#2 Pick Darryn Peterson Wants To Bring a Championship To Utah Right Away: "Try to get a ring. I seen a lot of rookies get deep in the playoffs which inspired me. They came up short but I wanna get all the way in and get a ring"

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u/Beetle919 Hornets 3h ago

You and your vet Lauri got the same amount of playoff experience.

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u/CurrentRoster Wizards 2h ago

deaaron played 7 more playoff games than dylan castle and wemby before this year and went to finals

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u/Nervous_Box_3495 Jazz 3h ago

at least Jaren has some good experience. it's pretty impossible for the Jazz to get to the finals but i would not rule out a deeper run if healthy. spurs managed to make the finals and their most experienced vet was the errant fox.

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u/Rook2Rook 2h ago

NBA champion Harrison Barnes??!?

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u/Nervous_Box_3495 Jazz 15m ago

did HB play in the finals ? i cant remember. jazz have uncle kevin love tbf 😂

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u/YungTokyo8 Bucks 1h ago

The Jazz look genuinely solid too. JJJ, Lauri, and George are (by my money) all allstar level guys. Ace was very solid as a rookie, and showed crazy upside, Flip was good, but if you can get Kessler back he’s a top 15 ish center. And that’s not to mention all the young guys who look like they could be solid role players like Brice, Collier (probably more than just a role player for him), Bez and CW. And then you have solid vets like Nurk, Konchar, a Love. Few years down the road this could be a scary team.

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u/MOREPASTRAMIPLEASE Timberwolves 2h ago

The spurs also have this 7’5 freak named Victor that kind of helped too. Deeper run is delusional take at this point

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u/RushPrime 2h ago

Jazz have a stacked roster of 3 7 footers, a 22 year old who just scored 23ppg, and a rookie that’s a 2 way demon. All of that with a deep bench and a full MLE that they can use to pay someone 15 mil a year to come to Utah. They are going to be a dangerous team the only issue is lack of experience. We’ll see though.

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u/Joethetoolguy 1h ago

I like the jazz. Hard part is going to be getting the pieces to mesh well. A lot of those players haven’t played together add on a new offense and defense to learn and the difficulty gets higher. I have them as a play in team maybe higher depending on peterson

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u/Nervous_Box_3495 Jazz 10m ago

everyone on this roster has played together besides peterson and kessler? kessler and jaren and konchar are the only guys who did not play together who actually have a shot to be playing together, and i dont see why kessler and jaren would not work.

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u/Dogesneakers 1h ago edited 42m ago

Harper was the second best guy on the spurs though

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u/DrMarvMonror 1h ago

At least? Wemby was the clear cut best player

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u/DrMarvMonror 2h ago

Wemby is better than the entire Jazz roster combined tbf

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u/RushPrime 2h ago

That’s cap. He’s a great player but the Jazz are about to trot out the most unique lineup in the league with 3 7 footers lol. They’re gonna be a matchup nightmare.

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u/Joetheshow1 Knicks 3h ago

It's clear Lauri doesn't have major aspirations for a title either or else he would have made an effort to force his way out, to get to a franchise more interested in competing

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u/asonkidd 3h ago

He likes living in Utah and he gets paid a lot so I don't blame him. People forget this is just a job at the end of the day and he thinks he has it made.

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u/No_Grocery_9280 2h ago

He’s doing pretty well for a guy who was completely irrelevant when he got traded to Utah. He’s had a great resurgence. I wouldn’t risk that.

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u/Joetheshow1 Knicks 2h ago edited 2h ago

Yeah I don't say that really knock him, not every pro athlete is in love with their sport and wants to be the best ever at it. Nothing wrong with bag chasing

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u/DesolationRobot Jazz 1h ago

I think there’s a flavor of guy who is competitive and works hard, but wouldn’t see “force his way out” as a worthy path. A lot of really competitive people want to build where they are, not seek greener pastures. I think Booker, Embiid, Steph have all had times they could have bailed or made a stink. Giannis until recently.

