d@!!0n0rcutt
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Do you think there will be any remaining off season moves for the Utah Jazz? O'Conner has mentioned he would like a shot blocker either using a TPE, veteran's minimum, or remaining MLE, which one and for whom?
My thought is I think they need one more wing player but also need a better back up to Deron, and I think you can get those both in Shannon Brown to be our main back up at the 1 sometimes and the 2. I think if we can offer Shannon Brown the remaining of the MLE then the Jazz get their back up point and shooting guards. The Lakers were only going to offer Raja Bell 1.8 so thats what they plan on offering Shannon Brown, but if the Jazz can counter with 2.4 per year for 3 or 4 years I think they should and that gives Brown over an extra half a million a year to play for the Jazz.
But if O'Conner mentioned he wanted a shot blocking big then to go the route of veterans minimum, remaining MLE, or biannual exception then I think KOC's short list should resemble something like this...
1 Mikki Moore 2 Etan Thomas 3 Louis Amundson or 4 Jarron Collins, none of them are really known for their shot blocking but the closest one is Mikki Moore and he also along with Raja Bell would provide veteran leadership.
Or heck if we could get Shannon Brown and Mikki Moore I think you would consider this a very very successful off season.
Rotation until Okur gets back fully healthy...
Williams/Brown/Price
Bell/Brown/Miles/Hayward
Kirilenko/Miles/Hayward/Bell
Millsap/Kirilenko/Jefferson/Evans
Jefferson/Okur/Moore/Fesenko
After Okur is back fully healthy something like this...
Williams/Brown/Price
Bell/Brown/Miles/Hayward
Kirilenko/Miles/Hayward/Bell
Jefferson/Millsap/Kirilenko/Evans
Okur/Jefferson/Moore/Fesenko
My thought is I think they need one more wing player but also need a better back up to Deron, and I think you can get those both in Shannon Brown to be our main back up at the 1 sometimes and the 2. I think if we can offer Shannon Brown the remaining of the MLE then the Jazz get their back up point and shooting guards. The Lakers were only going to offer Raja Bell 1.8 so thats what they plan on offering Shannon Brown, but if the Jazz can counter with 2.4 per year for 3 or 4 years I think they should and that gives Brown over an extra half a million a year to play for the Jazz.
But if O'Conner mentioned he wanted a shot blocking big then to go the route of veterans minimum, remaining MLE, or biannual exception then I think KOC's short list should resemble something like this...
1 Mikki Moore 2 Etan Thomas 3 Louis Amundson or 4 Jarron Collins, none of them are really known for their shot blocking but the closest one is Mikki Moore and he also along with Raja Bell would provide veteran leadership.
Or heck if we could get Shannon Brown and Mikki Moore I think you would consider this a very very successful off season.
Rotation until Okur gets back fully healthy...
Williams/Brown/Price
Bell/Brown/Miles/Hayward
Kirilenko/Miles/Hayward/Bell
Millsap/Kirilenko/Jefferson/Evans
Jefferson/Okur/Moore/Fesenko
After Okur is back fully healthy something like this...
Williams/Brown/Price
Bell/Brown/Miles/Hayward
Kirilenko/Miles/Hayward/Bell
Jefferson/Millsap/Kirilenko/Evans
Okur/Jefferson/Moore/Fesenko