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Conley Officially a Jazzman

Wes Mantooth said:
A lot of stretch 4 options out there should we trade Favors.

Marcus Morris, Ariza, Millsap, JaMychael Green, Portis, Mrotic, Randle, Gay, Aminu. Probably forgetting some too.

The problem is Favor’s also our backup 5.

I wonder if there’s anyway we can trade Bradley to free up space. Or maybe sign Sef to get over the cap. He can be one stretch 4 option.

Then use a partial MLE on Caruso and a partial on Green.

Is this far-fetched?

Conley-Caruso-Neto
Mitchell-Exum
Ingles-O’Neale
Favors-Green-Sef-Niang
Gobert

We’d have solid depth and still have Favors and Exum as assets.
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I dont really like Exum as our backup SG. He isnt a SG, he needs the ball in his hands to be effective. He cant really play off ball unless he suddenly learned to shoot well. I would rather have him as backup PG and find a solid SG. Although I guess Caruso is a pretty sharp shooter so maybe they could work together. I am not sure how effective he is off ball though. I havent watched him enough. But yes I like that lineup you have. I would also pickup Hood, Green (probably to expensive), Satoransky (maybe too spendy), Ellington, or maybe even Curry as well for that spot.

PF has a ton of good stretch 4 options this year. Some of them will go for cheap.

I also really want Mike Scott as our 3rd big for both positions.
 
dong2ha said:
Who was the best 2 conley played with? Tony Allen? lol conley will look really good in Utah


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I'm seriously salivating over Conley having space in a pick and roll with Favors. Could be the most lethal PnR combo we've had since Dwill/Boozer.
 
Ron Mexico said:
We can waive him and if he clears the waiver wire I believe we could sign him to a new contract then. But we would not have money to re-sign him for much since we would not have bird rights. We are better off keeping him and using our MLE and TPE and keeping Favors. It actually gives us more money to sign players and more flexibility in the future for trades and moves.
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Wow, good point. I hadn't realized that the Jazz lose Bird rights in this scenario, but you are correct. http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q32

"The player must complete his contract immediately prior to becoming a free agent, which essentially means he can't have cleared waivers."
 
Ron Mexico said:
I dont really like Exum as our backup SG. He isnt a SG, he needs the ball in his hands to be effective. He cant really play off ball unless he suddenly learned to shoot well. I would rather have him as backup PG and find a solid SG. Although I guess Caruso is a pretty sharp shooter so maybe they could work together. I am not sure how effective he is off ball though. I havent watched him enough. But yes I like that lineup you have. I would also pickup Hood, Green (probably to expensive), Satoransky (maybe too spendy), Ellington, or maybe even Curry as well for that spot.

PF has a ton of good stretch 4 options this year. Some of them will go for cheap.

I also really want Mike Scott as our 3rd big for both positions.
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Dump Exum and Favors and sign Ariza, Portis and Caruso.

Or Randle, Portis and Caruso. Three young assets with major upside!
 
One thing that I think gets forgotten about Favors, is that he's tremendous Gobert security.

Without Gobert, we're pretty screwed defensively. Favors is actually a good replacement for him, if Gobert ever gets hurt. He's starter quality who's willing to play 23 mpg, and not close games. He's a great teammate and a good player.

I think he was 18/11 per 36 last year. That's good, guys.
 
infection said:
By all accounts DL has sworn a blood oath that he will never let Favors go. So many people cool with this. I feel like I’m in an episode of the Twighlight Zone or in some alternate universe with how many people are totally cool with keeping Favors now that we’ve fixed one problem in the starting unit.

[BOLD]Am I ****ing crazy?[/BOLD]
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Rubio-Mitchell-Ingles-Favors-Gobert
492.1 minutes
+57
30-24
55.5 win%

How much better do you think the starting unit will be now?

I don't think you are crazy, just asking for way too much all at once. Utah will be a fine team with Favors. They are better than yesterday, and DL may have just maximized the potential of the current build.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Dump Exum and Favors and sign Ariza, Portis and Caruso.

Or Randle, Portis and Caruso. Three young assets with major upside!
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I like the upside of Exum just as much or more than Caruso. But I would not be that opposed if we could get all of those, but I dont think we can. I think Portis gets matched if its a reasonable offer. I think Randle gets a bigger paycheck than Favors this year. But who knows.
 
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