trigg3r
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Do we know how much they valued him at the time? Not really. Whether you believe he was a throw in or not, he is now one of the best big men in the game.
Missed Opportunities
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Do we know how much they valued him at the time? Not really. Whether you believe he was a throw in or not, he is now one of the best big men in the game.
I think spending our cap space on multi year deals for mediocre/over paid players like the ones you mentioned ruins our cap space and hinders our ability to resign our current young players. What if all of them blow up this season. That Mayo or Asik contract would probably keep us from being able to extend one of them.
You're mad because of a possible situation that hasn't even happened and may never happen. The Jazz were presented with an opportunity and they took it. That takes ballzz.
The Fresh Prince
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Wahhhh! We want Millsap and Alfred Jeffermom back! We don't want Ricky Jeffermom! Wahh! Expiring contracts and draft picks suck! Wahh!
But at the same time, play the youth!
....Wahhhh!
Ellipse
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GS needed to clear cap space NOW to get the FA they wanted before someone else snagged him. This made it the perfect time for the Jazz to sell its cap space. Waiting until the feeding frenzy is over for FAs would have lowered the value of that cap space. The Jazz don't want journeyman players on multi-year contracts messing up future deals, so banking that cap space for a year -- and getting two 1st and 2nd round picks -- was shrewed. And speaking of future deals, what's the chances of the Jazz packaging these assets into a top-10 pick in next year's draft?
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Might give us a chance at the #8 seed and ensure we remain in the 40-45 win range for the next 5 years, until Favors, Hayward, Kanter and Burke start to demand trades.
If they do parlay the assets into a top 10 pick I will be the first to say I was wrong. However, for the next year every time there is trade done with cap space it was a missed opportunity.
green
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Two problems with your argument old timer:
1- GS isn't LA. They were a fringe playoff team last year. They aren't competing for titles. They are an ankle injury from two different players who use their ankle every second of every play from giving us a lottery pick next year.
2- would any of the players listed sign a one year deal with Utah? Then I'm not interested.
1- GS isn't LA. They were a fringe playoff team last year. They aren't competing for titles. They are an ankle injury from two different players who use their ankle every second of every play from giving us a lottery pick next year.
2- would any of the players listed sign a one year deal with Utah? Then I'm not interested.
signing one of those players by themselves would not be the difference between making the 8th seed and being in the lottery. I think our young guys are good enough to compete for the playoffs. I don't think they make it, but I have a lot of faith in our your guys.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Maybe, maybe not. I'm sure Lindsey evaluated which teams are facing the tax. For the most part it's teams like Brooklyn and the Lakers, i.e. contenders and teams that are willing to pay the tax. Besides, their picks would be even worse than the ones GS is giving us. And those teams don't really have other assets to trade. The genius of Lindsey's move is he got ALL expiring contracts. And none that will really impact the playing time of our young core. This was a beautiful trade.
Time will tell if I am smart or unreasonable. You cant convince me that getting rid of our valuable cap space for a year is worth 2 picks in the mid 2Os.