Jazz Free Agency Summer of 2018

[Handlogten's Heros]

I also think having Favs on a good deal helps us mid season when the Clips trade Tobias Harris. Using his good salary and a 1st should be close to a market rate offer when that team goes to ****.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If you have health concerns about Parker you probably shouldn't have interest in love.

It's different, but in a way that almost concerns me more. Not one injury, but multiple hand injuries... lingering knee issues. For price, upside, and timeline I prefer Jabari.

 

[infection]

But getting them is not in our full control. Re-signing Favs is more controllable. I think getting him on a team favorable deal is good. I think we can get Bjelica and be a more flexible team. Get the reasonable effects of having a stretch 4.

I prefer Parker to Love, but understand your thinking here. I think we are loyal to a fault, but Favs provides us an elite option if Rudy needs to miss time. If Love gets traded for cheap then I'd be in (expirings and a 1st). If Parker goes 3-4 years for 15M per... I think we may have missed a good opportunity.

I'm not sure they are drastically better when you figure the sacrifice, risk, and acquisition cost.

The way I see it is that our chemistry is a big strength. However, we really need more offensive punch and floor spacing and the best way address that without significantly compromising chemistry is letting Favors walk. If we retain him beyond a year, we'll make future moves (or not have the opportunity to make future moves) based on that, i.e. a Tobias Harris. Even if we don't immediately have an answer, I feel retaining him is short-sighted.

 

[Ron Mexico]

You can't convince Jabari to come here if Favors is expecting to start. The strongest asset to our team right now is happiness all around. If you add Favors AND Jabari, you don't have to be a fortune teller to see the end result.

You sell him on 6th man role. Favors starts but comes out and plays a lot of minutes at backup 5 like he has. There is plenty of time at the 4 for Jabari.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The way I see it is that our chemistry is a big strength. However, we really need more offensive punch and floor spacing and the best way address that without significantly compromising chemistry is letting Favors walk. If we retain him beyond a year, we'll make future moves (or not have the opportunity to make future moves) based on that, i.e. a Tobias Harris. Even if we don't immediately have an answer, I feel retaining him is short-sighted.

It's a difficult situation... you don't want to Ainge the guy and sign him and move him 90 days later... I just think retaining him on a team favorable deal is a good route. I prefer a sign and trade with Milwaukee, but doesn't seem to be headed that way at all.

 

[Hedda Gambler]

Okay, let's retain favors and Exum on good deals. Trade Burks because he deserves playing time in a system that fits him and we need the cap space. Then let jerebko go. Then go after Jabari. Probably let udoh go as well if needed. But I would rather retain him if we can.

The only realistic way to get Parker is to do a double sign and trade with Favors. This is really hard as both players have to agree and come to terms with their new teams. If we keep Favors, we could use Burks as a salary filler and give up future picks. We would then have a front court trio of Gobert, Favors and Parker. That would be really, really sweet, but I doubt that Favors and Parker would enjoy this situation.

 

[infection]

Salary wise, we can send Burks and Bradley out for Kevin Love. Have one of DL's analytics guys try to spin some kind of nonsense in a presentation to Dan Gilbert about Bradley's potential.

 

[str8line]

It would be after we sign Favors and Exum. We would have to unload Burks and sign him to a contract? But, I don't know that's a risk. But sometimes you need to take a risk. Favors is what we need -- solid and gives the Jazz a fast start this season. Jabari is a high risk/high reward move.

We have a chance to go for a title this year. No BS. That's the mentality we need ATM.

WITH KEVIN LOVE WE ARE A LEGITIMATE THREAT FOR A NBA TITLE THIS YEAR. Or with Jabari playing well. We are that ****ing close.

 

[Hedda Gambler]

Nope. I wouldn’t give up a 1st. Take the future cap space and some 2nd round picks or leave it. The Jazz need to be focused on adding guys who fit our timeline to maximize the rise of Spida Mitchell. Throwing away assets and all of our cap space for a 2year rental is bad business. Satisfies fans, but doesn’t help the Jazz become contenders. I’d rather bring back Favors and Exum and then go after Mirotic next year than dump more than we have to into getting Love.

Two year rental? Really? Two years of a top 5 PF in the league is a pretty damn good haul for 1 frp and players we do not need. Rudy and Joe have only got 3 years left on their deals. Are they now 3 year rentals we should just ship for picks that we theoretically would control for 7 years?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The only realistic way to get Parker is to do a double sign and trade with Favors. This is really hard as both players have to agree and come to terms with their new teams. If we keep Favors, we could use Burks as a salary filler and give up future picks. We would then have a front court trio of Gobert, Favors and Parker. That would be really, really sweet, but I doubt that Favors and Parker would enjoy this situation.

Yes. although Jabari has to be getting some humble pie right now... maybe he would be okay coming off the bench. It would be a better situation than the qualifying offer in Milwaukee where he's already burned some bridges... and will be behind Giannis an Middleton.

I would think Atlanta would jump in here.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Here’s an idea, sign Favors let some other team deal with the no defense, shell of his former self, overpaid Parker, in two years we win a chip

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Neither player (Parker, Love) is a chip building block for us IMO