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I wouldn't say that. Favors is a big reason why the Jazz have the best record in the league. He hasn't been bad by any means. Maybe he is worn down, but we have backups who can fill in -- Morgan and now Illyasova.
Should the Jazz shut Favors down for a while?
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I think he has been mediocre defensively and offensively he doesn't bring much to the table. I don't believe for a second that he is a big reason that we have the best record. Like I said in my previous post I think a guy like McGee is a better player and he would have cost a lot less. This offseason his contract now becomes an issue and if we want to move him we will have to attach extra value to make it happen. This offseason really was a disaster when it came to the draft and bringing in free agents. Because we wanted to use the full mle on Favors we had to pay teams to take Tucker and Bradley.
Nobody is a big reason for a team having the best record when they play 16 minutes a game.
jom2003
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just another DL overpay to get stuff. what else is new.
To answer the question; sure.
The question I am wondering is who will take on Favors remaining $20 million in order to save the Jazz $50 million that they are on the hook for and never had to be. He’s wearing down playing less than 20 minutes a game and the Jazz have no assets to toss in. It’s, umm, not good.
The question I am wondering is who will take on Favors remaining $20 million in order to save the Jazz $50 million that they are on the hook for and never had to be. He’s wearing down playing less than 20 minutes a game and the Jazz have no assets to toss in. It’s, umm, not good.
The Udoka pick makes more sense now.
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He's been able to give Rudy rest and be a capable backup which we didn't have last year and was our glaring weakness.
If Favors faltering down the stretch is this detrimental to the team then how can we say he isnt a big reason for the best record in the NBA?
The G-League is over now. We would have seen if Udoka was ready to bring backup 5 minutes to gives Favors rest and still maintain the team identity with the style of play. Really sucks he went down. He could have been a big athleticism boost to the team.
The glaring weakness was that the Jazz did a horrific job filling the backup spot. It would improve almost by default by grabbing any random player. Ed Davis was arguably the worst in the league and Tony Bradley isn't an NBA player. Bigs that do big things but can't shoot or dribble are not rare commodities. I don't know who would've come for the BAE, but that's what they should've spent since I guarantee you the Jazz are not retaining this team through next year's trade deadline, and they will probably have to offload an asset they're going to have to dig out of somewhere that could've been used to replenish team depth or improve the roster with. Bobby Portis comes to mind. Or you know, play the next Shaquille O'Neal that the Jazz were raving about. Or play Morgan.
And if Favors breaks down half way through the first season he's under contract, he's hardly more help than a scrub. Hopefully rest does the trick but he shouldn't be broken down and there's no reason to believe this will get anything but worse as the years wear on.