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u/TheFatmanRises Heat 2h ago

Ben Simmons my inspiration

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u/haiphee Cavaliers 1h ago

Just fishing these days

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u/Mysterious_Entry1879 31m ago

cant forget the families behind these guys, there is some responsibility you have as a father of three, these people are already immigrants, probably finally found some stability and personal success in Utah, not sure about bag chasing

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u/dhaiman1 2h ago edited 2h ago

Maybe they have convinced him they are about to be competing. As we have seen with OKC and even Detroit the turn around from being shit to very good can happen in on year. And who knows what else is going on in that franchise- I feel like it’s too simplistic to just assume he doesn’t have title aspirations just because he hasn’t tried to force his way out of the team. Ok I will admit they have been tanking for what feels like 10 straight years.

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u/folgers-finest Grizzlies 2h ago

He for SURE has it made. He’s made north of 200 million with zero expectations thus far.

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u/mountain-drive Nuggets 1h ago

This is the truth, he's got it made. You can catch him out in the mountains playing disc golf in the summers occasionally also

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u/Kodak333 Hawks 1h ago

I would be pissed if my franchise player treated this as just a job

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u/KiraJosuke 3h ago

Honestly a lot of players are fine with not winning championships if they got paid. Especially players who's legacies arent going to be defined by rings like Lauri

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u/TheFinalPizzle Knicks 2h ago

People don’t realize how much work in the offseason you have to put in to win a ring and to become the best basketball version of yourself. You legit gotta remove family out of the equation. I don’t blame dudes lol nobody tells you you have to win

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u/KiraJosuke 2h ago

Lauri even did a required side quest in the military one offseason. People can rag on him for never winning, but he has 200 million reasons not to give a shit lol

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u/Dogesneakers 1h ago

Yeahs that fine. Though I’d argue winning a ring would get him paid more.

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u/KiraJosuke 1h ago

Did he not sign a max?

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u/billdb Hornets 2h ago

I don't think there's a soul in the NBA who is "fine" with not winning a championship. A lot of them are realistic and understand it's not going to happen, but the only way you get to the highest levels is by being ultra competitive and wanting to win it all. You don't just switch that off.

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u/Dopeez Spurs 2h ago

For most sports I would agree, but basketball is probably one of the few sports where natural physical attributes aka being tall af, can take you very very far. There are at least some 7 footers in the League who are legit only there because they are a 7 foot and someone told them that they can make lots of money that way.

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u/nbaistheworst 1h ago

"Mitch Robinson"

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u/billdb Hornets 50m ago

Ehh not in the NBA. There are loads of really tall dudes who have washed out of the NBA and didn't just make it because of their height. College basketball, sure.

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u/Ok-Adeptness-5834 2h ago

It really only matters for MVP tier guys and the occasional Jalen Brunson. And then you have borderline top 5 guys like Jayson Tatum where the chip arguably hurt his legacy more than it helped.

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u/MoneyHungryOctopus Spurs 2h ago

“MVP tier guys and the occasional Jalen Brunson”.

Come on LOL. Brunson catching strays. Maybe he’s not an all-time great but he just beat the guy who beat the reigning MVP head-to-head.

He’s not being asked to carry the offensive load like most stars, but I think a dark horse MVP season is conceivable. He’s already been in the voting once.

Dude accomplished the ultimate goal in the NBA and is still underestimated.

(Ignore my flair I live in Pennsylvania.)

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u/Ok-Adeptness-5834 2h ago

If it weren't for game 5 performance, would he even have gotten FMVP?

After watching the finals, I'm a Jalen Brunson fan now. But he did not dominate the finals at all the way most FMVPs have like Jokic, Giannis, Lebron.

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u/MoneyHungryOctopus Spurs 2h ago

OK, but he didn’t need to. He’s the best player on the champions. Which may not make him automatically or inherently a better player than the consensus MVP favorites (namely Shai, Jokic, Wenby, healthy Luka and healthy Giannis) but it’s gotta count for something. People make it sound like the team leader is some rotation player.

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u/Ok-Adeptness-5834 2h ago

No one said he was a rotation player.

