Cut One

[Revolution 9]

Johnsons game impresses me more and more. He doesnt try and do too much, and is a good facilitator of the offense.

Cotton has outplayed Burke, and Im one of Treys biggest homers, perhaps his only one. Dal is off the wagon isnt he?
I'm comfortable with a rotation of Exum, Neto, and Cotton. Losing Burke may come back to bite us, but Cotton has simply
played more consistent than Trey in a smaller sample size.

Cooley has give us energy, toughness, and great funny quotes. I dont think we lose much by not having him on the roster. Yes hes good enough to
be a 12man for us. No he is not better than Cotton or Johnson. Sorry Cools you are the odd man out. Keep your cell next to your bed though.

 

[LogGrad98]

Johnsons game impresses me more and more. He doesnt try and do too much, and is a good facilitator of the offense.

Cotton has outplayed Burke, and Im one of Treys biggest homers, perhaps his only one. Dal is off the wagon isnt he?
I'm comfortable with a rotation of Exum, Neto, and Cotton. Losing Burke may come back to bite us, but Cotton has simply
played more consistent than Trey in a smaller sample size.

Cooley has give us energy, toughness, and great funny quotes. I dont think we lose much by not having him on the roster. Yes hes good enough to
be a 12man for us. No he is not better than Cotton or Johnson. Sorry Cools you are the odd man out. Keep your cell next to your bed though.

I cannot fathom a single way that losing Burke will come back to bite us. Very very few all-stars followed a career trajectory that had them steadily getting worse, then suddenly improving to all-star levels. Unless he ends up an all-star at some point there would be not regret in letting Burke go for a ham sandwich.

 

[fgcamel]

I cannot fathom a single way that losing Burke will come back to bite us. Very very few all-stars followed a career trajectory that had them steadily getting worse, then suddenly improving to all-star levels. Unless he ends up an all-star at some point there would be not regret in letting Burke go for a ham sandwich.

Maybe he'll decide to join a buddhist monastery and give up all his material possessions to the fanbase of his team.

 

[stitches]

That is a hard one to answer. They probably will all be with the team in preseason camp, along with some other players and that's when a decision will be made. It's really hard for me to make a decision right now. I don't think Cooley is an NBA player to be fair. He's undersized, under-quick, un-athletic, underskilled, over-hustle... I like Johnson best out of all of them - he has both the size and the skill of an NBA player.

For me the choice would be between 4th PG in Cotton and 3d center/4th PF in Cooley... and to be absolutely fair... If we are talking about the 15th place on the roster... I don't really care. I like both of them, but I don't think it makes much of a difference either way. Skill-wise I'd pick Cotton, need/positional saturation-wise I'd pick Cooley.

 

[Revolution 9]

I cannot fathom a single way that losing Burke will come back to bite us. Very very few all-stars followed a career trajectory that had them steadily getting worse, then suddenly improving to all-star levels. Unless he ends up an all-star at some point there would be not regret in letting Burke go for a ham sandwich.

He could put it together in year 3 or 4. As an asset if we trade low, or lose talent it would sting.
I will admit that is unlikely, and we currently have a lot of young prospects at the position.

As someone who is a lot more willing than some to give Burke another chance, I admit that now
he really isnt needed. Unless he breaks out it wont hurt us.

 

[GoFriars]

Glad to see you guys have some rational thoughts... Cooley, as much as he has had a great SL, can not make it in the NBA. Cotton/ Johnson look like they can contribute + develop into contributors.

 

[Stoked]

Sucks for any of the three. All three played well in SL. I say cut Cotton as he has 3 PGs ahead of him in the rotation now.

Cooley would be our 3rd string C and Johnson our 3rd string SF.

 

[homeytennis]

Sucks for any of the three. All three played well in SL. I say cut Cotton as he has 3 PGs ahead of him in the rotation now.

Cooley would be our 3rd string C and Johnson our 3rd string SF.

After last night if either Cooley or Cotton get cut it would be like DL shooting Old Yeller. I don't know if there is a way to pay some of the youngsters like O"Brien, Hanlan, Motum a "signing bonus" legally and then send them to Boise for the DLeague.

 

[mellow]

Must Keep Johnson because of Mr. Glass.

 

[Mongoose]

How do the d-league roster spots work? Can't the jazz keep Jarrett and Hanlan and put them on the stampede? How many guys do the jazz get to keep as d leaguers?

 

[Bodhi]

I like Cooley but echo what Cy is saying. The other 2 can actually, legitimently, play basketball at the NBA level in a backup roll.

That said, I can't figure out why we signed Neto. That would be another spot open.

 

[fishonjazz]

I cut Johnson and keep Cotton and Cooley.

This
Btw **** jerret.
Also, I heard that since hanlan was not born in the usa that the jazz can use him like a draft and stash player and send him over seas to play or something.