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2020 Free Agency Thread

FAILED STATE said:
My argument is that we don’t have a very good idea who Hughes is as a defender. That’s far from silly. On the other hand, it looks like you’ve backed yourself into a funny corner.
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About as good an idea as we have about Bane’s ability to defend nba players. The point is, the guys you mentioned have a chance to be good NBA defenders, as does Hughes.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
About as good an idea as we have about Bane’s ability to defend nba players. The point is, the guys you mentioned have a chance to be good NBA defenders, as does Hughes.
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Hughes was not drafted on the strength of his resume as a defender. Does that mean he has no chance of being an impact player on that end? Of course not. But there were certainly players available from 23 to 39 about which much more was known when it comes to their defense.

You keep saying something along the lines of “chance” or “potential” with Hughes.... and it’s sounding more and more romantic each time.
 
We drafted a backup center then signed another backup center. We drafted a player who had the potential of being a bench scorer then resigned our bench scorer. Perfect way to utilize your limited resources
 
SCS said:
We really used our first round pick and our MLE on two backup centers and just completely ignored the crystal clear deficiencies in our roster 2-4. We're literally choosing to run it back with exact same problem that doomed last season. Which was a severe lack of size, length, athleticism, versatility, depth and defense 2-4.

We have 3 NBA level wings. Bojan Bogdanovic, Joe Ingles and Royce Oneale. That's it, that's all. And the Jazz seriously find that sufficient enough to compete for a championship....

Unreal. So dumb.
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Yeah. Compare that to what Portland did this year. They had a similar problem to us last season. They responded by trading for Covington and signing Derick Jones Jr. Those are two super athletic defenders who can switch.
KqWIN said:
It's was really poor planning. What it really comes down to is they must have really believed in Doke as BPA...which is odd because no one else had him this high. They also had the confidence to trade back way before the draft started knowing they could still get him. But if you really believe in Doke that much, why would you block him from playing for the next 3 years?

I had thought that the Bradley move was to keep us under the tax, but it's clear now that we were prepared to be a tax team the whole team. Kudos to ownership. Turns out the Bradley move was made because Favors was coming in. If you are hell bent on Doke, just keep Bradley and let those two compete for the backup C minutes. That's already a lot of draft capital to spend backing up your star C. Ironically, Juwan Morgan might have won that contest in the end.

Use the MLE and the other draft pick to target some wings. You can't get enough of those players.
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I have no idea what the team projects Doke to be, but I do know in the modern NBA he is certainly not going to be “blocked” from playing. If he proves himself to be good enough to get minutes, he will.
 
I think it’s clear that the Jazz are hedging their bets here. Two possible scenarios that to me make their actions fully understandable.
1. The jazz aren’t willing to offer Rudy the max and don’t know if they will be able to come to terms with him.
2. The jazz have decided that if they had to pick only one that they’d pick Donovan, and they aren’t sure where he is at with Rudy going into extension discussions.
 
I listened to the Boeheim pod cast on Hughes and he said he really is a good defender. He said the Cuse plays at least half their practices in man to man and Hughes was really good at it.
 
KqWIN said:
The probably can’t play. But if they pop, the reward is so great. Doke has no chance of playing the next 3 years outside of Favors getting hurt. The potential reward? A backup C that plays 12 MPG.
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Guys that play big with a 7'9" reach and a motor stick in the NBA. Add in soft hands and Doke will be in the NBA for a long time to come. The only concern is injuries, but I'm not sure wrist ligaments are that big of a chronic worry. Dude just needs to treat the rim nicer.

On the other hand only 5 or 6 guys drafted out of the lottery have a chance of sticking in the league, maybe less with this weak draft class. We get one of those, we won with our position in the draft.
 
homeytennis said:
I listened to the Boeheim pod cast on Hughes and he said he really is a good defender. He said the Cuse plays at least half their practices in man to man and Hughes was really good at it.
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I want to believe this so much, but Boeheim is the last dude that is going to be straight about this. The 1 block a game tells me he gives a dman about defense though, which is a start.
 
Ujfanatic said:
I have no idea what the team projects Doke to be, but I do know in the modern NBA he is certainly not going to be “blocked” from playing. If he proves himself to be good enough to get minutes, he will.
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You and I and everyone hear knows for a fact he won’t play for the next three years unless something happens to Favors or Gobert. They aren’t spending upwards of $40 million a season on two centers to give a chance to a guy whose ball skills make Rudy look like Anthony Davis.
 
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