Gobert Getting Mad Love on REALGM

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Kanter will be back. There are enough minutes at the 4/5 for all 3 bigs to get their minutes. Kanter's value won't have anything to do with him demanding a certain amount, and he won't have any say in whether or not he starts. His value will be whatever someone else is willing to throw at him, and if Utah decides to match, he's a Jazzman, regardless of coming off the bench or getting paid less than he thinks he's worth. Utah isn't in a financial position where they have to let Kanter go. If anything, he could be traded, but simply letting a #3 pick walk for nothing would be another asset wasted. Not happening.

Kind of like how letting Millsap, who was an actual boss, was let go for nothing? (and his contract was actually super reasonable)

 

[Jazz4ever]

Kanter will be back. There are enough minutes at the 4/5 for all 3 bigs to get their minutes. Kanter's value won't have anything to do with him demanding a certain amount, and he won't have any say in whether or not he starts. His value will be whatever someone else is willing to throw at him, and if Utah decides to match, he's a Jazzman, regardless of coming off the bench or getting paid less than he thinks he's worth. Utah isn't in a financial position where they have to let Kanter go. If anything, he could be traded, but simply letting a #3 pick walk for nothing would be another asset wasted. Not happening.

Not sure why you really want him back. There are a lot of good free agents that help this team a lot more than Kanter.

 

[Ellipse]

Kind of like how letting Millsap, who was an actual boss, was let go for nothing? (and his contract was actually super reasonable)

My recollection is that Millsap was offered an extension and he turned it down. He ended up signing with Atlanta for less money than he was offered from the Jazz. Again, that is my recollection which could be wrong.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Not sure why you really want him back. There are a lot of good free agents that help this team a lot more than Kanter.

And for cheaper. It appears we overpayed for Burks, don't want to have a whole roster of overpaid players, even if the salary cap is going up.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

My recollection is that Millsap was offered an extension and he turned it down. He ended up signing with Atlanta for less money than he was offered from the Jazz. Again, that is my recollection which could be wrong.

We offered him like 32 over 4 years and Atlanta gave him 19 over 2, or something along those lines. He was offered more per year for Atlanta (sure of it) but with shorter years.

 

[fishonjazz]

Kind of like how letting Millsap, who was an actual boss, was let go for nothing? (and his contract was actually super reasonable)

We offered him like 32 over 4 years and Atlanta gave him 19 over 2, or something along those lines. He was offered more per year for Atlanta (sure of it) but with shorter years.

I don't think millsap was comfortable here and wanted leave. I think having two young promising lottery bigs playing on the roster with him probably didn't help.

Just my opinion of the situation. I think the jazz didn't value him quite as much as they could have and millsap was happy to leave anyway

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think he just wanted big money and no one was offering it so he chose the team that was giving him the most money per year with a short deal and a starting role to prove himself further so he could cash out this upcoming year (his last opportunity for a huge check).

The gamble worked. Interested to see how much he will get in FA. Seems like he has more respect as a game changer now as opposed being just a solid starter. Think his playoff performance will heavily dictate what he gets offered next year.

 

[fishonjazz]

I think he just wanted big money and no one was offering it so he chose the team that was giving him the most money per year with a short deal and a starting role to prove himself further so he could cash out this upcoming year (his last opportunity for a huge check).

The gamble worked. Interested to see how much he will get in FA. Seems like he has more respect as a game changer now as opposed being just a solid starter. Think his playoff performance will heavily dictate what he gets offered next year.

Maybe so.
Could have just wanted to go somewhere that he thought he could win and get to the playoffs too

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Maybe so.
Could have just wanted to go somewhere that he thought he could win and get to the playoffs too

Nah, he just wanted respect (money). I'm nearly positive he and his agent stated this. If he wanted to go to a winner, he had much better options.

 

[fishonjazz]

If he wanted to go to a winner, he had much better options.

Dat first place #1 seed atlanta hawks doe

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

This is very exciting to see. I'm sure a fair amount of those are actual Jazz fans (and Jazzfanz users) but still, I went through about 30 of them and basically every single comment was raving about him. This is nice to see--that it's not just us with rose-colored glasses.

 

[freakazoid]

Not sure why you really want him back. There are a lot of good free agents that help this team a lot more than Kanter.

Tradeable asset. Lots of other teams will have money, and FAs aren't lining up to sign in Utah, let alone when we're closer to the bottom than the top. Also, I believe he is still developing. Just the same, I'm fine with trading Enes to improve the team, I'm just not ok with letting assets walk away for nothing.