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Marvin is gonna sign with a contender and continue his dope-*** bachelor life livin' high. I'd be shocked if he re-signed. Portland seems like an obvious fit.
Which Free Agent veteran players will we go for?
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The Thriller
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I'm utterly dumbfounded by the amount of responses wanting to sign guys like Monroe, Bledsoe, and even my mancrush (Parsons). As much as I hate to admit it, but why sign my mancrush, if we plan to use Hood? These vet free agents are too good for our team. We have 7 core players, many of which we've had for over 3 years, and still don't know what the hell they are. Why? Because every bloody summer we go out and sign vets.
Stop taking away pt from these core guys. I truly want to find out what kanter and Favors can do. Is Burks a player or not? Start Hood from day 1. Gobert Report and Exum deserve 20+ mins next year.
I love Parsons and to a lesser extent, Monroe. But if we sign these guys then I fear we're really slowing down the development of Kanter and Hood.
Use this year as a tryout. Bring in dudes from all over. Have a tryout at ESA. Roll with our core 7 and a bunch of no names. Maybe we find another wes Matthews diamond. Maybe not? What's the worse? We suck and score the lottery again next year? Awww.
Had our weak organization fired Corbin like it should have and hired Hornacek, then we could have used all of last year to find out what the c5 was. Then we could make better FA signings because we'd have a better understanding of what our roster truly is.
Of course... With Hornacek I doubt we have as bad of a record so maybe we wouldn't have Exum right now...
Stop taking away pt from these core guys. I truly want to find out what kanter and Favors can do. Is Burks a player or not? Start Hood from day 1. Gobert Report and Exum deserve 20+ mins next year.
I love Parsons and to a lesser extent, Monroe. But if we sign these guys then I fear we're really slowing down the development of Kanter and Hood.
Use this year as a tryout. Bring in dudes from all over. Have a tryout at ESA. Roll with our core 7 and a bunch of no names. Maybe we find another wes Matthews diamond. Maybe not? What's the worse? We suck and score the lottery again next year? Awww.
Had our weak organization fired Corbin like it should have and hired Hornacek, then we could have used all of last year to find out what the c5 was. Then we could make better FA signings because we'd have a better understanding of what our roster truly is.
Of course... With Hornacek I doubt we have as bad of a record so maybe we wouldn't have Exum right now...
♪alt13
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Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Thankyou! The more we continue to try to accumulate assets the further behind we get in building a team and identity. These guys still don't really know how to win, I'd like them to not have to figure this during these young players prime years. Now is the time to build a winning mentality.
Also I'd like to see QS get off to a strong start in his coaching career. Like the players he needs to develop as well, if he starts losing big like the jazz did last year he'll question himself, and could lose the confidence of the players, and lose the locker room like Ty did. Losing isn't healthy. We have the talent in place, just need to add a couple strong vets in my opinion.
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I was talking about outside this little bubble. Most didn't know he existed or thought he was trash. That's no longer the case.
Mongoose
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It's a real conundrum... I would much rather have GH come off the bench and sign a vet like Granger, but I don't want to take from th minutes of Hood and Burks. I still think GH is best served off the bench someday, but I don't think the Jazz longtime starter at the SF position is out there in free agency.
If Patrick Patterson is cheaper than Marvin, I would rather have Patterson. However, I think Marvin will be the main free agent signing and the rest of the cap space will be used to sign Hayward and for salary trades like last summer. Taking on the one year deals will give the Jazz picks and flexibility for extension with Burks and Kanter.
Parsons would be amazing though. Offering him $40m and GH $50m would both be great gets. It would mean that either Burks or Kanter are gone next year but this would be an awesome young team:
C - Favors
PF - Kanter?
SF - Parsons
SG - Hayward
PG - Burke
6th - Exum/ Burks
Bench: Hood, Gobert
Future bench: Tomic, Neto
Although, maybe the Jazz shock basketball and go after Lowry?
Parsons would be amazing though. Offering him $40m and GH $50m would both be great gets. It would mean that either Burks or Kanter are gone next year but this would be an awesome young team:
C - Favors
PF - Kanter?
SF - Parsons
SG - Hayward
PG - Burke
6th - Exum/ Burks
Bench: Hood, Gobert
Future bench: Tomic, Neto
Although, maybe the Jazz shock basketball and go after Lowry?
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Game6Conley
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I like this idea, Patterson might get a decent contract though.
Parsons!!!
The Thriller
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Delonte West is still a UFA!
SIGN HIM!
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SIGN HIM!
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The Thriller
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I really like Parsons. But doesn't he essentially take away from Hood? Parsons is a 30 min starter. Is he going to give that up to come split time with hood? Or Hayward?
QuinSnydersHair
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I fully agree. If we're gonna sign a vet it's a Derek Fisher last year type of guy. Play 5-10 minutes, be happy with those 5-10 minutes and help lead our young guys and help them learn. For some reason, I think he may be a FA but Collison would the type of fit we could use. Great leader from everything I've heard and he'd expect little minutes.
QuinSnydersHair
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As an aside, the small forward spot to me here is very wide open if we decide not to match Hayward so if that happens and Parsons is still available at a cheaper cost, I'd be up to snag him. Hood could still develop with 18 minutes a night or so the first couple years and we go from there. But Parsons is quite well-rounded and can do a bit of everything like the Spurs' guys.
Evans? Who are you talking about? Surely you're not referring to Jeremy.
Hmmmm. Carroll? **** yes. I thought letting him go was a huge mistake.
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Doublea
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Why not?
I just don't consider him a veteran. I mean I would base being a veteran a combination of how long one has been in the league AND playing time.
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Doublea
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He's 27 yrs old, mature, and a great lockerroom/teammate. But I can see your point.