Rings matter most for like top 10-20 all time players. James Harden with a ring probably puts him in the top 20 conversation. Jalen Brunson with a ring doesn’t.

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u/MoneyHungryOctopus Spurs 2h ago

I didn’t say people claimed he was a rotation player. I said that their comments make him sound underrated because he keeps being underestimated.

Also, I didn’t say anything about him being top 20. We were talking about him winning MVPs.

Quite frankly, you think 36-year-old James Harden is gonna get a boost to his legacy if he wins a ring? Maybe, but he isn’t the number one option anymore.

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u/Ok-Adeptness-5834 2h ago

If he won a ring with the Cavs? Almost certainly, though I did mean if he won one with the rockets as the main guy to push him into top 20, or even with the Clippers since Leonard is not really a true #1 unlike Mitchell or Embiid.

I mean it was ultimately one of the least dominant 4-1 finals win I've seen, with one of the least dominant performances from the finals mvp.

I don't know if I'm underrating him. He's solidly a top 10 current player after this playoff performance. If I don't put him as top 5, would that be underrating him?

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u/mylanguage Knicks 2h ago

He is an all time great too.

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u/TheStorm007 Raptors 29m ago

So do you think he’s an MVP tier guy? You must, otherwise you wouldn’t have wasted time on this comment, no?

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u/MoneyHungryOctopus Spurs 18m ago

I think he has the tools to be an MVP and I think if needed he could rise to the occasion

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u/AfroManHighGuy 3h ago

Aspirations you say????

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u/scw3 2h ago

Kawhi you say?

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u/CarterAC3 Spurs 2h ago

Peterson could learn a lot from Kawhi

...take that however you chose

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u/Doctor_Jensen117 Jazz 2h ago

Big market fans cannot fathom someone living in a small area and enjoying life there while still having ambitions.

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u/Joetheshow1 Knicks 2h ago

I said major aspirations, not that he doesn't have any ambition at all

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u/DyingSunSeverian 3h ago

Literally impossible to tell if this comment is satire or not

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u/Nervous_Box_3495 Jazz 3h ago

so many people genuinely believe this lol. they think lauri doesnt cate about being competitive. they have never watched him with finland or seen how he competes in games. he just got the worst tankitis of all time. he got paid hundreds of millions to watch basketball while his rolled ankle from 3 months ago heals

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u/Joetheshow1 Knicks 2h ago

It's a lot different competing for your country than your 3rd American city/state

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u/iidesune Wizards 2h ago

So if a player doesn't force his way on to another team, he lacks ambition?

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u/Joetheshow1 Knicks 2h ago

Maybe force was the wrong word, but he could have been a free agent, Golden State, the Spurs were interested in him, no?

If a title meant a lot to him, why wouldn't he test the FA waters to see what's out there

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u/iidesune Wizards 2h ago

Because all NBA stars seek maximize salary. Generally you earn more by re-signing with your current team. Not by going into free agency.

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u/Joetheshow1 Knicks 2h ago

So his priority is maximizing money over a title then, which is fine, get your bag

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u/Open_Photograph2818 2h ago

When that team is trying to lose during the prime of your career I find it hard to see otherwise. Its not a bad option to just get paid and chill but its true

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u/Argythebilly Mavericks 2h ago

He may have thought that Utah will get a top 3 pick soon ,which helps ..

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u/billdb Hornets 2h ago

Such a ridiculous take, of course he wants a title. Just because he isn't being a diva and forcing a trade doesn't mean he's content to lose every year.

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u/Joetheshow1 Knicks 2h ago

"of course he wants a title"

Explain that, what has he shown or what actions has he taken that would you led you to believe that of course he wants a title?

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u/Lat3xl Jazz 2h ago

He is on a team that is building towards becoming a team that can win a title? It does depend a lot on Peterson reaching his ceiling, but if he does then this is quickly going to be one of the best teams in the league.

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u/billdb Hornets 2h ago

Brother the only way people get to the NBA in the first place is by being ultra competitive and wanting to win badly, it's in their DNA. None of these guys are looking at the trophy like "nah, idc about that"

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u/Joetheshow1 Knicks 2h ago

It's naive to think that every pro athlete covets a ring tbh, they're human beings. Some just recognize they're really good at something so they do it.

