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Joe Johnson Coming to Utah

MDAV28 said:
Why do you say that?
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His shot selection and some of the decisions he makes on the court really annoy me. Also, Given his age, I expect a decline in his physical ability, thus exasperating those issues.

But if it doesn't work out, we will be stuck with him for a maximum of 2 years. And 11m isn't a crippling amount. I don't yet know how I feel about the whole thing.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Wow. If Stifle can't find anything to bitch about I'm not sure anyone will be able to.
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Thanks. I made my comments before listening to Locke, but everyone should listen to the podcast (One Love posted a link). Jazz often had stretches where they couldn't score and everyone looked afraid to shoot. And, of course, sacks often tightened up at the end of games. JJ has been there/done that. He can take over when needed. A perfect signing, IMO.
 
He can score and be a leader off the bench, things the Jazz needed. The biggest benefit in my mind is that he is a veteran who Burks, Hayward and Rodney can learn from.

And it seems clear that Jazz wanted to offer two year deals to maintain flexibility in 2018.

this is a solid move by the Jazz. I like the way the team is shaping up.
 
Siro said:
His shot selection and some of the decisions he makes on the court really annoy me. Also, Given his age, I expect a decline in his physical ability, thus exasperating those issues.

But if it doesn't work out, we will be stuck with him for a maximum of 2 years. And 11m isn't a crippling amount. I don't yet know how I feel about the whole thing.
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He ia also a pretty good spot-up shooter and a good PNR player. He has some negatives, but he also has a lot of positives.
 
My biggest question about JJ is his defense. Can he still defend at a league average level?
 
Siro said:
A lot of optimism right now, and that's great. But mark my words, JF will sour on him within a month.

Personally, I think it's an okay deal. A 35 year old chucker with decent shooting %s for 11m. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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But a chucker who had good shooting percentages. Had Burke been able to hit 44/38, we wouldn't have complained about him taking too many shots. Locke pointed out JJ hits 55% off P&R. Gotta love that, even if it drops a bit. He played 30+ mins last season. I think dropping to 25 will keep him fresher.
 
Johnson can teach Hayward/Hood a lot too. Both Hood/Hayward have a lot of isolation scoring in their game but both can really expand that part of their game into posting up smaller players, something Johnson has excelled at.
 
So we are looking at a 11 man rotation of:

Hill/Exum
Hood/Burks
Hayward/Johnson/Ingles
Favors/Lyles
Gobert/Withey

I think Ingles/Withey minutes depend on matchups if Jazz go small or big. Obviously if we make it to crunch time in the regular season or playoffs that rotation will probably cutout Ingles/Withey altogether.

Mack/Neto/Pleiss currently make up our reserves (I'm assuming Burke will not be on this roster). So that leaves 1 spot open for either Bolomboy, a trade acquisition, or another FA signing.
 
Also, the Jazz are still 6 million from the salary floor. If we don't end up signing anyone else besides Bolomboy, the entire Jazz roster will get a nice bonus.
 
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