Wait, so you think that Watson is kissing up to the organization by hanging around the summer league team? Give me a break. That's a ridiculous statement.
Ric Bucher reporting Jazz have signed Randy Foye to a 1-year deal
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Wait, so you think that Watson is kissing up to the organization by hanging around the summer league team? Give me a break. That's a ridiculous statement.
Randy really played well toward the end of the season last year. If he plays like that for us i dont care if he starts over burks or gordon. Those posters who believe gordon is a franchise player are crazy. Gordon has yet to play a full season of good basketball. Those that feel favors could be a franchise player if he keeps developing are astute bball fans.
Stifle Tower
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Maybe Watson had a meeting with the coaches and KOC in Orlando. Perhaps he requested a trade and/or the Jazz told him they'd try to trade him. Or maybe his name just came up in other talks and they've given him a heads up that a deal might be in the works. Watson was a class act before the grumbling last season. I still consider him one of the good guys in the league and wish him the best whatever the case. At this point, I definitely see Foye as an upgrade, especially with his outside shooting.
Agreed.
margodydek
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You guys noticing a trend with these signings? Every move KOC has made this offseason doubled as a huge improvement in both defense and 3 point shooting. Mo, Marvin, and Randy are all stellar defenders (Mo may be a reach, but he's an improvement over Harris), and each one shot near 40% from deep last year.
Also, we now have an incredibly flexible roster. Here's a list of positions and who on our team can, in theory, play that position:
PG: Mo, Earl, Tinsley, Foye (you could even put Hayward or Burks here in a bind)
SG: Hayward, Burks, Foye, Mo, Murphy
SF: Marvin, Hayward, Burks, Millsap, Evans
PF: Favors, Millsap, Evans, Marvin, Al, Enes
C: Al, Favors, Enes
Jazz can either go really big: Foye, Hayward, Millsap, Favors, Al (just one option for a big lineup), or they can go small and play fast: Mo, Burks, Hayward, Marvin (or Paul), Favors.
Throw in the fact that we have like 7 guys on the last year of their deal, and you have to give it up for KOC
Also, we now have an incredibly flexible roster. Here's a list of positions and who on our team can, in theory, play that position:
PG: Mo, Earl, Tinsley, Foye (you could even put Hayward or Burks here in a bind)
SG: Hayward, Burks, Foye, Mo, Murphy
SF: Marvin, Hayward, Burks, Millsap, Evans
PF: Favors, Millsap, Evans, Marvin, Al, Enes
C: Al, Favors, Enes
Jazz can either go really big: Foye, Hayward, Millsap, Favors, Al (just one option for a big lineup), or they can go small and play fast: Mo, Burks, Hayward, Marvin (or Paul), Favors.
Throw in the fact that we have like 7 guys on the last year of their deal, and you have to give it up for KOC
utahjazz107
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Foye is way to undersized to guard a lot of 2's in this league. I'm 100% sure he will play backup PG and some minutes at the 2, that being said I think Watson or Tinsley is going to be traded
addictionary
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So true. Foye sounds like a mid-season trade to me, if Cyrone's info about the rule to forbid trading FA's is not blocking it's way.
margodydek
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You realize Mo Williams played a lot of 2 last year, and the year we made it to the WCF our starting 2 was Derek Fisher? Foye is 6'4, that's on the lower end of starting 2's, but I wouldn't ever hesitate to play him at the 2.
Doubt it. They don't want any salary back for next year, which is why they signed him to the 1 year deal. Trading him would probably mean adding a multi-year contract to the team. I think they are keeping Foye for the entire year.
margodydek
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Heck, I remember in the playoffs last year when Foye shut down Rudy Gay. The guy plays big. I agree that I want him to be our backup PG, but there's no reason he couldn't play the 2.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
And that wouldn't be all that bad. We can call teams and say take your choice: Watson, Tinsley or Foye. Likely that a trade would be to an Eastern Conference playoff team and perhaps net us a late 1st.
Mo Williams, Marvin Williams, and Randy Foye combined made more 3-pointers than the entire Jazz team last year.