This would definitely be a failed offseason.
The problem you have with letting Favors go (and Rubio) is that Utah is under the cap and only has cap space plus the smaller exception to use. Very hard to just get a couple of players to replace Derrick and El Bricky AND improve the team. Obviously the Jazz do it if they can add Tobias or another FA of his caliber.I would rather keep Rubio, and it isn’t particularly close.
Signing Rozier to keep Favors is the same vein as refusing to include Exum in the Conley deal. If we do this, this is the sort of asinine **** that’ll cost DL his job someday.
It seems that if the Jazz are set on keeping Favors, this is probably going to be a disappointing offseason, isn’t it? Keeping Fav means no major upgrade unless we can do it by trade (which I don’t really see how we get their either without picking up his option and including him in the trade to match salary)
The problem you have with letting Favors go (and Rubio) is that Utah is under the cap and only has cap space plus the smaller exception to use. Very hard to just get a couple of players to replace Derrick and El Bricky AND improve the team. Obviously the Jazz do it if they can add Tobias or another FA of his caliber.
Keep Favs and the Jazz have the MLE PLUS Favs is an expiring contract at the deadline. This is also the scenario I see for keeping Rubio. Lindsey strikes out on FA's who would really move the needle. So he keeps Derrick and MAYBE even tries to re-sign Ricky to a 1+1 deal like Derrick has with the 2nd year being a team option. That way, the Jazz now have essentially 2 expirings as assets at the deadline. And they'd enter free agency in 2020 with the same ammo: able to get under the cap by $30M. Plus Lindsey could still go shopping with the full MLE.
They’d enter a free agency with nobody on the market, Joe (and everyone) being a year older, and the team no better then before. They’d probably regress. That’s gonna be their pitch?The problem you have with letting Favors go (and Rubio) is that Utah is under the cap and only has cap space plus the smaller exception to use. Very hard to just get a couple of players to replace Derrick and El Bricky AND improve the team. Obviously the Jazz do it if they can add Tobias or another FA of his caliber.
Keep Favs and the Jazz have the MLE PLUS Favs is an expiring contract at the deadline. This is also the scenario I see for keeping Rubio.
1. Lindsey strikes out on FA's who would really move the needle.
2. He keeps Derrick
3. And MAYBE even tries to re-sign Ricky to a 1+1 deal like Derrick has with the 2nd year being a team option.
4. Get a shooter with the MLE.
That way, the Jazz now have essentially 2 big expirings contracts as assets at the deadline. And they'd enter free agency in 2020 with the same ammo: able to get under the cap by $30M. Plus Lindsey could still go shopping with the full MLE.
So would be down with trading him as well it sounds like.Also it's bizarre how some people on JazzFanz hate the Exum contract and think he's overpaid but are content on doubling down on the Exum cost by wanting to trade him. If he's as terrible of a deal as you're all suggesting then he's going to cost picks to move, Jazz are better off just eating his 2 year deal and hoping those two - three week flashes of brilliance he shows every year pan out to be more substantial than that unless you know you can land a big time FA and need to clear his deal off the books to free up room for him.
Terry Rozier, keeping Favors, and Exum being “important.” Good ****ing night.
Surprised nobody has stated the one thing that actually matters. This off season will be a failure if Mitchell does not take a step forward.
The Jazz need a #1 guy to be a contender. They are not in a position to get him in the draft or via free agency. Even if we get Conley or Tobias, we still aren't a contender unless Mitchell to develops into an elite player. So for me, if Mitchell shows signs of being a top 15 player this off season will be an incredible success, even if nothing else works out.
I'm so done talking about how to make Derrick Favors work here.