Jazz Offseason Plan

[NUMBERICA]

So is he one of the washed up players we should take a chance on?

At his salary, no.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I was ultimately happy that Favors was back because I love him but I found the move weird when it happened. He had some great overall play, plus/minus with the Pelicans so the money didn't come as much of an overpay but paying a little extra so you don't have to go after perimeter defenders and alter the rotation too much.

There were also some warning signs. Fave had an abysmal bubble season. In the bubble, he couldn't move at all, looked so slow I thought he was injured. Bubble was an unique situation, though and I didn't give it much thought. It wasn't like Pelicans were playing for something.

I think Fave is here to stay. He is well liked and still plays better than most back-ups. Money would be better used somewhere else but so would be the assets we have.

I am not sure. I wish we had paid a little less so we didn't push into the tax this year. I also am wondering why we paid full MLE and now the guy can't even hold up under a backup center load. I think splitting time with Udoka will help (Favs takes a 1/3 or so of the nights off and Udoka becomes the backup those nights). That might help us see if we can trade one of them for some value or if Udoka is good enough that he might be an improvement or allow us to move Favs with little to no consequence. Quin is such a creature of habit I'm not sure he could do this.

If they can get off his salary for a low price I'd do it. If not I don't force it.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I know I shouldn’t read too much into Tony’s recent article, but it sure feels like we are in store for a “run it back” offseason.

Which is best case scenario at this point. Conley re-signing is what is best for the team. We are going to be worse if he doesn’t re-sign. Use the MLE to go get a wing who can defend and we are right back in the mix for contention.

 

[LoPo]

I am not sure. I wish we had paid a little less so we didn't push into the tax this year. I also am wondering why we paid full MLE and now the guy can't even hold up under a backup center load. I think splitting time with Udoka will help (Favs takes a 1/3 or so of the nights off and Udoka becomes the backup those nights). That might help us see if we can trade one of them for some value or if Udoka is good enough that he might be an improvement or allow us to move Favs with little to no consequence. Quin is such a creature of habit I'm not sure he could do this.

If they can get off his salary for a low price I'd do it. If not I don't force it.

To me, it's simple - if we can unload his salary for nothing, we should do it. If it takes us adding an asset, we shouldn't do it.

Overall, there is no reason we should be using 3 roster spots on centers who cannot spread the floor or guard the perimeter.

 

[LoPo]

Which is best case scenario at this point. Conley re-signing is what is best for the team. We are going to be worse if he doesn’t re-sign. Use the MLE to go get a wing who can defend and we are right back in the mix for contention.

Best case scenario:

Mike re-signs
We draft a player good enough to contribute and Quin trusts enough to play
We add 2-3 players via the MLE, BAE or minimum who address need areas of smallball/stretch 5 and perimeter defense.

Worst case scenario:

Mike leaves and we get nothing back. That would be a massive gut punch in free agency. I'm not a guy who thinks Conley is impactful as others do around here, but we simply can't lose an asset for nothing after that asset cost us assets we still haven't even given out yet.

 

[NAOS]

Don is friends with everyone in the league except Dhillon Brooks, Gary Trent, Edmond Sumner, and Rudy Gobert.

Sumner is a guy I’d consider bringing onboard, actually.

 

[NAOS]

I wish we could somehow replace Clarkson with Doug McDermott. He's a free agent so it would probably have to be a sign and trade with Indiana. Locke mentioned him this morning when talking about the best points gained players in the league. I think he could replace JC as our bench scorer and be WAY more efficient. He averaged nearly 14 points a game last year and shot 53% from the field and 39% from 3, Clarkson shot just 42.5% from the field and 35% from 3. Clarkson is -0.7 in Locke's points gained and McDermott is +1.4.

If JC can be sold high, then I’m selling. For Marcus Smart, pls.

 

[NAOS]

Rebounding in the playoffs was a big concern. We gave up too many second chance shots.

And this was an obvious problem last season as well. Not addressed.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

So was just thinking if Favs can't be traded I'd kick the tires around Udoka. Even if we did a deal where we sent Udoka and #30 to OKC for #34 and #36 it would save like 2.4M in salary... translates to about $9M in tax if we use taxpayer MLE and retain Mike... so relatively small deal would save about 11.4M.

If I was running the finances I'd be looking for ways to get about 3 roster spots covered by second round guys because if you draft and sign them you can save about $900k per roster spot and about $3M+ in tax. Its another reason you don't trade #47th pick for Matt Thomas last year... coulda saved some serious dough.

 

[NAOS]

Sexton would be an interesting trade idea if Conley left. Don’t know what they’re asking or if we’d even be able to put together a package for him but I like him a lot. He fits Donovan’s timeline perfectly.

I’d guess that you’d sour on him pretty quickly. His decision-making is exhausting....... But maybe Quin’s system would help him a ton.

 

[NAOS]

We couldn’t defender the perimeter against the Clippers but if nobody can guard Sexton/Mitchell does it really matter?

Um, yeah it does. Also, lemme add a lol. Bai.

 

[NAOS]

Conley was easily our 2nd most impactful perimeter defender this year, which is saying very little obviously, but he was good.

It says a lot, actually. Unfortunately.