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Jazz are emerging as serious threats to sign Bojan Bogdanovic

Let me say it again.

13/3/1 for his career.

On bad teams.

All the opportunities he could ask for.

30 years old
 
NPC D4617 said:
Sorry. Bojan is not good.

Since when did this guy get good? What has he ever done for any team? He is 30 years old and has struggled mightily over the years.
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I'm not going to pretend I've watched many Pacers games outside of their playoff runs but from what I've seen in mainly the playoffs and what stats suggest he is:

- Great to elite 3pt shooter
- Proven to be able to carry scoring loads/get scorching hot for stretches of games in big playoff moments (2018 where he lit up LeBron and the Cavs from deep for like half a quarter when no one else on the Pacers could get a bucket still stands out to me when I think of Bojan)
- Defense has improved to the point where he's at worst average, and has some good tools to be above average in an elite Jazz defensive system
- Can be a multi positional defender
- Not the best creator but is pretty decent as a screen man
- Great off the ball threat
- High IQ player

Like in a vacuum I get that Favors is the better player but when it comes to the Jazz' strengths and weaknesses Favors' impact for the Jazz is limited by the fact that we have an All-NBA C in Gobert taking most of his minutes there and he's objectively worse when he has to play PF, whereas Bojan slides into so many areas of need for the Jazz that I think Bojan's potential fit with the Jazz and being able to maximise what he can bring to the table easily outweighs the fact that Favors is the better player in a vacuum.

I do have some concerns over his consistency when it comes to playoff time, but I'm not sure how much of his efficiency struggles have to do with the Pacers not really having any great playmakers on their teams that really demand defensive attention outside of Oladipo vs how much of that is his own personal struggles. But if all we need him to do is hit open 3s, defend, and occasionally bail out the bench offense with a bucket I think he's more than capable. Particularly when the Jazz will have both Mitchell and Conley as go to guys when he doesn't have it going.
 
I want to know who plays the 4. Because none of Royce, Joe, Bojan, Georges or Jarrell are ideal for more than spot minutes at a time there. And what the **** happens if Rudy gets hurt?

We'd be scary asf if everyone stayed healthy and we found a more traditionally sized 4 to play some minutes though.
 
SCS said:
I want to know who plays the 4. Because none of Royce, Joe, Bojan, Georges or Jarrell are ideal for more than spot minutes at a time there. And what the **** happens if Rudy gets hurt?

We'd be scary asf if everyone stayed healthy and we found a more traditionally sized 4 to play some minutes though.
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Not saying this would be anywhere near my #1 target, but I kinda like the idea of getting Taj Gibson for a bench 4 who can start the occasional game against bigger teams and also play spot 5 minutes as a vet min guy if the Jazz strike out on most of the other PFs.
 
NPC D4617 said:
You wanna make a bet sucka?

You really think this fool is going to get enough minutes and shots to average 18ppg?

Have you followed his career at all? What has stopped him from being a great player any other time?

We are gonna disregard his entire career and just pretend last year is his norm?

Hilarious. 30 year old players who have averaged 13/3/1 for their career are now high level free agents we should be chasing.
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You are serious... so do you really believe he’s only going to score 8 points a game?
 
The Thriller said:
Royce at the 4?
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He'd be the best option on the current roster imo. Brantley is a rookie and we're trying to contend so that's kinda a no go. Georges is only good for spot minutes. Like I said I think Joe would be valuable off the bench. So we're looking at Bojan or Royce there. Royce is the better rebounder and I feel like he'd be the better pnr defender. So..
 
SCS said:
Also if we got Bojan I like the idea of bringing Joe off of the bench in a sixth man role for a little offensive pop/stability.

Gobert
Royce or a FA
Bojan
Spida
Conley

6th Man Joe
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I don't know about bringing Joe off the bench necessarily but if Exum can come back and stay healthy, get some form back and run the bench unit like he was December last year... a bench unit consisting of something like Exum/Royce/Ingles/Bojan/backup 5 or Gobert could absolutely destroy opposing bench units with Exum collapsing defenses to three great 3pt shooters, or getting it to the roll guy on the PnR.

edit: Plus because of Exum's size if he's having a good game Quin is no longer stuck with trying to run Rubio/Exum dog crap lineups and can instead play Conley/Mitchell/Exum lineups in place of Joe against small ball teams which is even more exciting. If Exum's playing like dog crap which he will for the first couple of months of the season coming off injury as is tradition at this point, you can potentially still have Neto running that bench unit with Joe taking more playmaking responsibilities
 
Just leaving this one here:


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Get mike scott to back up the 4 bring in Kaminsky or tyson Chandler to back up Gobert. Both for the vet min.

The room Exception so go to Danny Green. Not sure that would be enough

Conley, Exum, Neto
Mitchell, Green, Oni
Ingles, Sefalosha, Brantley
Bogdonvic, Scott, Niang
Gobert, Chandler, Bradley
 
Blocks per game is only a sexy stat to show someone can play defense. It might be a sign, but it is not a clear indicator of a persons defensive deficiencies or abilities. If their opponent routinely lights them up, and puts the help defenders in bad spots, that's another thing.
 
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