Game Thread Oct 06, 2021 06:30PM MT: Jazz at Mavericks (Preseason)

[Handlogten's Heros]

Could someone help me understand Butler's contract details? I'm pretty sure we have him on a 2 year deal, but what happens after that? Will he be restricted? Can we go over the cap to keep him? Will not picking him up in the first round end up costing us?

He’s on a two year deal and then restricted. I loved him and really preferred to take him in the first round and give him a 4 year deal. We should be able to retain him if he turns out to be awesome but if we took him in the second round that was basically the only deal we could offer under the cba. You have to have space or a cap exception to go longer.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I mean he wants to win and The way it looks, Butler increases those odds. I’m not too worried about him not getting minutes assuming he continues to look like one of the better players on the floor.


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[Handlogten's Heros]

Not sure how you keep him off the floor.

Really wondering about the best health protocol for him .... but if course I’ll never have any good info to speculate with.

Resting Mike Don JC and Joe will get him some minutes. I think he’ll play plenty but some nights he may get dnp when we are fully healthy. Honestly getting 15-20 minutes a night for 3-4 games in a row and then taking a few games off may be best for his development and knee. He has some time to recover and evaluate his screw ups.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Also if Butler gets really good… it’s preseason so we prolly need some cold water… but if he’s really good you can move JC for something you need. Butler might provide that bench scoring while also keeping others involved.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Resting Mike Don JC and Joe will get him some minutes. I think he’ll play plenty but some nights he may get dnp when we are fully healthy. Honestly getting 15-20 minutes a night for 3-4 games in a row and then taking a few games off may be best for his development and knee. He has some time to recover and evaluate his screw ups.

What’cha talkin bout Willis? He’s never screwed up in his life!!!


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[Nate505]

damn watching butler highlights right now and man does he look SOLID. He has that stop and go and change of gears ability. Thats massive, hes going to be really damn good.

He definitely looks like a legit NBA player. Such a steal at the 40th pick. Hopefully he stays healthy (like not just for the Jazz's sake, but for his sake as a person too), as he'll be probably the best pick since Millsap in the 2nd round for the Jazz.

 

[Hearsky]

The Mavs announcers likened him to Isiah Thomas and Chris Paul. Take that with a grain of salt but that’s pretty high marks for his second career game.

Dereck Harper also said he had no idea what position Udoka was suited for in the NBA and that he didn't look big enough to guard Boban. So.....

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Resting Mike Don JC and Joe will get him some minutes. I think he’ll play plenty but some nights he may get dnp when we are fully healthy. Honestly getting 15-20 minutes a night for 3-4 games in a row and then taking a few games off may be best for his development and knee. He has some time to recover and evaluate his screw ups.

I'm not sure about this, or really an expert here, but I was thinking it would be easier to develop with a consistent 10 minutes of knowing exactly what his role is, vs being thrown in to lots of random situations based on resting guys.

Assuming everyone is healthy, I doubt Quin rests guys more than the occasional back to back. That would be far too many DNPs in my opinion.

 

[kabenac]

He shot 3-7 from three that’s really good. 42%


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You're right. I got him mixed up with Paschall (who shot like crap from three but went 5-11 from the field)! Butler was a beast.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

You're right. I got him mixed up with Paschall (who shot like crap from three but went 5-11 from the field)! Butler was a beast.

Ahh ok, was starting to wonder about you. Lol

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I'm not sure about this, or really an expert here, but I was thinking it would be easier to develop with a consistent 10 minutes of knowing exactly what his role is, vs being thrown in to lots of random situations based on resting guys.

Assuming everyone is healthy, I doubt Quin rests guys more than the occasional back to back. That would be far too many DNPs in my opinion.

I don’t know, he rested Conley a little, i think he sat one game of every back to back and he still wasn’t available for most of the post season and Don was also not healthy and probably wouldn’t have played if it was the regular season. These guys need to be healthy come playoff time, I think they need more rest and if Butler is as good as he looked so far in preseason, then that’s exactly how he needs to be used, with his knees the way they supposedly are, it would probably be wise to use Butler in this manner to give Don, Conley, and Ingles some extra rest, not too worried about JC, knock on wood.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The move Butler put on Zinger with the double crossover was very mean. The step back threes he hit were super smooth and likely where he does most of his damage... but those shifty crossover moves he's shown are fun AF.

I'm so glad we got him.