Zach Lowe tells Utah (and a couple other teams) what to do in free agency

[Siro]

Uhh, Green got 22 mpg last year while Lee got 30.

Lee was a core piece in the finals series as he gave them a big boost in hte game 4.

Lee only played in 49 games, and averaged 18 mpg. He was far from a core piece.

 

[Stoked]

Looks like the Jazz are bargain shopping in free agency this year. Hell, if they're not going to play the maker, I hope they bring in Tomic. They have the cash and cap space to make an offer that accounts for the buyout and a salary that dwarfs Barca's contract.

Add Tomic and Pleiss. Offseason done. Front court depth sorted out for the next 3 years.

Tomic is not coming to the NBA. That ship has sailed. Looks like Ingles, Pleiss and Neto.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Have to give props to DL, the early damage control worked and he has a lot of the jazz fan base thinking not adding any talent is a good move.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Lee only played in 49 games, and averaged 18 mpg. He was far from a core piece.

Numb said Lee and Green have never been simultaneously core pieces at any point for the Warriors.

I said they were last year (which is true, look at it).

You can even argue that 18 mpg is a core piece. That is a significant amount of time being played.

 

[NAOS]

Did you see ANY legitimate rumours about the Jazz being in the mix of any of the free agents mentioned today?

Cuz tons of teams are being mentioned.

Dalogic:
Where absence of evidence counts as evidence.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Have to give props to DL, the early damage control worked and he has a lot of the jazz fan base thinking not adding any talent is a good move.

I agree. Well played by DL and you called it. Not sure, but the money being spent seems excessive. Think I'd rather see them make a trade for an existing contract. Even if they have to overpay to get them.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Uhh, Green got 22 mpg last year while Lee got 30.

Lee was a core piece in the finals series as he gave them a big boost in hte game 4.

He was a key piece, not a core piece. Big difference. If he was a core piece, they wouldn't be trying to dump him and use assets to do it.

And this last season, Lee was DNP-ed for half of it and played 18 mpg in the games he did play. Green was a rotation player previous to this season, he became a core piece this year, which is precisely what made Lee expendable and not a core piece.

 

[NAOS]

I've been a Jazz fan long enough to know that there are never rumors until something happens. When they go after someone or try to make a trade they do it quietly. It's few and far between but when it happens there is never any warning.

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[NUMBERICA]

Numb said Lee and Green have never been simultaneously core pieces at any point for the Warriors.

I said they were last year (which is true, look at it).

You can even argue that 18 mpg is a core piece. That is a significant amount of time being played.

For 50 games? That means squat. You don't look to dump a core piece. Lee isn't a core piece, and hasn't been since December.

This is quibbling over semantics, so whatever.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Tomic is not coming to the NBA. That ship has sailed. Looks like Ingles, Pleiss and Neto.

Not so fast. DL said that he's still waiting on specific contract info to come out (i.e. if a buy-out is possible)

 

[NAOS]

I've been a Jazz fan long enough to know that there are never rumors until something happens. When they go after someone or try to make a trade they do it quietly. It's few and far between but when it happens there is never any warning.

...... are you saying that my twitter account isn't gospel?

 

[Deleted member 848]

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Jazz have been involved in a ton of rumours over the past few years (as recently as reports to trade up for Winslow, or trading Sap for Bledsoe, etc. etc.)