Why?
Also you have Sefelosha and Jerebko playing there. You have 5 options depending on matchups. Udoh can play there as well pretty well. Although thats rough with Gobert on offense.
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Also you have Sefelosha and Jerebko playing there. You have 5 options depending on matchups. Udoh can play there as well pretty well. Although thats rough with Gobert on offense.
LoPo
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Unfortunately for Thabo, our deadline to make a decision on him is 7/1. I think we should decline his option and re-sign him later if both sides still want it.
$5.5 for Thabo is not a good value.
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$5.5 for Thabo is not a good value.
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LoPo
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We have to keep Exum and I hope its for $7 million or less.
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This.
I don't think the Wolves would go that high. They already have Gibson starting, they won't be paying Bjelica very much at all.
Bjelica could start on our team if we don't bring back Favors. He's a great fit. We need to go get him if we strike out on the Paul George sweepstake.
Jack Strop
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Agree. Crowder took over Thabo's role.
Jazz can always add Thabo for part of the MLE if they don't find anyone else they like.
I think it takes almost the full MLE for Minnesota not to match for Bjelica. But they just might anyway since they're looking to trade KAT and Wiggins. Either one of those trades gives them salary relief.
And what's this about Exum at $15M? I believe that's just his cap hold, correct? I think a few teams would offer him the MLE, though. That's nothing for a former #5 pick who has been injured, but shown flashes. He's worth the risk if a playoff team has room under the tax. Or, he's still young enough to be a key rotation player for a rebuilding team. He'll get at least the MLE.
1. Decline Thabo's option. He's a joker, he's a smoker, he's a midnight toker.
2. Get a final answer from PG.
3. Offer Bjelica up to the MLE. Might be an overpay, but we need his shooting.
4. Re-sign Dante
5. Make a decision on Favors.
6. Re-sign Udoh and Jerebko. They're not really needed, but the expirings could be very valuable trade chips for matching salaries at the deadline.
I feel like this signing is of particular focus for the organization.
That would soften the blow in not getting KBD, so that's what I'll hope.
Exum is the poster-child of the sunk cost fallacy.
TheStormofWar
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I would sign Book to a Vet Min deal to chill on the bench if he wanted it even if we were in the tax.
TheStormofWar
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Something to note with the draft went unnoticed but is a huge signal about our future as an organization. Mitchell is very much in the know about what the Jazz are planning. He also has input into the personnel decisions of the team enough that Lindsey was good with the Grayson pick. The Jazz are quietly beginning the transition of building around him as a, if not the, centerpiece for the franchise.