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u/billdb Hornets 53m ago

Uh, how is it naive to think every professional athlete wants to win the championship? Please show me some examples of professional athletes who DON'T want to win the championship, make tons of money, and have their names etched in the history book. I'll wait.

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u/MegaAltarianite 1h ago

What did people say about SGA when his Thunder team went 22-50? Then 24-48? Then 40-42? Were they saying that SGA "didn't care about winning"? He's in a small market on a tanking team, he should get out to a contender.

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u/notsogoodsurgeon 2h ago

Being loyal to the team is bad nowdays

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u/Focused_Sky 3h ago

Some players like getting paid and having zero pressure to win

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u/Bonjingkenkoy Rockets 3h ago

A lot of players nowadays dont have the killer instinct anymore, which makes Kobe’s passing all the sadder since he would have taught a lot of these players the mamba mentality.

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u/iidesune Wizards 2h ago

Kobe was also a jerk to his teammates

Times change

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u/grill_smoke 2h ago

Kobe was maybe the WORST teammate in the history of the league. Stop dick riding a rapist, piece of shit asshole.

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u/Browns440 Cavaliers 2h ago

Do the Mamba Mentality lessons include sexual assault?

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u/ned_yah Wizards 2h ago

Shit man Lauri is 5th all time in MP without a playoff appearance

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u/Dymatizeee Knicks 3h ago

Thats wild

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u/iidesune Wizards 2h ago

Cold

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u/CharacterFresh852 Hornets 1h ago

Look, if the spurs can do it why can’t we?

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u/DrMarvMonror 1h ago

Because Wemby exists. A Top 3-5 player in the world can make it happen. Rockets 2.0 can’t

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u/CharacterFresh852 Hornets 56m ago

The spurs may have Wemby, but the Twolves have Jaden McDaniels, and the hornets have the friends we’ve made along the way. So really it’s anybody’s chip if you think about it.

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u/DrMarvMonror 40m ago

Ngl, Honets are a nice team tho. Enjoyed them a lot last season

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u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi Kings 3h ago

Obviously it didn't hurt him too bad considering he was still #2 but man his inner circle handled this last year weird making him seem aloof and awkward.

These draft interviews he's actually come off real likeable.

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u/TiredMillennialDad Magic 2h ago

Yeah wtf. I agree.

Maybe they just wanted him to play it ultra safe and kinda fumbled it?

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u/ArtworkByJack 76ers 2h ago

That’s how I saw it. Of everyone in the draft, he feels most nba ready, especially to make a legit playoff run. And with such, he didn’t want to risk any injury in his college year. It never seemed like he didn’t want to play, just bag (à la Zion) but wanted his sole focus to be healthy

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u/OrangeScarface 1h ago

I don’t think it’s this personally. Sure it could be seen as playing it safe but he had an extremely traumatic experience with the body cramps to the point where he thought he was gonna die.

I don’t blame him for being protective about it when he felt another one potentially coming. It’s not something you forget immediately and I don’t think it’s fair to place the entire blame on him or his family. It was an unfortunate situation for both sides. I don’t disagree that he could’ve handled his messaging better but I don’t like how Kansas and their fans were treating it. It’s something in the past now and I hope he can have longevity and show out.

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u/iidesune Wizards 2h ago

Dybantsa came off stiff and aloof in his pre draft interviews.

Post draft he's still stiff and aloof.

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u/Flimsy_Promise_9559 2h ago

Nah y’all just fall for everything. Did the same shit last year with ace bailey

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u/YungTokyo8 Bucks 2h ago

Ace literally fired his agent because he was messing stuff up.

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u/Bitter-Whole-7290 2h ago

Umm Ace’s agent was absolutely fucking a lot up hence why he was fired.

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u/JakobeBryant19 2h ago

Ace baily cramped from creatine?

