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Al Jefferson to Utah? ...Mark Stein's Twitter reports

Pouyan said:
Did no one else read this post? It looks legit, why would Harrington be lying about coming to Utah
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He didn't say he was coming to Utah. The tweet he was replying to said, "Give [Utah] a look." To which he replied: "I am." Ergo, he is giving the Jazz a look. Along with several other teams, no doubt.
 
Deron, Milsap, and Al Jefferson all legit 20-10 guys! Giddy! Al is 25 and can fill a great need. Now the jazz can focus on AK and what to do. I am ok holding onto the contract if they resign him at a good price, if not move him to open up money or get someone back.
 
I have to say, I don't think the Jazz could have handled the Boozer situation better than this. Five years and $75M for Boozer is too much. This lets the Jazz move forward and gives them a bit more flexibility. They pick up a good asset--good player equity--in Jefferson, and can make a calm decision about AK, Okur, Tomic and Millsap looking to the future.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Boozer didn't draw double teams. Most coaches were smart enough to avoid doubling a guy who would rather shoot jumpshots or fadeaway from 15 feet from a low post position.

Since I haven't seen it mentioned in the thread so far (granite, I haven't read the whole thread) Just a season ago, Jefferson averaged 23 and 11 and the season before, he averaged 21 and 11 - and that was while playing without a PG, let alone Deron.
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Boozer drew double-teams against 80% of the league, just not the Lakers which is what everyone rememers.

Yeah Jefferson did average 23 pts but he was the #1 option and took 20 shots per game that year to do it. FWIW Boozer average 14 shots per game last year, and his FG%'s were routinely 5-6 percentage pts higher than Jefferson, who's range only extends out to about 12 feet.

Look, in leiu of how this offseason has gone, I really like this Jefferson deal and he'll allow us to once again compete for a top-5 seed, but the idea that he's a superior player to Boozer is another case of hometown fans overvalueing opposing players while undervalueing their own.
 
Catchall said:
Did you want Bosh or David Lee? I think more likely Al Jefferson pushes Okur to the bench and starts with AK and Millsap.
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I'm happy with Jefferson. Just because I am questioning defense doesn't mean I don't like the trade overall. In a perfect world, he'd be a great defender. But it's not. This is a great move, though. Better than Lee for sure. Not sure about Bosh, though, even though I think Bosh is overrated. Like Bill Simmons said, a superstar doesn't go to the lottery in 5 out of his 7 years.
 
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