John Hollinger Thinks Conley May Opt Out

[NUMBERICA]

My post was actually informed by that piece of info. Seems crazy he would get anything less than $12 million a year starting.

 

[NUMBERICA]

He isnt a starter on any of those teams. Those teams shouldnt want to pay him that much money.

Is a team like Detroit/Charlotte really going to want to start him at the 5, especially when both teams have shots at drafting a Wiseman/Okangu?

Is he going to want to go to a bench role in Atlanta/NY/Phoenix? Because both teams have more talented starters already in place at the 5

He’d play the “4“.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Anyway, if the Jazz end up with Wood and it hits then that would be the most consequential beneficial acquisition since Mitchell.

 

[NAOS]

When did Cy get hooked up to a bottomless IV bag of koolaid? It’s ****ing comical.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I like the idea of Wood as a backup for the Jazz, but I just don't see him as a starter next to Gobert

My post was actually informed by that piece of info. Seems crazy he would get anything less than $12 million a year starting.

Market is dry and not many teams need a 5.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I like the idea of Wood as a backup for the Jazz, but I just don't see him as a starter next to Gobert
Market is dry and not many teams need a 5.

Wood is a legit hybrid big and spent about half of his time at the 4 last year.

If the sample size were larger and the market wasn’t **** it would be a foregone conclusion that he gets a max deal. But that’s not the situation, and sample size matters.

I think the Jazz are basically at their ceiling unless they can find a player that provides what Wood did last year. That includes scenarios where they improve at other positions. We could really use the athleticism, size, and versatility, doubly so considering that we don’t know how the Gobert situation is going to play out.

I understand it is well within the realm of possibility that Wood had a flash in the pan season but I believe it’s worth whatever risk would come with putting the Jazz in position to acquire him (which would probably mean losing some combination of draft picks, letting Clarkson walk, and/or dumping Conley by some miracle besides the obvious salary implications down the road).

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Wood is a legit hybrid big and spent about half of his time at the 4 last year.

If the sample size were larger and the market wasn’t **** it would be a foregone conclusion that he gets a max deal. But that’s not the situation, and sample size matters.

I think the Jazz are basically at their ceiling unless they can find a player that provides what Wood did last year. That includes scenarios where they improve at other positions. We could really use the athleticism, size, and versatility, doubly so considering that we don’t know how the Gobert situation is going to play out.

If it was a normal market he might get 14 ish. No way in hell is anyone maxing Wood for 9 games of great stats play on a tanking team.

Maybe he's better than I'm giving credit for, but in no normal market is that happening. I don't think it would even happen in the bloated market that was 2016.

 

[infection]

If he goes for the MLE I want DL there begging him to pick us.

That would hinge entirely on whether or not he’s on DL’s radar, and I think a guy whose growing popularity came out of nowhere and is pushed by non-insiders would be a huge turn-off for DL (think of Trump/Sanders’ appeal to establishment republicans/democrats [DL being the establishment here]). If he’s not on his radar, there’s no reasonable price low enough where his interest is piqued. We’re talking about pure tunnel vision here.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He'd start for a lot of those teams regardless of who they draft. Atlanta would be a no... but they also may move on from John Collins.

Wood is a 4/5 hybrid and I could see him being someone Phoenix plays alongside Ayton... NY has nothing he could absolutely play alongside whatever they have.

Charlotte is just as likely to take Ball or one of the wings... their frontcourt guys are trash. If you think Wood is a sparkle and fade guy then maybe these teams pass him up. I think he'd be one of the best gambles for any of those teams. If he goes for the MLE I want DL there begging him to pick us.

To be clear, I'd love to have him on the MLE. He isnt a starter on this team though, so I have no idea why he would come here.

 

[NAOS]

To be clear, I'd love to have him on the MLE. He isnt a starter on this team though, so I have no idea why he would come here.

He’d start. Your daddy Conley would come off the bench.

 

[cowhide]

If Woods can play the 4 then he would start. He could slide over to the 5 when Rudy sits. Conley, DM, Bogey, Woods, Rudy. That is a nice starting 5. Do not know how the Jazz would be able to acquire him but he definitely makes us better and more athletic.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If Woods can play the 4 then he would start. He could slide over to the 5 when Rudy sits. Conley, DM, Bogey, Woods, Rudy. That is a nice starting 5. Do not know how the Jazz would be able to acquire him but he definitely makes us better and more athletic.

It's not though. You would lose a ton of defense without Ingles or Royce starting. Who is guarding the star wings in that starting lineup?

If we got Wood I'd like to see him be a 25 mpg guy who is the primary backup 5 and plays in some lineups with Gobert.

He isn't a 4. He's a guy who needs to be put in pnr and pnps. With Rudy in the lineup he'd be either be on the perimeter or the dunkers spot