Are The Jazz A Free Agency Winner?

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'm going to temper expectations on the Mavs for right now. Last year with a lineup of Rondo, Ellis, Parsons, Dirk, and Chandler should have been a top-4 or top-5 team in the West.

They were a top 4 team in the West until they traded for Rondo.... He kind of ****ed everything up.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Mavericks had the best offensive team until they traded Jameer Nelson for Rondo.

 

[stitches]

They were a top 4 team in the West until they traded for Rondo.... He kind of ****ed everything up.

Part of it was the fact that they decimated their bench by sending 3 solid rotation pieces to Boston.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Are the Jazz losers in free agency? No. They haven't made any bad acquisitions that will hurt them down the road.

Are they winners in free agency? No. Not unless or until they sign a player that helps to improve the roster for the future. Sitting out isn't winning. . . it's not necessarily wrong, but I prefer when the team is aggressive in the draft and offseason.

Trevor Booker was a plus signing last year. Let's wait to see if the Jazz have a similar transaction coming yet this offseason. Keeping Jingles at an affordable cost and adding a Booker level mid-tier player for the bench would be a win in my book. Not flashy. Not sexy. But solid and with an eye towards the future. Overspending on role players will kill this team in the future.

Looks like they're planning to cash in their Euro assets, fill out the bench, bake the cake and maybe make a trade down the road if a worthwhile player comes available.

 

[Shocker00]

Preliminary Standings
Locks
1.SA
2.OKC
3.Houston
4.Memphis
5.Dallas

Fighting for 6-8 seeds:
Clippers
Blazers
Suns
Pelicans
Jazz

Golden State???

 

[franklin]

Solid thread, vanilla.

 

[Stoked]

Solid thread, vanilla.

Solid post, troll.

 

[DForceAUS]

My 8.

1.Spurs
2.Warriors
3.Thunder
4.Rockets
5.Griz
6.Clippers
7.Jazz

8. any 1 of the following
Blazers
Pelicans
Suns
Mavs

Wolves will take a good step forward

 

[Stoked]

Also this got away from are the Jazz FA winners to WC standing predictions.

 

[orangello]

Preliminary Standings
Locks
1.SA
2.OKC
3.Houston
4.Memphis
5.Dallas

Fighting for 6-8 seeds:
Clippers
Blazers
Suns
Pelicans
Jazz

I don't want to go any further. This post is so bad.

In the Locks you include Dallas but the NBA champion GS Warriors are omitted? To make things worse, they are not included on either list.

Here is my list:

Locks
1.SA
2. GSW
3.OKC
4.Houston
5.Memphis

Fighting for 6-8 seeds:
Dallas
Clippers
Suns
Pelicans
Jazz

I believe if you compared the starting 5 of the Jazz to the Pelicans and Suns you'll see that the Jazz have a better starting 5.

If you look at depth you'll see that the Jazz potentially have the most depth from any of those 5 teams.

Yes, the Jazz are a big winner from this FA period.

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[orangello]

Jazz might be ahead of the Pelicans and the Clips.

Pellies, yes. Clips is questionable depending on how much Exum/Hood/Burks/Gobert improve and who LAC brings in as their starting C.

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[orangello]

Really? Jordan is a beast. If Matthews has a slow recovery prob not though.

Who plays PG for them? One of their strengths last year was depth. They don't have that now.

I also believe that Chandler is a better rim protecting C than DAJ. Goo look at the numbers. They might surprise you.

Also the Mavs got DAJ because they promised to. Make him more of a focal point of the offense. Does DAJ have any good back to the basket moves? What about a 15 ft jump shot? I think the move is a bit overrated right now.

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