a play at things that really matter for us I don’t know if we actually end up going that far but it’s definitely a potential thing that could occur all in all I just wanted to take this time because this article is actually very

Well put for James Hanson shout out to Hoops nerd for always doing the thing even though we don’t always agree on what the Jazz should do what the Jazz have done and the perspectives on things I do always enjoy having similar and altering opinions to go ahead and review

And just have a simple dialogue with you guys about I do think that Cooper flag ultimately could be an MVP caliber player in his own right would I love if we trade away Colin seon no uh is it possible that we trade away our bench Allstar and Jordan Clarkson

Possibly but in a world where hoop nerd’s reality comes true you see Colin seon and Jordan Clarkson get shipped out probably along with some draft picks to either potentially move us up in the draft or put us in a situation to where we can go ahead in nav Cooper flag

Outright I don’t know how exactly that ends up playing out and what team would end up making the play to allow us to do that but I think we do have a very reasonable sum of assets that would allow us to potentially make somebody’s GM and make somebody’s ownership at the

Very least contemplate it and maybe just swing things our way but you guys let me know what you think in the comments below as always I’m always interested would you even like Cooper flag on this team alongside L marinin do you think it would be a twin towers lineup the likes

Of AD and DeMarcus Cousins but maybe on steroids because they can both shoot or do you think that it’s a little bit foolish to go ahead and even hope for something of that magnitude and instead we should be more realistic and try and find a piece even though mik Bridges is

Off the table maybe see a player like Deonte Murray and try and try him away from the Atlanta Hawks or maybe another Wing player potentially from another team that might be on the outs as always it’s your boy wrath Hoops thanks for tuning this video make sure to like the

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In this video we discuss the recent article regarding Cooper Flagg and the Utah Jazz potentially seeking to draft him in the upcoming 2025 NBA draft. There have been several moves made by Danny Ainge, Justin Zanik, and the front office of the Utah Jazz, but many people have wondered what path they are genuinely taking in order to become a championship caliber team in the future. Hoops Nerd, whose real name is James Hansen, wrote an article for the SLC Dunk website regarding the topic, and in this video, we dissect it from our POV, and conclude with thoughts on the reality of the potential duo of Lauri Markkanen alongside Cooper Flagg. We discuss the likelihood of the Utah Jazz front office potentially making a deal that could put the Jazz in position to obtain him through the draft.

Source Article: https://www.slcdunk.com/2024/2/18/24068881/utah-jazz-nba-draft-cooper-flagg-danny-ainge-lauri-markkanen-offseason

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