cprej
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Post by cprej on Oct 22, 2014 14:32:02 GMT -6
Welcome all to the Utah Jazz Media day.
First off, last season was not very good. We swung for the fences and completely wiffed. Me and the front office got together and had a big discussion. We have decide to take a new approach on building our team from here on out.
Now that is out of the way on to the good news.
We would like to welcome our first overall pick , MR. Tim Duncan. We are very excited to get Duncan who will be our cornerstone. We love everything he brings to this team. We will be working very closely with him to make sure he stays Happy.
With out second pick we drafted, Derek Anderson. We were leaning toward another big man to put next to Duncan but decided on Anderson. We are intrigued by his potential on defense at SF. We feel he will be a good fit for what our team will be trying to do.
Next we took to FA. We shelled out a few max contracts on players we though fit our team build. Unfortunately the one player we wanted the most decided to take his talents elsewhere. We continued to make offers to players who we feel could start on our team for next few years. First we landed Rik Smits. We would like to welcome him back. We never really wanted to trade him last year but thought by doing so would help our team overall. Now that he is back we fully expect him to be our starting center for the next two years. Nest we landed Greg Graham. We felt that Graham could come and start for us this season.
We are excited to see what our new players will be able to this next season.
Open for questions!
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J2
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Post by J2 on Oct 22, 2014 14:54:56 GMT -6
Lost in the fact that Tim Duncan is now in Utah is the fact that you already have a young franchise player in Stephon Marbury. How has he handled the arrival of Duncan and perhaps the loss of his leadership position? Also, Greg Anthony went from being a big-money PG to a rookie's understudy in the span of just two seasons. What's his status?
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Post by coltsguy510 on Oct 22, 2014 14:56:07 GMT -6
With Stephen Marbury manning the Point, how do you plan on using Greg Anthony?
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Post by Nick Malone 77 on Oct 22, 2014 14:56:36 GMT -6
Nick Melon; Charlotte Observer: How long were you celebrating once news broke that you had won the #1 pick? Also, what will you look to do with a man you feverishly tried to sell in Karl Malone given his long term contract?
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Post by NOLa. on Oct 22, 2014 15:13:14 GMT -6
With the addition of Duncan and having Marbury develop in another training camp, do you think the Jazz have enough as it is to make the playoffs in a very tough Western conference?
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Post by Inner_GI on Oct 22, 2014 17:26:58 GMT -6
How are you looking at using the combination of Smits, Malone, and Duncan in rotation. Someone isn't going to be happy coming off the bench.
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cprej
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Post by cprej on Oct 22, 2014 19:33:51 GMT -6
Lost in the fact that Tim Duncan is now in Utah is the fact that you already have a young franchise player in Stephon Marbury. How has he handled the arrival of Duncan and perhaps the loss of his leadership position? Also, Greg Anthony went from being a big-money PG to a rookie's understudy in the span of just two seasons. What's his status? Marbury is really excited to add Duncan to the team. He thinks that they form a deadly duo. He was quoted as saying " finally some new guys my age." As for as Greg he is excited to help mentor Marbury as well as adding depth of the bench.
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cprej
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Post by cprej on Oct 22, 2014 19:35:43 GMT -6
Nick Melon; Charlotte Observer: How long were you celebrating once news broke that you had won the #1 pick? Also, what will you look to do with a man you feverishly tried to sell in Karl Malone given his long term contract? To be honest it was a celebration until we made the pick! To clear something up we never tried to sell Malone, we tried to sell his contract. We are excited to be able to keep Malone and still be able to put a quality team together.
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cprej
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Post by cprej on Oct 22, 2014 19:37:17 GMT -6
With the addition of Duncan and having Marbury develop in another training camp, do you think the Jazz have enough as it is to make the playoffs in a very tough Western conference? We feel that we will have a good shot at the 7th or 8th seed.
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cprej
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Post by cprej on Oct 22, 2014 19:40:06 GMT -6
How are you looking at using the combination of Smits, Malone, and Duncan in rotation. Someone isn't going to be happy coming off the bench. We like the rotation, but as far as happiness we will have to see. We talk to Malone about it and he indicated he would embrace it. Guess time will tell on this matter
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Post by bowtothebill23 on Oct 23, 2014 12:26:17 GMT -6
Jack Markson from The Golden Take. Much has been made that a) the front office is now more active with Duncan and b) Duncan will finish the same way as Jordan: ringless. Many aren't even scared of Duncan in Utah which is seemingly preposterous for a player of his talent. How do you respond to the critics?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2014 12:31:17 GMT -6
Sterling Archer, smd, do you think Duncan finishes in Utah with more championship rings or cock rings ?
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cprej
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Post by cprej on Oct 23, 2014 14:43:45 GMT -6
Jack Markson from The Golden Take. Much has been made that a) the front office is now more active with Duncan and b) Duncan will finish the same way as Jordan: ringless. Many aren't even scared of Duncan in Utah which is seemingly preposterous for a player of his talent. How do you respond to the critics? First off our front office is always active. ITS OK if they do not fear Duncan, we know he will be a dominate force soon. We will do our best to put the right players around Duncan to achieve a ring. Jordan situation we tryed to hard and learned our lesson. We are confident we will do a better job this time.
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cprej
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Post by cprej on Oct 23, 2014 14:44:30 GMT -6
Sterling Archer, smd, do you think Duncan finishes in Utah with more championship rings or cock rings ? SECURITY!!!!!!!!!
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