eleetham916
Banned
i say d-will is gonna play for the lakers or new york now d-will bitch is playing there lol....sorry utah this team is drowning real fast.
i guess it is safe to just stay as is for the rest of the season.
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Hitman
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You're an optimist if you don't think the front office is working on a salary dump to get us under the luxury tax level. I expect them to trade a package of Memo, Hayward, and cash for a second-round pick.
January 10. Yes, we could have called someone up anytime in the past month, but 10-day contracts still cost Greg Miller money.
eleetham916
Banned
it's hard for 29yrs as a fan of this team i had more hope when larry h miller was still alive and living. so mantis don't even go there and give your line of bs on me. at least during the time larry h miller was living...at least he got the players needed to surround karl malone and john stockton and the players they got play with more heart than this team....only thing that stop us was the greatness #23 MJ. that is all im saying.
Doc Cherno
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Not a very adventurous trade deadline for the Jazz, but like most of Utah, they've gotten even more conservative (when that didn't even seem possible). I think they'll keep AK and re-sign him in the summer for much less. That's not a terrible thing, given the NBA economy as well as the real world economy, from the front office POV. AK contributes, but not near All-Star level which is how he is paid. They'll probably develop the young turks a little more, but I'm guessing we'll be seeing the same team next year plus or minus one mid-level guy and a second rounder we all get overly excited about.
Gyp Rosetti
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Here's the problem with AK in my estimation. If he walks, we lose someone who contributes more than most of us, myself included, recognize. Who in the heck will we get to replace all that? But if we re-sign him for too much which for me considering his injury history, inability to stretch the floor, inconsistency, and the current economic climate of the league, is anything over 6.5M per year, we screw ourselves going forward in ever being able to sign a true semi-marquee free agent. If we do re-sign him but on the cheap, and let's just say very cheap (3 years, 12M) for argument's sake, he's still here. He's still on the roster. He's still starting. It's the same old, same old, and even if someone like Hayward does supplant him at some point, that means we likely have salty AK coming off the bench. I guess my point is, his looming free agency is a touchy situation, and other than not re-signing him for too much, I don't know what else to think.
Perhaps the sensitivity of the issue is a microcosm of AK himself and is an indicator that we should just steer clear and rid ourselves of the headache that is AK.
Perhaps the sensitivity of the issue is a microcosm of AK himself and is an indicator that we should just steer clear and rid ourselves of the headache that is AK.
Jan. 10 is the EARLIEST date that 10 day contracts can be signed - I was wondering about a final deadline. Guess I could look it up or something.
Oof.
Wat?
fallenchicken
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This thread is kind of embarrassing.