Jazz Free Agency Summer of 2018

[TheStormofWar]

“I’m just trying to find the right situation that makes sense for me as a player. Be in the right spot. Get a chance to showcase my talent. Get a chance to showcase what I can do."

I think he is gone. He has said and done all the right stuff until now, but I think he wants a chance to be featured more. If he stays here, he will get shoved more and more into the background. So many here are talking about his value as Gobert's insurance as much as his value as a starter. He is the 5th most important starter here. He wouldn't be that at most other teams.

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Maybe, and if so and the right contract comes along, I don't begrudge him that one bit. I would miss his versatility to play the 4 and 5, but Utah does have some depth at the 5 at this point (Bradley, Udoh) and we are looking to re-tool the 4 this offseason.

Still though, if you love a thing....

 

[David Stern]

“I’m just trying to find the right situation that makes sense for me as a player. Be in the right spot. Get a chance to showcase my talent. Get a chance to showcase what I can do."

I think he is gone. He has said and done all the right stuff until now, but I think he wants a chance to be featured more. If he stays here, he will get shoved more and more into the background. So many here are talking about his value as Gobert's insurance as much as his value as a starter. He is the 5th most important starter here. He wouldn't be that at most other teams.

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He says later on in the same article that there's a good chance he resigns quickly because he likes Utah

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

He says later on in the same article that there's a good chance he resigns quickly because he likes Utah

So genuine and great.

 

[mellow]

The Bucks would be wise to trade Bledsoe and Dellie to the Cavs for George Hill.

Bucks shed Bledsoe and Dellie's $9 million for 2019. Cavs get a better PG and their boy Dellie back.

Ha ha Cleveland fans....you lost LEbron to the Lakers, but you got your guy Dellie back to play behind Bledsoe and Sexton.

Although....Cleveland hasn't won a title since Dellavedova left there.....

 

[LoPo]

He can't be at a place to "show what he can do" and "hope he resigns quickly". If he was staying, he would simply say I hope I'm back and not all this stuff about controlling his destiny, being excited about talking to teams and wanting to showcase his talent.

He is talking out of both sides of his mouth.

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[Deleted member 95]

Can someone post a picture in here. The picture displayed to open the thread is a thunder down under naked man and makes Jazzfanz NSFW atm


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[Deleted member 95]

I'm gonna start being asked about my extra curricular activities

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[gomretat]

He can't be at a place to "show what he can do" and "hope he resigns quickly". If he was staying, he would simply say I hope I'm back and not all this stuff about controlling his destiny, being excited about talking to teams and wanting to showcase his talent.

He is talking out of both sides of his mouth.

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Or he is simply approaching free agency that has a ton of unknowns by keeping his options open. Favs will learn a lot in the first few days of free agency

 

[Jingled]

You don't know wtf you are talking about. Favors-Gobert were more than double the minutes in the next highest 5 man unit, and also the 4th (merely 76 minutes less) and the 6th.

If you would have actually read what I wrote you would have noticed I said in crunch time, like the last few minutes of a game. How many games did we finish with Gobert and Favors on the floor together the last two seasons? Very, very few. Last season Joe Johnson pretty much always finished games at the 4 and after the trade deadline this season it was Crowder closing out games at the 4. Quin rarely has Favors in the lineup to close out games.

 

[TheStormofWar]

If you would have actually read what I wrote you would have noticed I said in crunch time, like the last few minutes of a game. How many games did we finish with Gobert and Favors on the floor together the last two seasons? Very, very few. Last season Joe Johnson pretty much always finished games at the 4 and after the trade deadline this season it was Crowder closing out games at the 4. Quin rarely has Favors in the lineup to close out games.

This is true. Usually the line-ups were, from what I saw and checked, Crowder, Gobert, Mitchell, and Rubio, with either Ingles or Royce as the 5th wheel.

 

[stitches]

We desperately need a big who can switch and hit 3s. This is what Quin likes. This is what DL explicitly said we need "The moment we traded Trey Lyles, we knew we will need to find another 6'10" big who can shoot 3s" he said. This is why I want them to prod a bit at Bender/Skal/Hernangomez(DEN)... young players that fit our new timeline and fit into the role that would be vacated by Favors if he leaves.

I think I would give up a first for Bender. I would give up seconds for Skal and Hernangomez. Both of Skal and Hernangomez fit into our trade exception and can be gotten without giving up a player(if their team doesn't want salary back)

 

[mellow]

He can't be at a place to "show what he can do" and "hope he resigns quickly". If he was staying, he would simply say I hope I'm back and not all this stuff about controlling his destiny, being excited about talking to teams and wanting to showcase his talent.

He is talking out of both sides of his mouth.

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Or he is simply approaching free agency that has a ton of unknowns by keeping his options open. Favs will learn a lot in the first few days of free agency

I recently weighed the options of a career move. Went pretty far down the path of recruitment from the new organization. I had to make plans with family as if we were moving while playing it cool with the co-workers. During that time someone could have accused me of talking both sides of my mouth. The truth was I was undecided but I could talk as if I made either choice. I think it is way I handled the stresses involved. I don't consider myself less honest for what I said in that time period.

I don't envy these young men. Big bucks on the line and people expecting you to make quick decisions that will alter your life. FYI, once I decided what to do I immediately made a phone call to announce my intentions. It didn't take me 16-hours to type out a letter.