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Neto for Point Guard!

Do you want neto on the jazz next season?

  • Yes

    Votes: 17 63.0%

  • No

    Votes: 10 37.0%
  • Total voters
    27
Unless we are completely giving up and trading Trey Burke, we don't have enough minutes to develop 3 young PG's.
 
A few days before free agency, the Utah Jazz continue to look for ways to improve their team.

Raul Neto could factor into this.

The Jazz will have a conversation with Neto, the Brazilian point guard they drafted two years, to gauge his interest in playing in the NBA next season, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.

Neto has been playing in Brazil since the Jazz drafted him in the second round in 2013. There is no guarantee that the two sides will come to an agreement, but the sense is Utah would like to have him in the NBA sooner, rather than later.

The question is why? Currently, Utah's point guard spot is crowded. Dante Exum is the starter, Trey Burke could still yet be starter quality, and Bryce Cotton played well in the second half of the season on a non-guaranteed contract.

Plus, Utah drafted Olivier Hanlan with its 2015 second round pick, and the front office likes him alot. But the Jazz feel like Hanlan is enough of a combination guard that he can play both guard spots. So even if there were three pg's on the roster other than Hanlan, the former Boston College star still has a chance to stick on the roster.

The Jazz like Neto. They like his speed, they love his ability to play pick and roll and they like his passing. Neto spent two weeks with Utah last summer and he impressed the coaching staff with his willingness to learn.

Should Neto decide he wants to play for the Jazz, he would have to compete for playing time. But he's already 23 years old, and his rookie deal would be staggered next to Burke's and Exum's. It makes sense to start his NBA clock soon, otherwise the Jazz may be facing their point guard version of Ante Tomic, the center who was drafted in 2008, and now looks like he may never matriculate to the NBA.

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This might signify they have some under the table trades ready for Burke on July 1st. The Jazz do not need another PG
 
Jazz4ever said:
This might signify they have some under the table trades ready for Burke on July 1st. The Jazz do not need another PG
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Ya, that's what it sounds like. Burke for sure. Maybe even Exum. Im not as married to Exum as others are. If we could package him up to get a star I'd be down.
 
When I hear people talking about moving Exum to the bench (which is a step backward for a guy we drafted in the top 5 at the age of 18 a mere 12 months ago) or simply trading him all together, my head wants to explode.

Even if this kid shows only average improvement offensively, he's ALREADY a great defender who along with his size and speed, is a match-up problem for opposing teams.

Sometimes I really worry about some of the posters on this board.
 
jazzman12 said:
When I hear people talking about moving Exum to the bench (which is a step backward for a guy we drafted in the top 5 at the age of 18 a mere 12 months ago) or simply trading him all together, my head wants to explode.

Even if this kid shows only average improvement offensively, he's ALREADY a great defender who along with his size and speed, is a match-up problem for opposing teams.

Sometimes I really worry about some of the posters on this board.
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I'm talking about trading him for a star. Like a sign and trade for Leonard or something.

Makes my head want to explode when you people just lump us all together and lump all the ideas together.

I'd never advocate sending him to the bench. That would be idiotic. We've invested in him. But that doesn't mean he is untradable
 
Hack said:
I'm talking about trading him for a star. Like a sign and trade for Leonard or something.

Makes my head want to explode when you people just lump us all together and lump all the ideas together.

I'd never advocate sending him to the bench. That would be idiotic. We've invested in him. But that doesn't mean he is untradable
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You're right. We should trade Dante Exum for K. Leonard. My bad.
 
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