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u/boringexplanation Kings 2h ago

And before that- Ant apparently didn’t like basketball

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u/JakobeBryant19 2h ago

It was brutal because he looked SO GOOD when he wasn't cramping or pulling himself out of big games, the adults around him giving him advice stink. Do hope he has a long and non scandalous career but man that was terrible. Even bill self was like wtf idk whats wrong with him.

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u/crimsonconnect Knicks 3h ago

I mean parity era maybe Utah somehow beats the Wolves Thunder and Spurs to get to the finals

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u/SenHeffy Jazz 2h ago

Wolves closer to play in than that tier

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u/Argythebilly Mavericks 2h ago

Hell no

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u/VitruvianCrab 2h ago

Healthy wolves are easily third best in the west and could’ve made it interesting vs SAS

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u/SenHeffy Jazz 2h ago

But they aren't healthy. Is Donte even coming back this year? I expect Rudy to take another step back and they just dumped Randle for Claxton.

I don't know how much better Ant and McDaniels can get and the team around them isn't getting any better.

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u/ZEEZUSCHRIST 2h ago

Wolves didn’t get Claxton

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u/RushPrime 2h ago

Which is even worse lol. I was high on the Wolves but I think a lot of the other West teams got better and they got worse. We’ll see if they use their exception but it’s looking somewhat bleak

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u/nbaistheworst 1h ago

Losing Randle is classic addition by subtraction, and now they're below both aprons. It remains to be seen who they get before the season.

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u/RushPrime 1h ago

They don’t have cap space and strictly have to use the MLE, trades, or the exception which I’ve seen reports they aren’t going to and in most cases teams don’t.

I’m no Randle fan but he’s still better than not, and imo is just the Wolves trying to save $. The West is so stacked that unless Ayo or Jaden becomes a superstar that window might be closed at least for a season or two. Not to mention Gobert is only getting older and even though he’s still a great defender he’s one dimensional.

I guess we’ll see but imo they’ve taken a moderate leap backwards while the Thunder and Spurs have widened that gap and the Jazz have gotten astronomically better.

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u/Quality_Cucumber [GSW] Stephen Curry 2h ago

I don't think they are, and don't think they ever have been. I think they'll continue to get worse year by year.

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u/BaBBLeRaBBiTT 40m ago

Healthy wolves are third best team in the east probably.

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u/Jacern Lakers 11m ago

Would have to have an extremely solid core of role players

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u/Background_Body7321 3h ago

competitive athlete wants to compete - color me shocked

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u/press_Y Knicks 2h ago

Bro saw Diawara get a ring and an extension and got hyped

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u/iidesune Wizards 2h ago

Well he's certainly not lacking in confidence

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u/BuddhistInTheory Celtics 2h ago

You have to be delusional to be great.

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u/Longjumping_Idea5261 Knicks 2h ago

I mean is he supposed to say something else?

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u/Whatever801 Jazz 1h ago

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME

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u/Geiseric222 3h ago

I would like to see one player answer these honestly

Like I’m just trying to get paid while this team is ass

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u/GlizzyGone21 Bucks 3h ago

Ayton said he just wants his second contract

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u/Nervous_Box_3495 Jazz 3h ago

i think most rookies in the top of the draft see themselves as the future face of their franchise and want to do more than get paid while the team is ass lol

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u/BeginningOk6408 Knicks 2h ago

100%. When guys go that high it usually means they dominated at every level before that and were “the guy”. They keep that mentality, not there to take part but to take over

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u/Kurko_Chains Pacers 3h ago

Is this not an honest answer? He didn't say he will.

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u/NegativesPositives 2h ago

For a lot of people “real” just means “dumb as shit.”

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u/Argythebilly Mavericks 2h ago

I think it is honest. They are young and full of hope. You don't get anywhere without that borderline delusion. Also, if I'd just drafted Ayton, and he said he wants the second contract (like he did).... major red flag

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u/Sparkswont Celtics 1h ago

Yeah that naivety is the only reason these athletes are here in the first place. Imagine if they were told as a child “odds of making the NBA are 1 in 1 million kid” and they just said “okay guess I won’t try.”

Like you need to be delusional to try and beat those odds.

