George Hill coming to Utah

[fishonjazz]

Although #12 for a 30 year old PG with 1 year left on his contract may be an overpayment, I understand & like this move. For awhile now, I've felt that we needed to either add veterans & attempt to win now or trade our players nearing the end of their contracts (Hayward/Favors) & continue to rebuild.

George Hill absolutely makes sense for this team (more so than Teague IMO). He's a good defender & 3pt shooter capable of playing either guard position. Although #12 is a bit much to give up for him, realistically we weren't going to get better production from a rookie in what will undoubtedly be a defining season for this franchise.

Adding Hill not only gives us a veteran at a position of need, but it takes a lot of pressure off of Dante Exum as well. This trade also gives us a very solid rotation with Hill/Exum, Hayward/Hood/Burks, & Favors/Gobert/Lyles (not to mention Mack, Neto, Ingles, Whithey, etc) That is a deep, flexible, defensive oriented team that compliments eachother well. I expect us to compete for the 4/5 seed & have a very good chance at advancing to the 2nd round (assuming we stay moderately healthy *knock on wood*).

While it's always fun to dream on the potential of a lottery pick, veteran leadership, defensive ability, & 3 pt shooting out of the PG position is much more valuable to our current roster than additional potential would have been (which we have plenty of). We had come to a fork in the road & it was time for management to pick a direction, I'm just glad they made a definitive decision. Welcome to Utah, George Hill. Go Jazz!

Great post.
I feel the same way

 

[NAOS]

Just spoke to G Hill's agent: Although on one year deal, the hope is Hill will be in Utah long term
— Tony Jones (@Tjonessltrib) June 22, 2016
Hill's agent said they would've looked at Utah next season in free agency regardless. He loves Snyder, has close relationship with Hayward
— Tony Jones (@Tjonessltrib) June 22, 2016
Agent said Hill wants to go "where he is loved"....didn't always feel appreciated in Indiana with the Pacers
— Tony Jones (@Tjonessltrib) June 22, 2016
...

This is enough of good omen coming out of the Hill camp for me to get officially excited about this trade. I didn't know there was a relationship with Hayward or a fondness for Snyder. Great to hear.

Also, I've always thought Hill's game would age well. He's got 4 or 5 productive years left. 4 or 5 years of Hill would be much better than we were likely to get out of the 12th pick in this draft.

 

[fishonjazz]

I know a lot of people don't do it on here but it's called agreeing haha.

Lol. Ya it's been so long since someone agreed with me I forgot what is like.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Lol. Ya it's been so long since someone agreed with me I forgot what is like.

Amen

 

[Ellipse]

Why are the Jazz telegraphing this? That almost guarantees they are going to have to eat his contract. Why not say something like "We think Trey is a valuable part of our team, has a great upside and is in our long-term plans."?

Well, I can think of two reasons:

1. They tried it, but everyone assumed they were talking about Lyles, or
2. They broke into hysterical laughter every time they tried to spit it out.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Hayward, Hill, and Lyles. We have all the good Hoosiers.

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[NAOS]

Amen

I see what you did there.

 

[green]

I don't see it that way at all. Hill's agent said he wants to re-sign in Utah if possible. So Lindsey has perfect insurance: if Dante blows up, then he's our guy. If he doesn't, then re-sign Hill next summer. Win-win.

Hill is 30. He isn't a long term solution. He is a 1-2 year stop gap. A really good one, but a short one.

 

[green]

I already posted them. You seemed to have ignored them. Shocker.

Was it in your condescending believe-me-cause-i-said-so post? If so, yeah, I didn't read that. Worthless. Your delivery sucked.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I'm having difficulty understanding why we didn't just get Teague and leave Indiana out of this. Teague is two years younger and the better player.

A few things. The Jazz view Exum as the man at pg is their high priced high draft pick.

Also to resign Teague we are looking at 14-17 million a year. Sounds like Hill wants to be here long term. IMO I don't think DL gives up the pick for a one year rental. Signing Teague would hurt the long term potential of Exum. I don't think Teague would want to sign a shorter deal.

Last. U can play Exum and Hill together giving Exum more minutes.

Like sir said, why did we get Hill and not Teague.

Look at my post above.

I like Hill more than Teague, but the cost was too high if all we get back is Hill for #12

Lol. This from a guy that wanted to trade Hayward for the 3rd pick. Lol

I'm with Cy, 100%.

Get a screen shot of this whoa!!!


As far as this trade goes it's a good one. A total steal if Exum still starts. Our bench was already deep. Now it's loaded if Hill comes off the bench.

 

[green]

[MENTION=228]green[/MENTION]

Cmon man. You scared?

Am I scared? Nope. I'm also not stupid. If this team stays healthy, they will get close to 50 wins. Hill isn't the answer. The bet you proposed is what a simple man would propose.

So, no. Why would I make a bet about win totals when the health of the Jazz will effect that a lot more than Hill will. Only an idiot would take that bet.

 

[Ellipse]

Hill hitting that age where guys often start to go downhill. If he does sign long term I hope he can still be a decent player.

Yeah, I remember Stockton losing a step when he turned 29 ... dude never amounted to much after that.