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Poll: Should the Jazz Match Hayward's $15.75 a year/4 year Contract?

Should They Match?

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QuinSnydersHair said:
What is your point in reference to my post?
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Let me simplify it for you:

Burks: "Yo Lindsay Gordon got $15.75M annually, I want at least 13!"
Lindsay: "I don't care, get someone to sign you to that amount."
Burks Agent: "None has that amount of cap space and wants to invest that much into you"
Burks: "OK $9M annually it is, but I'm a sad panda now"
 
Oh Jesus, give me a break. Locke's such a freakin' hack. Yeah, he's such a special talent that he shot, what, 40%, 30% last year? He's such a special talent that he couldn't hit the ****ing ocean on any big three point shot where there wasn't a defender within five feet of him. He's such a special talent that he has as much leadership and cajones in him as the banana I just ate for breakfast. Locke can eat a big, fat dick and take off on the horse that Gordo rides out on.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
Are our only options only to match or not match, or can we throw a 5 year, 68M offer at him?

If we can, I would strongly consider doing the latter. 13.6M is almost tolerable and not so much that's going to kill us imo. Maybe he'd take it too. 5M more is 5M more and for all we know, he wants to stay.
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1. Why would Hayward accept that? It's unlikely he's worth less than $5mm on a one year deal 4 years from now.

2. Per a previous post of yours, the Jazz will have no trouble re-signing Burks and/or Kanter. They'll have plenty of space under the LT, and both players will be restricted (Larry Bird) free agents.

3. The Jazz can still try to sign Hayward to a contract OR work on a sign-and-trade. He'll likely sign that offer sheet at midnight though. DL needs to get busy.
 
BTP said:
Let me simplify it for you:

Burks: "Yo Lindsay Gordon got $15.75M annually, I want at least 13!"
Lindsay: "I don't care, get someone to sign you to that amount."
Burks Agent: "None has that amount of cap space and wants to invest that much into you"
Burks: "OK $9M annually it is, but I'm a sad panda now"
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Enough teams likely will have enough cap space next summer.
 
you don't overpay a mediocre player and get better.
He should have earned it.
Question is; has he done that?
has he really earned a MAX contract?
this is not a charity, even if this contract would not bother Jazz in terms of re-signing their young guns, still they really don't have to overpay this wayward son!
 
jazzman12 said:
I'm far from a Locke fan boy, but this is spot on:


Whatever goes down, remember this: Lindsay is a better GM than anybody on this board.
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DL took this team over 2 years ago, just after the Jazz's most recent playoff appearance. It looks like he may end up paying two average starters just under $28mm per season over the next 4, potentially destroying the flexibility needed to improve this team enough to have a realistic shot at the playoffs over the next few seasons.

Turning a playoff team into a mid-lottery team in 5 years...Brilliant.

Also, the "what else would they do with that money" argument is incredibly myopic. Signing Hayward to that deal locks the Jazz into mediocrity for the foreseeable future. A year ago, that's what everyone on this board was sick of. What's changed?
 
GVC said:
1. WHy would Hayward accept that? It's unlikely he's worth less than $5mm on a one year deal 4 years from now.

2. Per a previous post of yours, the Jazz will have no trouble re-signing Burks and/or Kanter. They'll have plenty of space under the LT, and both players will be restricted (Larry Bird) free agents.

3. The Jazz can still try to sign Hayward to a contract OR work on a sign-and-trade. He'll likely sign that offer sheet at midnight though. DL needs to get busy.
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1. Because 5M more is 5M more and more importantly, maybe his heart is in Utah and he'd like to stay, even at less money per.

2. Perhaps I should've expanded. If we match Hayward and then re-sign Burks too at 15M per and Kanter at 11M per, that's a lot of dough tied up in (above?) average players. Then, Gobert comes up, then Favors comes up again, and Burke, and Exum, and so forth.

3. SIGN AND TRADE!!!!!!!

4. What small forward options are out there if we don't match him?
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
Oh Jesus, give me a break. Locke's such a freakin' hack. Yeah, he's such a special talent that he shot, what, 40%, 30% last year? He's such a special talent that he couldn't hit the ****ing ocean on any big three point shot where there wasn't a defender within five feet of him. He's such a special talent that he has as much leadership and cajones in him as the banana I just ate for breakfast. Locke can eat a big, fat dick and take off on the horse that Gordo rides out on.
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It's intelligent, articulate posts like this that just reinforce my belief that we should retain Hayward.
 
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