Jazz are emerging as serious threats to sign Bojan Bogdanovic

[candrew]

Even if the Jazz cut neto?

I wouldn't want to offer any more than what they can right now. And hoping that 4th year is a team option.

He's on the wrong side of 30 and not the most athletic guy. The back end of that deal could be a cap crater.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Even if the Jazz cut neto?

Pretty sure we need to cut Neto anyways to make the Conley trade happen.

 

[Deleted member 365]

We could pick up assets by taking on Ilyasova’s $7 million. Gives us a believable 4 that shoots the 3 and has been a part of several very good defensive teams.

I liked him 5 years ago. How much more does he have left in the tank?

 

[sgjazzfan]

Pretty sure we need to cut Neto anyways to make the Conley trade happen.

Not if they cut Favors and sign BB to an amount that keeps them below the Salary cap.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

But according to Marc Stein Rubio is a done deal. That means they arent looking to be major players for high cost guys.



The Jazz have to hope the Pacers arent willing to offer much more than the Jazz (because they will almost certainly offer more) and that Bojan prefers Utah.

That or hope the Pacers decide to go with cheaper guys to fill out the roster instead of spending all their cap on Bojan and Rubio.

The Pacers can also go over the cap to re-sign Bogdanovic using Early Bird rights at the end of free agency. So it will come down to where Bogdanovic wants to play. They'd just need to sign him after they've made their other moves.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The maximum the Jazz can offer after waiving Neto is ~$17.7 million

After waiving Neto and Niang: ~$18.4 million

After waiving Neto and finding a taker for Bradley:
~$18.8 million

Of those three options, the no-brainer is dumping Bradley (which would probably require sending his 2019-‘20 salary and hopefully an IOU), the Jazz just have a lot less control over that.

The point here is the Jazz might be able to beat Indy’s offer by a few million over the life of the deal. And they should.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

OK, good news is the Pacers dont have full bird rights on Bojan. The most they can sign him to is 18.35 this year (unless they have more cap-room).

Ahh, just saw this. Okay, Jazz will beat their offer.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The Pacers can also go over the cap to re-sign Bogdanovic using Early Bird rights at the end of free agency. So it will come down to where Bogdanovic wants to play. They'd just need to sign him after they've made their other moves.

That assumes their offer is the one he wants to take. Early Bird rights are capped. According to Cy, the most they can offer with those rights is $18.35 million starting.

Jazz have a path to about that same amount. With some cunning work on the trade market they could open a considerably higher number over the life of the new contract.

 

[Miggs]

At this point, if we don’t get Bojan, many of us are gonna be deflated as hell

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

That assumes their offer is the one he wants to take. Early Bird rights are capped. According to Cy, they most they can offer with those rights is $18.35 million starting.

Yeah, just saw this. The Jazz must be planning to beat the Pacers' offer.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think Bojan will basically get two identical offers and need to pick one or the other. Likely stays but we have a legit case. Not getting my hopes up.

 

[Elizah Huge]

At this point, if we don’t get Bojan, many of us are gonna be deflated as hell

I know I will be.