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Jazz Sign Rudy Gay

NUMBERICA said:
Uhhhhhhhhh



This is... really bad...

It means they will only have matching rights to the MLE as they would only have Early Bird Rights. In other words; If he pops, someone will poach him really easily.

Should’ve just picked him at 30 if the seconds didn’t even get Favors off. Really, incredibly short-sighted for a dude they supposedly targeted to trade up for in the lottery.
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Yeah, I’ve thought this. Not having the first round contract stuff may bite us in the ***. And for what?
 
infection said:
Yeah, I’ve thought this. Not having the first round contract stuff may bite us in the ***. And for what?
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To make Butler feel slighted out of the gate? He is, by the way. His introductory press conference featured him spilling a little salt about the draft.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Uhhhhhhhhh



This is... really bad...

It means they will only have matching rights to the MLE as they would only have Early Bird Rights. In other words; If he pops, someone will poach him really easily.

Should’ve just picked him at 30 if the seconds didn’t even get Favors off. Really, incredibly short-sighted for a dude they supposedly targeted to trade up for in the lottery.
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Yeah I been saying this. If he pops we still match and keep him so that’s the good news. We save a bunch in tax… but it’s obviously not ideal. While I love him… who knows maybe he is just okay or can’t stay healthy. I would have passed on the second rounders and taken the guaranteed deal.
 
If Butler pops, Jazz should offer the full TPMLE next year for as many years as he will take it for.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Yeah I been saying this. If he pops we still match and keep him so that’s the good news. We save a bunch in tax… but it’s obviously not ideal. While I love him… who knows maybe he is just okay or can’t stay healthy. I would have passed on the second rounders and taken the guaranteed deal.
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If he pops, all a team has to do a offer him more than the MLE. Or what am I missing here?
 
Ineptimusprime said:
I’d like to see Butler play a few games before I anoint him anything.

I am super excited about him, BTW.
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Sure, but in contrast to most rookie situations, the Jazz lose team control very quickly if he’s what’s been advertised.

If he’s that good, it’s really, really important that he’s kept. It always would be, but right now, he’s the only thing remotely resembling a candidate that can be worth a **** in 2-3 years that is Donovan’s age or younger.
 
I'm sad there won't be Gay-Favors. But Gay at 12.1M for two years is nice. We have more depth. I know Gay used to be a good defender - hopefully he still is.
 
NUMBERICA said:
If he pops, all a team has to do a offer him more than the MLE. Or what am I missing here?
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No… the arenas rules are complex but assuming we don’t have space we could offer him the average nba salary. It could be like 4/60m in 2 years. It’s what Toronto did with Powell back in the day and Miami did it with Richardson. It’s what Sacramento is using to keep Holmes. It’s based on cap stuff but I’d say if he’s worth more than that after 2 years then we are in amazing shape… and we’d figure out a way to clear some space maybe.
 
kabenac said:
I'm sad there won't be Gay-Favors. But Gay at 12.1M for two years is nice. We have more depth. I know Gay used to be a good defender - hopefully he still is.
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Hey we are halfway to Gay Love if Kevin Love gets bought out we will make it happen.
 
infection said:
I was thinking it would allow Rudy the opportunity to compare his straight black side to his Gay Whiteside.
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I’ve always wanted a Gay Butler.
 
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