Duncan and Dirk are past their primes and maybe have one more all-star game in them. If the Jazz become contenders and Favors is a major part of it he can boot LMA or Griffin from a spot.
Dont Forget About Favors
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Duncan and Dirk are past their primes and maybe have one more all-star game in them. If the Jazz become contenders and Favors is a major part of it he can boot LMA or Griffin from a spot.
I agree that is why the Jazz need to be smart with their financial decisions. Bringing in another MAX player is going to muck up the financial situation. I like Hood at the SG, as long as he can stay healthy I prefer giving him an opportunity to prove he is an NBA starter. The lineup of Exum, Hood, Hayward, Favors and Gobert is certainly a championship level like team. They need time to jell.
The Jazz can automatically get better simply by getting Burks back, bringing over Tomic and make a solid first round pick this year. People need to remember that the Jazz have basically built this team through the draft (everyone except Favors the Jazz drafted) and have several 1st in the next couple of years to supplement our bench. People need to be patient and not skip steps.
Next year Jazz can perhaps make another trade to get rid of guys who are talented but expendable to get another piece that is better suited for the future of this team. Throwing MAX money at players needs to be done wisely, because a bad contract or two can really destroy chemistry on a team.
No, this has nothing to do with luxury tax. Being able to go into the luxury tax is only relevant when it comes to re-signing your own players. This has to do with not being able to exceed the CAP in order to sign players that are not already on your team. Deep pockets don't rescue you from that.
candrew
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I hate to post Locke because I'm sure we've all had enough of him; but I can't generate these numbers on my own. Go to the 12 minute mark - Since the ASB Favors defensive numbers without Gobert per 100 possessions are unbelievable. Once again, they've been great individually and together; but Favors numbers are better right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5GLBgAxpYs#t=748
Thee Jazz Fan
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Hate to break it to u, but Middleton and Green are not even close to max players. Don't be dumb justys!!
I'd rep if I could. I made this point yesterday in the what would u do in the off season thread
Lucky for u we don't need a max player and think it would be a bad business choice to add another max player. We only need small additions to this team at this time.
Coach Ellis
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I agree that the Jazz don't need to sign or trade for a max level player this offseason. Guys are going to be wildly overpaid because teams will be able to justify contracts that shrink as the cap goes up. I do however think that the Jazz have some room to add a couple of young, cheap players to help support their core group. If they keep Booker and add Tomic, they might have enough room to add a mid-level free agent. Hopefully they'll have just enough that they can offer more than the full MLE (about $5 million) for one season and then let them leave in free agency or structure it like Booker's deal with a mostly non-guaranteed 2nd year team option. That was a shrewd move.
I'd be completely happy with Tomic, Booker and another mid-level guy this offseason. I do think that they need to consider being aggressive in the draft and/or possibly in overpaying for a young guy on his rookie deal - as long as acquiring him won't disrupt the core. That way, you take another shot at landing a star, while acquiring them at a time where their salary is obtainable. That means, any potential rookie here for 2015. Any player on his rookie contract. Or any player who is expected to be a RFA in 2016 before the deadline. But you'd better be willing to match a max contract for that guy when he hits RFA because every team will have space and many will overspend.
The other option is to make a couple of small moves this year and then preserve that space to hire a 1-2 year mercenary in 2016 to elevate the team to contender status through a trade. Free agency is going to be nuts, but the Jazz could take on ANY contract in the league to get up to the cap and then sign their own guys to go over it. While everyone will have space, not every team will want to keep all of their highly paid players. And Utah has assets to burn.
green
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What this guy said.
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I see what you did there.
gregbroncs
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I don't think Favors is our 1st all-star. I think Hayward makes it next season unless he has a serious drop off from his current production.
Farmer.Tan
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With fans voting in the starters, you're probably right.
The Gobert fever is starting to spread nationally. Probably internationally, I'm guessing.
jope
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Gobert is the NBA/media darling, has international ties in decent market, and is every-bit the person and player the NBA represents. His path is paved already, if he continues his current play.