I doubt he would really do that buyout if the season started in January. Might as well just finish your 3 months you have left and get paid, then sign that fat NBA contract.
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I doubt he would really do that buyout if the season started in January. Might as well just finish your 3 months you have left and get paid, then sign that fat NBA contract.
Jermine o'neal would be a very solid peak for favors, especially if he stays healthy.
O'Neal's career really took a dive, but in his prime he was the best player on a team that was a serious contender in the east for several years, as well as one of the better defensive players in the league. Favors will likely always be a more efficient scorer however IMO.
O'Neal's career really took a dive, but in his prime he was the best player on a team that was a serious contender in the east for several years, as well as one of the better defensive players in the league. Favors will likely always be a more efficient scorer however IMO.
You mean 22, and started kicking *** mostly because he finally started to get minutes? And you'd ever complain about getting a 20/10/2.5 big that had no holes in his game?
Yeah, I hope he's not Jermaine O'Neal as well.
Gyp Rosetti
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Favors also has a bigger, seemingly stronger frame than O'Neal and perhaps better hops. Jermaine's body always sort of reminded me of a taller Merton Hanks. Not broad, not thick or particularly strong, sort of a long neck. So Favors has that goin' for him. Which is nice.
I find myself trying to read between the lines here .. hanging on every word.
candrew
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Right O'Neal didn't get minutes early on in Portland because they were stacked at the time.
Jazz don't have that problem.
BTW, before he was injured, O'Neal might have had the explosiveness that Favors has; but never the hops.
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Say what you want, but ONeal still played in a tougher league than a lot of these chumps today.
The NBA today is bigmanless (with seriously, one exception, the dude in Orlando).
Today, it's all about the fairy Gasols, the weak Amares, the pansie Boozers, and the undersized Millsaps.
When Oneal was playing, there was still Shaq, Malone (even at age 50 Malone could dominate this league), Duncan, Zo, Elton Brand, KG, Sheed, Big Ben, and Antonio Davis.
Jermaine O'Neal in his prime, was easily a top 5 big man. He could score inside and out. If Favors develops into a top 15 (even in this crappy bigman league), the Jazz will be happy. Favors, while I'm high on him, has a long way to go. For every "good game" where we say a flash, there we at least 5 others where he came in, racked up a few fouls, and sat on the bench.
vslice02
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I compared Favors to Jermaine O'Neal a few months back
(https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?6249-Let-me-do-a-FAVORs-and-do-a-non-draft-thread.&p=165920#post165920)
and I would be estatic if he turns out to be the caliber of bigman that Jermaine O'Neal was in his prime.
(https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?6249-Let-me-do-a-FAVORs-and-do-a-non-draft-thread.&p=165920#post165920)
and I would be estatic if he turns out to be the caliber of bigman that Jermaine O'Neal was in his prime.
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Joe Bagadonuts
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Either I'm misremembering or you are. I don't think Favors stunk it up once he was in a Jazz uniform at nearly the rate you're implying. I recall a steady and promising progression, not one good game followed by five stinkers.