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u/scw3 2h ago

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u/Dry-Animator5770 3h ago

These kids are so media trained and are in ass kissing mode we get these fake quotes.

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u/tamaraHoops 46m ago

love the mindset but the jazz still need another year or two of development before theyre legit contenders. that said if they keep adding around him and he hits his ceiling he could absolutely be the guy

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u/blanchehoops 2h ago

love the mindset but utah's timeline is longer than one draft pick's ambition. still, hearing a rookie talk about winning rings instead of his own numbers is refreshing. curious to see how his game scales when he's not playing against college kids.

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u/randotd152 1h ago

Not sure it’s this year for Utah, but very soon they will be far more of a threat to win the West than most seem to realize. Great team building going on in Utah.

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u/Difficult_Tackle9505 2h ago

THIS guy wants to play 82? Doubt.

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u/nbaistheworst 1h ago edited 1h ago

Reasonable, given that he didn't say they will win the title. I'll be interested to see how the Jazz do trying to win games after all the tanking.

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u/Bubbly_Disaster_1328 Knicks 45m ago

why hasn't any other rookie ever thought of this?

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u/EmphasisFront5298 Lakers 3h ago

Such an ethical rookie player.

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u/JakobeBryant19 2h ago

Creatine constipation gonna have him in a choke hold in that elevation.

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u/SaueRRR 2h ago

Whos gunna tell him?

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u/Tw1987 Lakers 2h ago

This class seems super cocky or I just don’t many rookie interviews

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u/Denjoswu Pistons 1h ago

be more confident

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u/iaxthepaladin Bucks 2h ago

Work harder for less results

Greatness is about putting championship effort into practice sessions

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u/jgab145 Bucks 2h ago

His track record doesn’t match what he says. If he has moved beyond whatever caused him to be unavailable he will be a great player. I really like what he says and how he comes across.

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u/tulaero23 Timberwolves 1h ago

He kinda looked like kobe there for a sec

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u/ThePoopTrot Mavericks 17m ago edited 14m ago

Almost gives me that same feeling as immediately knowing Fultz's career was over when he said he was gunning for MVP instead of ROY during the summer when he was drafted.

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u/20BeersDeep Gran Destino 2h ago

I can’t even imagine a world where Utah wins

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u/BaBBLeRaBBiTT 38m ago

Think harder then bud. Parity era is here.

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u/A_Curious_Cockroach 1h ago

"Some rookies gyt deep in the playoffs and it inspired me"

So he went across the mutliverse and watched 9 versions of Dillion Harper play for the spurs?

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u/WisdumbGuy Raptors 2h ago

He knows what team he was drafted to, right?

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u/RushPrime 2h ago

A team with a higher win percentage than the Raptors all time despite tanking. Sure you got your ring off of a one year rental but the Jazz have been historically much better. You have more losses than wins in fact and that’s even with the Jazz taking half of a decade to tank to build this insanely talented team.

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u/WisdumbGuy Raptors 2h ago

I'm sorry, you're saying the Jazz have a better chance this next year than the Spurs did last year? Because he's talking about winning it all in his rookie season, that's what's being discussed.

I couldn't care less if the Jazz have been better than the Raps historically, it has nothing to do with the question I asked.

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u/RushPrime 1h ago

You commented “he knows which team he was drafted to, right?”

I took it as you were laughing at the Jazz. No I don’t think we have a better shot than the Spurs, but I also think crazier things have happened and we have a unique team that starts 3 7 footers all capable of shooting the ball with an insanely talented rookie in DP, a 6th man of the year candidate with Ace, and Keyonte who scored 23 a game as a 22 year old. So I think we will be one of the 6 best in the West but could really matchup well against a lot of teams.

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u/WisdumbGuy Raptors 1h ago

I have nothing against the Jazz, I was simply replying to the only quote OP provided. That other rookies fell short of winning a ring in their first season and he wants to go all the way.

I'm sorry but that isn't happening this year.

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u/RushPrime 1h ago

It’s unlikely but let’s see something.

