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Conley wants to resign. “Utah’s got me.”

Handlogten's Heros said:
Would be a tough look for us to re-sign Mike and then trade Favs because of budget cuts when he chose to come here (who knows what kind of offers he had).

The money issue gets fairly ugly... basically if we don't make the finals or get close I don't see us bringing back Mike and Bojan. 45M in tax next year is one thing... the repeater tax the following year would be baaaadddd. Maybe you can move that last year of Bogey and keep it together for one more year after this one.

I like Bojan... the issues are two fold with him though... defense is gonna be dicey in some situations and the ball stopping/decisiveness issues drive me a little crazy. I have a hard time finding the guy who would be an upgrade over him though. His defense has been mostly fine this year... if he isn't making shots he's a negative on the court for sure. He's been up and down but is close to his prior year averages... I just think we all remember early season Bogey from last year and I'm not sure we are going to get that guy for a sustained period this year. We will see.
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I still think the Jazz find a way to get under the salary cap this year. Likely by dropping Harrison. We also need to realize that there will be a new CBA in place before we would have to pay the repeater tax, even if we couldn't get under it this year. I think we lose Favors after next year, perhaps Ingles too (I could see him retiring after 2 championships.) Resigning Conley on a discount is valuable to the Jazz for other reasons outside of his value as a player.

Smith isn't just about "rehabbing" the Jazz. I think he has plans for "rehabbing" the image of the state as well. A championship level NBA team is helpful for that.
 
Jazz4ever said:
That's what we thought last time and saw how bad Bradley and Davis was. No guarantee we history doesn't repeat.
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Ya but it was in the context of losing favors to keep Conley and I just think Conley is a better player than favors at this point

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framer said:
He's easily the best center you can get that would be willing to come play behind Gobert. No non-minimum type center that doesn't absolutely love Utah or is drafted here is going to play behind Rudy. If it were Udoh instead, he would be the most hated guy on these boards since the LAST center that couldn't effectively back up Rudy.
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There are only so many starting gigs, and non-shooting centers are a dime a dozen. Also, Favors is physically incapable of playing serious minutes night in and night out. This gig is real cushy for him.

But yeah, he's probably the best we could hope for in that role (a strict-backup, non-shooting C). It's just a real steep price for a skillset that's not rare and for strict backup minutes when the Jazz are going to be in the LT every year and have much more pressing needs.

My obsession for, I don't know, 5 years is for a stretchy, switchy big that starts (nominally, at least) at the 4 and backs up Rudy since we haven't had a longterm piece for either slot. The PF by committee thing is currently going well but there are an abundance of situations in the past where it really has left a ton to be desired. It's why I was kind of obsessed with getting Christian Wood this off-season, or wish the Jazz would draft anyone with any kind of potential in that way. I'll settle for a project that doesn't satisfy every single criterion. Instead this team just drafts guards and non-shooting pure centers and it's ****ing weird to me. They could've drafted Shake Milton (who is at least a wing) in '18 but SOLD THE PICK FOR 500k. And we're talking about being $45 MILLION in the LT? Sorry if I'm skeptical that a billionaire is going to ignore every instinct of sensible financial policy that got them the money to begin with, given how teams typically operate, and especially this franchise's history of penny-pinching.

Thanks for viewing my rant.

TLDR; Just enjoy this season, cuz we're gonna see some real culling and aging in the coming seasons with no assets to cushion the blows.
 
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Saint Cy of JFC said:
I think it largely depends on how well they do in the playoffs. If they make the Finals, or maybe even the WC Finals, I can see the new owner spending. He's a rich tech bro who grew up a Jazz fan, it could happen.
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How much extra does the team make for going to the finals? Would it cover the extra luxury tax payments?
 
One Brow said:
How much extra does the team make for going to the finals? Would it cover the extra luxury tax payments?
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I don’t know that there’s be a way to know. Perhaps on direct income, but franchise probably find ways to obscure how much they’re getting directly to further leverage it against their fan base in the form of increased prices.
 
JazzFever said:
Front load next year with drastically descending 2nd and 3rd year, with the 3rd year being a player option w/not much money which gives both parties flexibility.
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I believe there are constraints in the CBA that prohibit large year over year drops. Capologists?
 
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