A lot of sports writers announced the Kyle Korver trade as a savior for the Utah Jazz. The Jazz finally got a long distance threat to spread the opposing defenses. The Jazz got a missing piece of a practically complete puzzle.
And the only things given up were a protected first round draft pick and Gordan Giricek, who of late had found himself in Jerry Sloan’s doghouse. Korver is likely worth more than either of those players, at least to the Utah Jazz, and everyone knows that yet another rookie would only make the Jazz even less experienced than they already are. They got something for essentially nothing.
Right?
The Utah Jazz have officially reached the Elite of the West now.
All kneel before them!
Um, well. Not quite.
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The Jazz made it to the Western Conference finals last year.
They didn’t make too many off-season moves, but they didn’t really need to make too many either. They have a nice core of Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams, and Mehmet Okur, and some other great players including veterans Matt Harpring and Andrei Kirilenko, and second round surprise Paul Millsap.
The big question that every Jazz fan is asking himself or herself this year is “Will the Jazz be better this year?”
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The Jazz really didn’t have a reliable shooting guard last year. Considering all of the good shooting guards and small forwards in the league, it seems strange that many teams can’t seem to find one that fits their system well, or can play consistently well at that position.
Here is what the Jazz had at that position last year…
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