Jazz Free Agency Summer of 2018

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I really like the kid but they aren’t trading him to us.

I thought he was worth our pick at 30 last year.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

If we lose Favs, I might take a look at Nerlens Noel along with Bjelica.

Nerlens ?? why ??

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Nerlens ?? why ??

Backup energy big. Good defender. Cheap deal. Some upside.

Dallas offered him $70M. He has talent.

 

[colton]

Dante... should it be strange we haven't heard more about that?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong:
Qualifying offers and RFA... how it works is, you make him a QO at a predetermined amount, (roughly $5 mil, in this case) and that gives you the rights to match any offer. If he doesn't get offered, you have to reach a deal OR he plays on that QO for one year and becomes UFA next year, correct?

Yes, I think you got that exactly right.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

Backup energy big. Good defender. Cheap deal. Some upside.

Dallas offered him $70M. He has talent.

sure, as a rim rolling 5 can't play 4 at all tho

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Our best move from here is probably in a trade.

 

[Shad]

If Favors doesn't come back with us then we officially did what we did the year before and sit on our hands hoping to bring someone back while everyone else is gone before that player "decided."

 

[Ineptimusprime]

Yeah, it would suck. I think he’ll be back though. We are the only team that met with him in person and decision is tomorrow.

 

[dy47]

So, if for some reason we are wrong and Favs bounces tomorrow, who is DL’s first phone call? Parker? Denver (take Faried as a dump)? Bjelica? Bertans?

Other than Parker, everyone else seems like a major step back.

Amir Johnson ?

 

[Jack Strop]

If Favors doesn't come back with us then we officially did what we did the year before and sit on our hands hoping to bring someone back while everyone else is gone before that player "decided."

And who is it that we could have gotten? Even if Favors had told us before free agency began that he wasn't returning, the Jazz' hands are tied. Exum has a $15M cap hold. Jazz would be at about $95M in cap space if they had renounced all three NG's. So either way, Jazz would have about the equivalent of the MLE to spend. The only way to clear more is if Favs leaves, Jazz renounce or sign Dante to a cheaper deal than his cap hold and/or DL finds a buyer for Burks.

This is not like the Hayward situation. Favors is letting us know on Day 2. There are still moves Dennis can make if Derrick leaves. I'm sure in a 5 hr. meeting a lot of scenarios and options were presented to him. And as far as a backup 5 if Favors leaves, a fair number are still available. It's not like we'd be going after Capela or DAJ. The only player I'd say we could have wanted is Ariza. But again, we don't have cap space for what he got.

 

[Hedda Gambler]

This off season was never about getting the final piece. It was, and is, about using the scarcity of cap space to secure good contracts. Re-signing Favors and Exum to something like 3/33 and 3/25 would mean that we both would have space for a max deal next summer and have Favors, Exum and Crowder on very attractive deals that can be used in trades. This is obviously assuming they don`t get injured, but no strategy is risk free.

If DL can do this and also maybe secure another good role-player on a cheap contract, we will be in a great situation heading into the trade deadline and next summer. As a bonus we would also have a pretty damn good team and I am not sure what more we could realistically ask for.

 

[The Midnight]