Personally I don't like this deal or hate it, but I hav a feeling they will the next year.
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.
Personally I don't like this deal or hate it, but I hav a feeling they will the next year.
My biggest question about JJ is his defense. Can he still defend at a league average level?
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.
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.
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.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?
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.
David Locke @Lockedonsports 2h
Joe Johnson 3 point shooting
11-12: 39%
12-13: 38%
13-14: 40%
14-15: 36%
15-16: 38%
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?
Johnson can teach Hayward/Hood a lot too. Both Hood/Hayward have a lot of isolation scoring in their game but both can really expand that part of their game into posting up smaller players, something Johnson has excelled at.
Don't you think after last year that Utah might want some injury insurance for Favors and Rudy?
It's cool how different each of our wing players are, and how much they can learn off each other.
We got Hayward as Lebron-lite, Burks as our slashing athletic driver, Hood being the pure scorer, and JJ being one of the best post-up wings of the last few years in the NBA. Hayward NEEDS to learn as much from Joe as possible. Will have massive payoffs for his game.
The wing rotation of Hood/Hayward/Burks/JoeJ might be the NBA's deepest
I wonder what was Utah's biggest selling point for Johnson?
- Good Coach?
- Young talents/team?
- Playoff potential?
- Opportunity to start?
- Opportunity to be a scorer off the bench?
- The City?
... cos surely other teams could have also offered 2 years $22m.
From different podcasts I've listened to with various players the word around the league is that Quin is pretty good. Also people seem to like how our organization has grown this team.
I wonder what was Utah's biggest selling point for Johnson?
- Good Coach?
- Young talents/team?
- Playoff potential?
- Opportunity to start?
- Opportunity to be a scorer off the bench?
- The City?
... cos surely other teams could have also offered 2 years $22m.
I don't remember much about JJ playing against the Jazz, but if I remember right it was JJ who torched us in the highest over-time game I have ever seen the Jazz play. Back when it was Milsap and Williams as our best players (brief time period I know.)
Idk, I guess he will address that in his press conference.I wonder what was Utah's biggest selling point for Johnson?
- Good Coach?
- Young talents/team?
- Playoff potential?
- Opportunity to start?
- Opportunity to be a scorer off the bench?
- The City?
... cos surely other teams could have also offered 2 years $22m.
I remember quite a few teams coveting Johnson when his contract was bought out by the Nets? Cleveland was one of those teams too, I believe.
So to have him picked us over those legit teams is to me quite surprising...