Joe Johnson Coming to Utah

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He can shoot, so cool.

 

[The Fresh Prince]

A bench lineup so far of Exum/Burks/Johnson/Lyles/Withey

If Lyles and Exum turn the corner and start showing us their game this could be a deadly 2nd unit.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

What, no Durant? DL sucks and should be fired.

 

[Rgiss]

Gave him 8 Mill less than what we offered Dudley.

I get hyped easy, but HYPE

 

[Kyoto]

Nice, I thought he was brutally underrated while with the Hawks. It was a lifetime ago that he was an all star but he can still play. Nice pickup

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

Seriously though, can't wait to hear the takes of the chronic complainers.

 

[green]

If Johnson can do what he did in Miami, it wouldn't shock me if he started. 52% FG, 42% 3pt%, 13 pts/game. Let him start, play 25 mins a night. Have Hood command the bench unit and play 30 mins a night.

Johnson could come in and spread the floor and open it up. You'd have Hill, Johnson, Hayward, Favors, Gobert. Johnson would give Favors and Gobert a lot more room in the paint.

 

[FabioJazz]

A lot of improvement
In:-> Joe
Out:-> Chris

 

[NAOS]

Hmm. Alright.

My first reaction was "Hmmm. Ok."

 

[kabenac]

So far, not bad. Teams like the Mavs are likely looking at us and saying "We did nothing and the Jazz bolstered their rotation by adding Hill & Johnson...."

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Joe's stats with Miami where rock solid. If he can bring that to Utah, I'm a happy camper.

 

[stitches]

LOVE IT!!! LOOOOOOOVE IT! Awesome move! ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! Better than anybody else we've been linked to. Joe Johnson was bad on his 20M contract in 65M capspace. Joe Johnson is AWESOME for 2x11 in 100M+ capspace.

He's a bit on the older side, but hopefully he won't completely fall off the map in the next two years.

BTW an interesting bit of trivia - Joe Johnson was Rodney Hood's favorite player growing up. Here's a picture of 12 year old Rodney taking an autograph from Joe Johnson: