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Ric Bucher reporting Jazz have signed Randy Foye to a 1-year deal

I like the one year signing too since it gets Foye out of the way by the time Burkes will be able to contribute more. The team is forming nicely, and I wonder how guys like Foye and Marvin Williams will respond to the system in Utah.
 
Looks like KOC has lost it. We needed a 3 who could shoot. Now we've got 2 guys in Foye and Burks who can only play the 2, and I have no idea how he expects the 4 mismatched wings we have to split duties. I'll be curious to hear the official explanation of who's going to play where and when.
 
billyshelby said:
Looks like KOC has lost it. We needed a 3 who could shoot. Now we've got 2 guys in Foye and Burks who can only play the 2, and I have no idea how he expects the 4 mismatched wings we have to split duties. I'll be curious to hear the official explanation of who's going to play where and when.
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What if this move means that KOC is not done shuffling the deck? I say we wait to see what we start the season with before we start making judgements on if he has lost it or not. It may still be an incomplete picture.
 
I too don't quite understand the idea of signing a SG (I was perplexed by the decision to draft Murphy), but it's another asset I guess. And Foye's playing for another contract so he should be good. Again, I think it would've been smarter to draft a big at pick 47. O'Quinn was still there. Furkan was still there. Then the Foye signing would seem less unnecessary.

Whatever.
 
billyshelby said:
Looks like KOC has lost it. We needed a 3 who could shoot. Now we've got 2 guys in Foye and Burks who can only play the 2, and I have no idea how he expects the 4 mismatched wings we have to split duties. I'll be curious to hear the official explanation of who's going to play where and when.
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We needed a wing who can shoot. Jazz offense is PG, wing, big. Might be an issue defensively if Foye plays with Burks, but that will be against lower competition (bench players).
 
billyshelby said:
Looks like KOC has lost it. We needed a 3 who could shoot. Now we've got 2 guys in Foye and Burks who can only play the 2, and I have no idea how he expects the 4 mismatched wings we have to split duties. I'll be curious to hear the official explanation of who's going to play where and when.
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Please expand. Marvin is the 3 who can shoot. Are last year's perimeter figures quite possibly an outlier? Of course. But he pretty much brings what we needed. Perimeter shooting (hopefully), length, solid defense. Who did you want?

What is the problem if Burks and Foye can only play the 2? Obviously flexibility helps but it's not always a necessity. And quite frankly, Burks can play more than just the 2 at times. Didn't Corbin already say he was going to play him some at the 1 this year? And his length is better than Hayward's so I see no reason he can't play some 3 in certain, albeit rare, situations when we go smallball. Again, Burks is a 2 80-90% of the time for me but he has some wiggle room there. If you believe this to be false, who did you want? And our wings are not great, no doubt. But what do you mean when you say they're mismatched?
 
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I too don't quite understand the idea of signing a SG (I was perplexed by the decision to draft Murphy), but it's another asset I guess. And Foye's playing for another contract so he should be good. Again, I think it would've been smarter to draft a big at pick 47. O'Quinn was still there. Furkan was still there. Then the Foye signing would seem less unnecessary.

Whatever.
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Furkan KOC!
 
I have been saying most offseason that backup PG is the Jazz's weakest position. This signing makes sense to me as it addresses both backup PG and depth at the wings.

So good signing imo because I believe Foye is an upgrade over Watson and Tinsley.
 
billyshelby said:
Looks like KOC has lost it. We needed a 3 who could shoot. Now we've got 2 guys in Foye and Burks who can only play the 2, and I have no idea how he expects the 4 mismatched wings we have to split duties. I'll be curious to hear the official explanation of who's going to play where and when.
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We got Marvin Williams and Hayward that can both play SF and can shoot. We have Carrolle there as depth though his shooting seems suspect.
At SG we have Hayward, Burks, Murphy (if he makes the team), Foye and possibly Mo.
At Pg we have Mo, Foye, Tinsley and Watson.

What makes you think Foye can only play SG? Seems to me he could play Pg as long as he's not the guy instigating the offense. I would love to see Hayward and Burks put into the position of instigating the offense instead of a PG.
 
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