The Burden of Expectation: Kyle Filipowski

Long gone are the days in the NBA where we could throw 3 superstars on the floor and ride on their coattails. The league is much too talented for that type of strategy to work, so even though the aforementioned players will grab the headlines whether we win or lose, there are three players in my mind that will need to step up their game if the Jazz want to be successful. This is the first edition of my mini-series "The Burden of Expectation," and I don't think that there is anyone more vital to this team's success from a role player's standpoint than Kyle Filipowski.

I think that enough time has passed to where I can now comfortably say that Walker Kessler will be missed. The draft picks that we received in return are great, and I'm sure that Trader Danny will put them to good use eventually, but our frontcourt depth chart is looking… grim.

Our frontcourt depth wouldn't have been elite even if we were able to retain Kessler's services, but now that he's in Tinseltown, it is quite worrying. Now, I'm not on Will Hardy's staff (although I am open for hire), but I'd imagine that our starting lineup goes one of two ways: