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Joe Johnson Coming to Utah

sgjazzfan said:
Part of me is worried we are getting a good player just past his prime like with Raja Bell and Josh Howard. Guys I would have loved on the Jazz 3-4 years before they came. Hopefully he still has a little left in the tank. I was never as big of a fan of Johnson as a #1 or #2 option earlier in his career, but he's got a lot of talent. Has enough size to play the 4, and has/(had?) enough athleticism to play SG. Great fit if he comes in with the right attitude to mentor some of these guys. Is a career 37 % 3pt shooter. Could be higher as he probably won't be asked to create his own offense so much. I like the signing, especially with a 2 year deal.

How good of a defender was he last year? Is that something we need to worry about?
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The good thing is that we are not getting him to be our starter. He will be our 3d/4th wing. You get Joe Johnson to be your 4th wing, you are in a pretty good spot.
 
Jazz are close to filling their 15 man roste...The Jazz would really benefit if NBA improved the d-league system today. Make contracts bigger, allow for more up and down between the parent club. all three of their draft picks, Tibor, and perhaps could all be developed.
 
jazzman12 said:
lol at all the other teams in the league signing the Timofy Mozgov's of the world for $16 mil/per while DL just sits back in his secret underground lair and scoops up George Hill and Joe Johnson.

Seriously Jazz fans. Look at those 2 additions and how they fill the weaknesses we felt this team had going into the offseason. Now, factor in that their 2 salaries combined for 2016 is $19 mil and compare that with some of the salaries that we saw today.

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.
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And yet an hour or two people were bagging on DL because he hadn't done anything even though he had with Hill
 
King Cy said:
Damn, you have feeling they will like or hate the deal next year? Pretty hot take: The Jazz will have an opinion on Joe Johnson a year from now.
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Read the post again. I said I didn't like it or hate it but that they would hate it the second year. Never said either or.


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King Cy said:
So we are looking at a 11 man rotation of:

Hill/Exum
Hood/Burks
Hayward/Johnson/Ingles
Favors/Lyles
Gobert/Withey

I think Ingles/Withey minutes depend on matchups if Jazz go small or big. Obviously if we make it to crunch time in the regular season or playoffs that rotation will probably cutout Ingles/Withey altogether.

Mack/Neto/Pleiss currently make up our reserves (I'm assuming Burke will not be on this roster). So that leaves 1 spot open for either Bolomboy, a trade acquisition, or another FA signing.
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I don`t get that you all keep including Withey in your depth charts. Most likely, one of Favors or Gobert will be on the floor as C at all times. Lyles will get a lot of minutes and both Hayward and Johnson can play a bit at the 4. And, with the contenders spending an obscene amount of money, shouldn`t a rim protecting 5 like Withey who actually can protect the rim, be worth a bit in a trade on his bargain contract?
 
Hedda Gambler said:
I don`t get that you all keep including Withey in your depth charts. Most likely, one of Favors or Gobert will be on the floor as C at all times. Lyles will get a lot of minutes and both Hayward and Johnson can play a bit at the 4. And, with the contenders spending an obscene amount of money, shouldn`t a rim protecting 5 like Withey who actually can protect the rim, be worth a bit in a trade on his bargain contract?
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Because teams don't go to a 3 big rotation that early in the season. Yes we might do some Hayward or Johnson at the 4, but there will also be games where we want to go big.

Favors and Gobert are both big dudes, they can't handle a full season of playing 35+ minutes every night.
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Look at this if you don't like the deal:


dan clayton ‏@danclayt0n 1h1 hour ago
Utah's two major offseason acquisitions (Hill & JJ) have been in 176 combined playoff gms.
Rest of Utah's guaranteed $ guys have 12.
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Just the other day I was listening to a Jazz exec (might have been lindsey) talking about free agency, and mentioned that a player they had just made a courtesy call to was actually not just interested, but very interested in coming here. Locke in his podcast confirmed that it was indeed Joe Johnson.

Here's the link again if you missed it earlier.
https://audioboom.com/boos/4774125-locked-on-jazz-immediate-reaction-jazz-sign-joe-johnson?utm_campaign=detailpage&utm_content=retweet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
So nice to have someone even a (former) nba star want to come here.
 
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