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Jazz Free Agency Summer of 2018

Xthren said:
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Offseason focus

  • The free-agent options for DeMarcus Cousins (short-term deal or sign-and-trade?)

  • Current roster + Cousins = Luxury-tax team

  • The free-agent priority of Rajon Rondo: Tax midlevel if Cousins returns
Exceptions

  • Non-tax midlevel: $8.6M

  • Bi-annual: $3.4M

  • Trade: $3.8M, $2.3M, $2.1M and $1.5M

  • *Cousins salary will impact what exception the Pelicans will have.
Cap-space breakdown

  • Bringing Cousins back on a max contract would leave New Orleans with a projected $132 million in salary -- $9 million over the tax threshold with a tax penalty of $14.5 million. That number will increase to $23.7 million if Rondo signs for the midlevel and the Pelicans could only offer second-round pick Tony Carr a two-year contract.

  • Letting Cousins go would keep the Pelicans under the tax but only with the $8.6 million midlevel and $3.4 million bi-annual exceptions to use.

  • The Pelicans do have four players -- Darius Miller, Emeka Okafor, Cheick Diallo and DeAndre Liggins -- with partial or non-guaranteed contracts. The $2.2 million Miller cap hit will have $300K protected if he is not waived by June 28 and it becomes fully guaranteed on July 24.


Ian Clark | Non-Bird

  • Rajon Rondo | Non-Bird
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I mean I see it is printed but they’d be dumb to do that... give up a good shooting cheap wing... they need more Darius Millers.
 
The thing people are missing is that Favors on a long term 10 or 11 million dollar contract is a tradeable asset. Probably could have netted us Jabari Parker at the deadline. If you can't use cap on a superstar, use it on players worth their contract. You will never go wrong signing players to value contracts.
 
framer said:
The thing people are missing is that Favors on a long term 10 or 11 million dollar contract is a tradeable asset. Probably could have netted us Jabari Parker at the deadline. If you can't use cap on a superstar, use it on players worth their contract. You will never go wrong signing players to value contracts.
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I didn’t miss it... I posted about it... the one caveat... if he’s healthy. I think all that stuff is behind him so I think I’d be cool with it. There will be some bargains.
 
Xthren said:
Super Mario Hezonja is the answer for the Utah Jazz. Book it
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Mario is the answer... to this question... which former #5 pick was the 6th wing for the Utah Jazz in their 2018-19 championship season... hint he also served as Joe ingles (the mvp that year) bag carrier that year?
 
I don't see any point in signing Doug McDermott. He's a good shooter but he can't rebound and he's awful defensively. I don't see him being anything more than a 11th or 12th man on our bench that would never get in the game. I would much rather sign someone like Bjelica or Herzonja.
 
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