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CJ hopes Utah picks up the team option next year and wants an extension

Regardless of whether or not he is in the long-term plans, the idea of NOT picking up his option is ****ing ridiculous.

Even if he were item #1 on the trade list, you still pick up that option. At bare minimum he is worth an early second-round pick. Hell, Raja is probably worth that.
 
i'd like to see what cj can do when this team is healthy.

on a serious I'd like to see him stick around as he's got a lot of talent and he is still young.
 
pkmag2 said:
i'd like to see what cj can do when this team is healthy.

on a serious I'd like to see him stick around as he's got a lot of talent and he is still young.
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Just curious, how old will CJ be before he is no longer "young"?
 
prodigy said:
I wouldn't be surprised if we picked up the option though, I remember KOC talking about the future of the jazz after we traded D-Will and how CJ would be part of that. Maybe KOC thinks CJ will still be the next Ray Allen. The way he evaluates talent, wouldn't put it past him.
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Well said. The key to a championship is having consistent players.
 
LogGrad98 said:
This is actually the opposite of what was discussed in another thread. It was clearly pointed out that as a backup he sucked donkey balls and that only as a starter could he play well. I do not want him as our starter, and he doesn't play well at all off the bench. Verdict: time to move him or let him move on.
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He does not play well off of the bench when he is the ONLY SCORING option. He is not good enough to carry the bench scoring load. I don't mind him as the starter if we actually have guys that can bolster our bench.
 
gregbroncs said:
Maybe when he reaches his prime? He's 23 I believe. That's young even in the sports world.
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He just turned 24 actually.

I disagree about the assessment with his bench play. AK played as well or better off the bench as he did as a starter last year. CJ's differences are shocking from bench to starter play. Also we have a pretty small sample size of him starting, so we really do not know what he could do (better or worse). Either way I think we need far more consistency from our starting 2 guard than either Miles or Bell have brought. I do not think CJ has the smarts or the mental toughness that is necessary for any kind of consistency.

I vote trade.
 
LogGrad98 said:
He just turned 24 actually.

I disagree about the assessment with his bench play. AK played as well or better off the bench as he did as a starter last year. CJ's differences are shocking from bench to starter play. Also we have a pretty small sample size of him starting, so we really do not know what he could do (better or worse). Either way I think we need far more consistency from our starting 2 guard than either Miles or Bell have brought. I do not think CJ has the smarts or the mental toughness that is necessary for any kind of consistency.

I vote trade.
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Consistency. AJ with another monster game and CJ going 2 for 12, as a starter. That is a good contrast in consistency.
 
Agree with Loggrad. CJ thinks that he is starter-material but he will eventually be the inconsistent-shooting sporadic defense-playing wing no matter whether he starts or plays off the bench. (Last game he went 1-8). And that is a disaster because starting 2 is one of the critical positions for a team trying to contend.
I hope the Jazz sign him for cheap, if at all they do sign him, and dont slot him as the starting SG. But if they dont get any better wings in trades/FA signings CJ WILL return as the starter in all likelihood. Which would be quite underwhelming.
 
prodigy said:
CJ is right he's been given the opportunities to grow, just how much he's grown is the question. I'd prefer to let him walk, I guess I value consistency more out of players than guys who play like superstars every once in a while but than play like a scrub the next. I don't believe he has the basketball IQ or work ethic I would like out of a young guy. Use the extra 4 million on someone who does.
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I think his value is a little bit over what we could be paying him. I honestly feel CJ is going to work really hard this offseason and be a consistent player next year. You could trade him or play him, but I think signing him gives the jazz value either way.
 
Too small sample size this year, last year as a starter his #'s weren't very good.

Not saying his contract his bad, it's just i don't think the guy will ever become anything than a poor man's jr smith

next year he'll shoot 42% from the field and 34% from 3, not get to the free throw line, play below average defense.

he's better than raja but so is just about every other SG in the league
 
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