Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but why then did we go out and sign Cotton and Neto? LOL ... Trey and Hanlan aren't much taller or good defensively neither....
Who's Garrett Temple?????
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Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but why then did we go out and sign Cotton and Neto? LOL ... Trey and Hanlan aren't much taller or good defensively neither....
zyzz
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Looks like this has some legs
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J. Michael
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@DJJazzyJody @Tjonessltrib He's a defense 1st. Can do some ball-handling to help relieve pressure. an occasional 3 is a bonus
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Temp told me he knows GM Lindsay well when he had his stints w/Spurs
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J. Michael
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@DJJazzyJody @Tjonessltrib He's a defense 1st. Can do some ball-handling to help relieve pressure. an occasional 3 is a bonus
J. Michael
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Temp told me he knows GM Lindsay well when he had his stints w/Spurs
My guess is that they want the backup to be a change-of-pace guy so they can accept him being smaller. But I dunno.
homeytennis
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JLIII and Toure Murray are available.
If that is what they are thinking I think they are not looking at him as stop-gap starter but rather as a back up/depth/versatility at the PG spot. He's a lengthy defender. In some respects he would be what Dante was last year - spotting up guard in offense(over 50% of his shots were from 3), while guarding opponent's PGs and allowing us to switch everything in D.
Yeah I think so too, and now that Dante is out they needed to go the opposite direction again... let's see how it pans out
Sounds like a combo guard. Why not just use Burks?
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Burks is a questionable defender against SG's. Now you want him to try to guard quicker PG's? He'd get eaten alive.
Good point. Garrett entered my mind also as he's a solid defender.
Yeah, I think for 10 minutes a game Burks could probably guard the same backup pg's this guy would be guarding.
Temple is bigger than Garrett but if we need big have big wings. All in all I probably would prefer signing Garrett to making a trade with Washington.
I'd go for a Temple acquisition. As was mentioned before, he seems to be a very good placeholder for Exum's production.
Very active, long, agile defender. 7th in defensive RPM last season for position if considered a PG (15th if considered a SG). 14th in NBA in steal % among players with 500+ minutes. Won't do much offensively, but seems not to make too many mistakes and generally plays within his limitations.
Spent a couple hours watching clips on NBA.com: very good quickness, activity level. Decent handle, good quick ball-mover; ball doesn't stick with him; seems to have a good sense of what he wants to do before the ball gets to him. Hard to tell how good his PG skills are because Wall dominates the ball so much with Wizards, but seems to have the skill to at least be OK.
Very good contract situation if Jazz want a one-year fill-in. All reports I've seen suggest he's a great worker/locker-room guy. I'd be concerned that the Wizards may not move him as easily as I've seen some on Twitter suggesting. I've seen a few suggestions that Wittman regards him as a very valuable situational (esp. defensively) player.
Very active, long, agile defender. 7th in defensive RPM last season for position if considered a PG (15th if considered a SG). 14th in NBA in steal % among players with 500+ minutes. Won't do much offensively, but seems not to make too many mistakes and generally plays within his limitations.
Spent a couple hours watching clips on NBA.com: very good quickness, activity level. Decent handle, good quick ball-mover; ball doesn't stick with him; seems to have a good sense of what he wants to do before the ball gets to him. Hard to tell how good his PG skills are because Wall dominates the ball so much with Wizards, but seems to have the skill to at least be OK.
Very good contract situation if Jazz want a one-year fill-in. All reports I've seen suggest he's a great worker/locker-room guy. I'd be concerned that the Wizards may not move him as easily as I've seen some on Twitter suggesting. I've seen a few suggestions that Wittman regards him as a very valuable situational (esp. defensively) player.
bjwsan
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good summary, from on idiot, to another:
- very good placeholder for Exum---- +.
- very active, long, agile defender, 7th in defensive RPM---- +
- 14th in NBA in steal %---- +
- good quick ball-mover; ball doesn't stick with him---- +
- very good contract situation if Jazz want a one-year fill-in---- +
Jody also noted good relationship w/ Lindsey and Snyder, knew him from SA days
Salary only 1.1M, and WAS looking for cap relief, so they could trade Cotton, who would be cut... maybe that's all? Throw in a 2nd?
Much bigger than current crop, at 6'6", and decent 3PT%... as noted by fufo
Biggest +, doesn't keep the ball in his hands, like common w/ Burke
This feels like a real 'small ball' move, meaning singles and bunts... doesn't cost UTA anything, gains a known quantity, who fits a 3 and D model, and probably already 'gets' the Synder PPP model.
Doesn't give up Trey, so he can make it or break it himself... but more importantly to the team, allows us to potentially get some value out of Trey, if we traded by Dec. Otherwise, we would get nothing for Trey now...
Would like to see a stronger move for a more dynamic PG who could contribute over next 2 years... but this doesn't preclude that...
bjwsan
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??? He have one leg longer than the other?