Justin Verrier

And the funny thing is they have all these young guys just like fighting for minutes at this point.

It has been pretty fun to watch Ace Bailey kind of start to assert himself.

And he's now already, despite the fact being pretty like marginalized for most of the season, fourth in the league in rookie scoring right now.

He's been legitimately impressive down the stretch here.

Also, Cody Williams.

Alive and well, looking like an NBA player.

He's definitely like with a bullet.

My one nice thing, because he just like last year just looked lost.

Yes.

And he's not like super young.

I think he's now going to be 21 years old or maybe it's 22 coming up here.

And so like he's already starting from a place where his development arc, you really expect more.

But now he just seems like he has a sense of what to do and has been able to highlight what he does well, which is on the defensive end where he's big and mobile and really has something.

And they need some of that.

I think you bring up a good point because we talked about the Mavericks being able to quickly flip this and turn this around into a competitive situation.

I wonder how high the ceiling is for next season's jazz.

If everybody is healthy, if Kessler is back and all these pieces come together.

Are we talking playing?

I think here's a good example.

The Wizards playing in the East, so the runway is a little clearer there.