Could Shannon Brown still be a possibility

[D Will> CP3]

Matt Barnes will back up Kobe, Blake backs up Fish, where would Brown fit in? He would get more time and $ with us I'm assuming.

 

[Fishsticks]

God I hope so

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Do we really want a player the Lakers dont even find worthy of bringing back over Matt Barnes?

 

[honz]

Shannon Brown will not be dunking in a Jazz jersey this season.

 

[D Will> CP3]

From ESPN LA- "with 11 players now under contract for the Lakers and the remaining two roster spots considered earmarked for the team's two second-round draft picks, it would appear that Brown will not be returning to L.A."

 

[theNBAnerd]

didn't KOC pretty much say that if the jazz do any more major spending this summer (TPE/MLE) it would be for a big? right now we have 4 rotation-worthy wings. if i truly believed brown could play point guard half-decently, i'd say give it a shot. but all he does is logjam the wings without solving more glaring problems up front and at the backup point.

 

[write4u]

If we could get him cheap, I'd prefer him over Price, because Price can't play PG half decently either. Certainly better than Gaines and I think we could use another wing who would be a combo guard.

 

[calijazz]

didn't KOC pretty much say that if the jazz do any more major spending this summer (TPE/MLE) it would be for a big? right now we have 4 rotation-worthy wings. if i truly believed brown could play point guard half-decently, i'd say give it a shot. but all he does is logjam the wings without solving more glaring problems up front and at the backup point.

Agreed. And there's probably a reason why he didn't re-sign with the Lakers: Barnes came a lot cheaper. Brown is probably asking for too much. I'd rather the Jazz spend that money on a big, if at all.

 

[calijazz]

The Lakers are still very much interested in re-signing free-agent swingman Shannon Brown.

"Kupchak indicates he expects to re-sign Shannon Brown in coming weeks," Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register wrote on his Twitter page on Friday afternoon.

Read more: https://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_..._want_to_re_sign_shannon_brown/#ixzz0uXPpp9f4

Upon reading this...I bet that's back with the Lakers.

 

[NUMBERICA]

didn't KOC pretty much say that if the jazz do any more major spending this summer (TPE/MLE) it would be for a big? right now we have 4 rotation-worthy wings. if i truly believed brown could play point guard half-decently, i'd say give it a shot. but all he does is logjam the wings without solving more glaring problems up front and at the backup point.

Well that's just the thing. Price and Gaines are ****** beyond ****.

 

[DWill_Gr8tness]

I really want Brown, but seeing where the Jazz are at right now I believe KOC's strategy and he says they will go after a Defensive skilled Big. So......... no Brown will not be with the Jazz........ unless they get him at what they perceive as a "great" price. You always make moves that will make you better. Hell get brown and a Defensive Big and unload Okur.

 

[pappyman]

The problem is, there aren't very many defensively-skilled bigs left on the market. I say they sign Brown AND Fesenko. They could use the rest of their mid-level exception on Brown and use the Bi-Annual Exception to sign Fesenko. You then go with this depth chart:

PG: Deron Williams, Ronnie Price
SG: Shannon Brown, Raja Bell
SF: C.J. Miles, Gordon Hayward
PF: Paul Millsap, Andrei Kirilenko, Jeremy Evans (D-League)
C: Al Jefferson, Mehmet Okur (when healthy), Kyrylo Fesenko (spot minutes)

Brown would be a great pickup for the Jazz. This move would allow Brown to guard the PG's with his speed and athleticism, while Deron would guard the SG's.