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Jazz sign another D league dude (Elliott Williams)

Ellis269 said:
Absolutely. But who they can pick isn't as important as accumulating assets. IMO, Jeremy Lin for $8.3 million cap/$15 million cash on an expiring contract and a lottery protected 1st and 2nd round pick (plus being a good stopgap fit for Quin Snyder) is a lot more palatable than $7 million over two seasons for Steve Novak (to sit at the end of the bench and not contribute all season long.)

The value was not just in the asset acquired, but the value of the player coming in (Lin may be maligned and overpaid, but he's smart and a good fit for QS). Plus there's the financial gain in acquiring a highly popular player for nothing more than taking on a bloated one-year contract.
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Exum and Burke doe.
 
freakazoid said:
Exum and Burke doe.
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Yep. And with Burke's struggles along with Exum's rawness, I don't think it's a stretch at all to say that Quin Snyder could have started Lin, and brought both Exum and Burke in off the bench and focused on developing both of our young point guards. It would have only been for one year, with the likelihood of him leaving as a UFA in 2015/16.

I don't think it would have hurt either guy if both were getting less minutes to come in off the bench. I still think that Lin would fit in well. If I could somehow talk the Lakers into taking back Novak's contract, I'd trade him and Clark and 2nd round picks for Lin right now - no hesitation. I think that taking the starting pressure off Burke would help his development, but I don't think moving Dante into the starting lineup is the right answer either.
 
Ellis269 said:
Yep. And with Burke's struggles along with Exum's rawness, I don't think it's a stretch at all to say that Quin Snyder could have started Lin, and brought both Exum and Burke in off the bench and focused on developing both of our young point guards. It would have only been for one year, with the likelihood of him leaving as a UFA in 2015/16.

I don't think it would have hurt either guy if both were getting less minutes to come in off the bench. I still think that Lin would fit in well. If I could somehow talk the Lakers into taking back Novak's contract, I'd trade him and Clark and 2nd round picks for Lin right now - no hesitation. I think that taking the starting pressure off Burke would help his development, but I don't think moving Dante into the starting lineup is the right answer either.
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Right, but you're using the power of hindsight. If you imagine the mindset of the FO at the time, we just drafted a guy to compete for minutes with the guy we drafted the year before. When you add that to the money involved to bring in a third point, I can see why it didn't happen.
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Also, I believe DL knew the fans were frustrated with the team bringing in vets to play ahead of our young players, and I also believe he truly wanted to commit to the rebuild. If winning now was a priority, they definitely could have brought in players that would have helped us win a few more games in the short term. I like Lin and I have no doubt we'd have won more games, but personally I'm glad they finally committed to our youth. Having said that, with the emergence of Rudy, I think it's time to look at going all in, so I do expect another point to be brought in sooner rather than later.
 
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