You're the GM this offseason. What do you do?

[David Ginola 14]

Gallo a **** defendsr, no thanks.

Aminu and Lamb.

Aminu would be such massive upgrade over Crowder.

Aminu and Lamb are the umpteenth role players, you need someone strong, a top 20 to understand each other, otherwise against the contenders you come out easy again next year ..

 

[LoPo]

Aminu and Lamb are the umpteenth role players, you need someone strong, a top 20 to understand each other, otherwise against the contenders you come out easy again next year ..

I think Cy would like to get a big fish, but his plan is a little more realistic. Lamb is one of those plug and play wings who still has potential. Aminu is a defensive specialist who can play SF and PF.

If we get to the next level, it's more than likely going to be because Mitchell hits full star mode (which he's getting there) while the other young guys emerge to take their game to the next level (Exum, Grayson, O'Neale, Niang, any draft picks).

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I'm on board with this.

Step 1 - draft Carsen Edwards and Admiral Schofield. We would probably have to trade into the early 2nd round (Philly has #24, #33 and #34) to get whichever one of them slides that far.

Step 2 - let Rubio, Thabo, Udoh walk

Step 3 - when free agency begins, at least try to get Kemba, Tobias, etc.

Step 4 - when we don't get a max or near max guy, we go lock up Lamb early. With Favors (even after we renounce Rubio, Thabo and Udoh), we have around $14 million of cap room. If we give Lamb slightly more than the MLE, I think we got him. So let's just say that costs us $9+. That leaves us around $4ish million for Aminu. If we renounce Neto, we would be able to give Aminu $6ish. Considering how much Portland is in the luxury, I think that maybe gets it done.

Step 5 - keep Favors (if we could extend him before his deadline to something less than $12 for 3+ years, that would be one of the best moves of the DL era)

Result:
Gobert
Favors (last year with Jazz?)
Ingles
Exum
Lamb
Crowder (last year with Jazz)
Korver (last year with Jazz)
Aminu
Mitchell
Grayson
Bradley (last year with Jazz?)
Niang
O'Neale
Edwards
Schofield

Here it is all broken down financially: http://www.shamsports.com/capulator?id=7009962895cbda12c7b6c2821777187

Aminu will get a lot more than 6M... he gets MLE money at least.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Aminu and Lamb are the umpteenth role players, you need someone strong, a top 20 to understand each other, otherwise against the contenders you come out easy again next year ..

You get what you can get and you don't throw a fit.

The Jazz can contend with those dudes as long as KD leaves. Aminu is really good and I think Lamb has efficient 18 ppg potential along with being long as hell.


If KD stays nothing really matters anyway so **** it.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Aminu will get a lot more than 6M... he gets MLE money at least.

LMAO had to unmute to see who said Aminu for 6 mill . Id give him 12-14 easy.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

LMAO and he thinks Lamb gets the MLE?

Dude is at least 15 million, probably 16-18 to come to Utah.

 

[LoPo]

Aminu will get a lot more than 6M... he gets MLE money at least.

If Aminu gets that type of money, then so be it. Aminu would be a great addition for us, but I don't think he's the difference in a title or not. Instead of renouncing Favors to get the money necessary for Aminu, I would keep Neto and our $4 million in cap space.

We could have some real flexibility to trade expirings (Favors, Neto, Korver, Crowder) and our extra padding underneath the luxury threshold.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

At best you get Lamb for 14 a year. That's best case scenario imo.

 

[LoPo]

LMAO had to unmute to see who said Aminu for 6 mill . Id give him 12-14 easy.

I don't think it makes sense to give Aminu more than the MLE.

 

[LoPo]

At best you get Lamb for 14 a year. That's best case scenario imo.

It will be interesting for sure. Only 14 teams (including us) have more to give than the MLE. Now some of those teams have ridiculous amounts of money, but I would be interested to see how Lamb is valued.

 

[LoPo]

These are the 14 teams who have more than the MLE:
Knicks
Clippers
Nets
Mavs
Hawks
Pacers
Lakers
Sixers
Kings
Suns
Bulls
Magic
Pelicans
Jazz

I think Lamb will want money, more than a 1 year deal, the ability to start and the ability to win. We could check all those boxes. Not every team above checks even 3 boxes.

 

[Miggs]

You get what you can get and you don't throw a fit.

The Jazz can contend with those dudes as long as KD leaves. Aminu is really good and I think Lamb has efficient 18 ppg potential along with being long as hell.


If KD stays nothing really matters anyway so **** it.

Yeah, better to get something and hamstring us, then make the best decision.