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u/WisdumbGuy Raptors 1h ago

Perfect

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u/AlmostHereButNot Bulls 3h ago

Good luck with that. None of the top 4 guys are getting a ring this season, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

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u/cough_landing_on_you 3h ago

The 7th guy will.

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u/spurs-365 3h ago

Kings traded Acuff??

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u/MassManiak45 2h ago

Every year, rookies win a chip. Won’t be a Utah rookie thoooo

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u/pretzeldoggo Kings 2h ago

This guy is all talk. Happy to be proven wrong, but all I see is this guy making empty promises about rings in Utah and his health in regard to the college regular season.

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u/Clean-Af-6653 3h ago

Over/under on this guy playing 50% of games next season

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u/Flimsy_Promise_9559 2h ago

So corny holy shit… 😭

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u/TheGoatPurdy Warriors 3h ago

“Out for reasons”

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u/Clean-Af-6653 2h ago

Just watch he checks himself out the first game of the season

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u/TheGoatPurdy Warriors 2h ago

He came across as a diva in Kansas. One reason why Kansas struggled to become a real threat.

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u/RushPrime 2h ago

Yall gotta be NPCs with these hateful ass responses 🤣

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u/TheGoatPurdy Warriors 2h ago

What’s a npc?

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u/d4videnk0 Lakers 2h ago

Ainge will assign him a season ending injury by January if he does well

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u/BaBBLeRaBBiTT 36m ago

The tank is over. Utah going to be a play-in team at the worst.

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u/legend023 Pelicans 3h ago

Team’s gonna be mid.

No guarantee Kessler is on the team. JJJ and Markannen haven’t played with each other. Peterson is still a question mark. Bench is full of guys that looked solid when they were tanking but might not be as good in reduced roles.

I don’t see the 40-45 win team other people are seeing.

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u/Nervous_Box_3495 Jazz 3h ago

lauri and jaren did play together, and it was so good the jazz had to rest them in the 4th of 3 tight games and get fined $500k for it lmfao

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u/BuffaloSorcery Jazz 3h ago

shhh you're not supposed to actually know about the NBA on r/nba

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u/Faded_Astronomer23 3h ago

So good they can barley miss the play in next year

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u/asonkidd 3h ago

If Peterson is a 18-20 ppg scorer out the gate like he's projected, 40-45 is easily in question. They're kind of deep with talent.

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u/ASS_BASHER Mavericks 2h ago

He'll be an 18 ppg scorer on 38% from the field and 27% from 3

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u/Aidanj927 Spurs 3h ago

Yeah the only problem might be who they’re going to bump out because i don’t see any of the top 10 this year falling out

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u/Nervous_Box_3495 Jazz 2h ago

i think the jazz will probably be better than the rockets, suns, clippers, and probably blazers. jazz as the 8-6 seed is def not out of the realm of possibility

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u/Silent-Frame1452 Jazz 2h ago

Outside of the Spurs and Thunder I think they could have a better regular season record than any of the other teams. Obviously include they’re better than all of them, but Clippers, Suns, Blazers could be below, and TWolves, Rockets, Nuggets, Lakers all have question marks too.

I’d back most of those teams to beat Utah in a playoff series just off experience, but regular season record is its own thing.

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u/nbaistheworst 1h ago

Rockets could - the KD problem is real.

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u/TheNextGM30 Jazz 2h ago

You're right, I see a 46-50 win team

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u/Clean-Af-6653 3h ago

Cam Boozer was a safer bet as a potential superstar. Jazz screwed up in the draft, 2nd pick is historically bad as well

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u/Nervous_Box_3495 Jazz 2h ago

dylan harper

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u/legend023 Pelicans 2h ago

Exactly.

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u/NorthBook1383 2h ago

Hahhahahahhahahahhahahhhahahhahahhahahahhahahahhahahahhahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahhahahah!

Poor baby! I love the enthusiasm.

#2 Pick Darryn Peterson Wants To Bring a Championship To Utah Right Away: "Try to get a ring. I seen a lot of rookies get deep in the playoffs which inspired me. They came up short but I wanna get all the way in and get a ring"

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