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

Cyrone Torbin said:
Mo Williams, Marvin Williams, and Randy Foye combined made more 3-pointers than the entire Jazz team last year.
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Those three attempted 128 fewer 3's than the Jazz. They combined for 38.8% while the Jazz team hit 32.3%. This would a good year for Big Al, Favors and Kanter to share the ball with the outside shooters more. Because the Jazz actually have outside shooters now.
 
IMO this guy is our backup point. He can bring the ball up the court, can shoot, is a good man defender. He'll initiate the offense and lurk on the perimeter.
 
margodydek said:
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.
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This is Hollingers analysis on Foye:

+ Combo guard who can hit mid-range Js. Struggles running offense from point.

+ A natural 2 offensively, but can't defend 2s in post because of lack of height.

+ Draws a lot of fouls for a jump shooter. Excellent foul shooter. Poor rebounder.

Foye had a fairly pedestrian season overall, but one piece of encouragement is that he played much better as a starter in the second half of the season. Foye averaged 17.1 points in February and in 24 games as a starter averaged 18.0 points per 40 minutes, with better percentages to boot. Unfortunately, the starting shooting guard spot with the Clippers is fairly securely in the hands of Eric Gordon, so Foye needs to play well off the bench too. He was abysmal in that role last season, shooting 29.9 percent on 3s and 35.1 percent overall.

For the season as a whole, Foye's numbers were down largely because of a dip in shooting percentage. One suspects that will recover, but his reliance on the mid-range game remains a concern. He shot 39.5 percent on long 2s, which is solid, but combined with his humdrum 3-point shooting (32.7 percent last season, 36.0 percent career), it's a wobbly foundation for his offensive game.

For Foye, the trick is getting to the rim and drawing more fouls. He drew them at a fairly high rate in 2010-11 despite all the jumpers and is the most underrated foul shooter in basketball (he's made 89 percent each of the past two seasons). Indulging that part of the game more would offer big rewards if he can pull it off.

Nonetheless, he's somewhat a man without a position. At 6-foot-3, Foye was absolutely murdered on post-ups by bigger shooting guards, and he's a fish out of water playing the point. Eric Bledsoe's development could potentially help -- he's big enough that he and Foye can switch roles on defense -- but Foye's limitations make it harder to find him productive minutes.
 
Brown Notes said:
IMO this guy is our backup point. He can bring the ball up the court, can shoot, is a good man defender. He'll initiate the offense and lurk on the perimeter.
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I hope so. I've seen enough of Earl Watson look like a 12 year old trying to shoot on a 10' basket for the 1st time in his life.
 
utahjazz107 said:
This is Hollingers analysis on Foye:

+ Combo guard who can hit mid-range Js. Struggles running offense from point.

+ A natural 2 offensively, but can't defend 2s in post because of lack of height.

+ Draws a lot of fouls for a jump shooter. Excellent foul shooter. Poor rebounder.

Foye had a fairly pedestrian season overall, but one piece of encouragement is that he played much better as a starter in the second half of the season. Foye averaged 17.1 points in February and in 24 games as a starter averaged 18.0 points per 40 minutes, with better percentages to boot. Unfortunately, the starting shooting guard spot with the Clippers is fairly securely in the hands of Eric Gordon, so Foye needs to play well off the bench too. He was abysmal in that role last season, shooting 29.9 percent on 3s and 35.1 percent overall.

For the season as a whole, Foye's numbers were down largely because of a dip in shooting percentage. One suspects that will recover, but his reliance on the mid-range game remains a concern. He shot 39.5 percent on long 2s, which is solid, but combined with his humdrum 3-point shooting (32.7 percent last season, 36.0 percent career), it's a wobbly foundation for his offensive game.

For Foye, the trick is getting to the rim and drawing more fouls. He drew them at a fairly high rate in 2010-11 despite all the jumpers and is the most underrated foul shooter in basketball (he's made 89 percent each of the past two seasons). Indulging that part of the game more would offer big rewards if he can pull it off.

Nonetheless, he's somewhat a man without a position. At 6-foot-3, Foye was absolutely murdered on post-ups by bigger shooting guards, and he's a fish out of water playing the point. Eric Bledsoe's development could potentially help -- he's big enough that he and Foye can switch roles on defense -- but Foye's limitations make it harder to find him productive minutes.
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How many SG's post people up and dominate? Kobe, Wade, uhhhhhhh, maybe Joe Johnson?
 
I love it. 1-5 we've improved at each position either through new players or experience.
1) Mo -- upgrade over Harris
2) Foye plus Burkes -- upgrade over whatever committee we played here last year (Bell?!? C'mon.).
3) Mahvelous Marvin and Haywoody -- upgrade over CJ and however else we got by.
4 & 5) Increased experience across the board and some improvement from Big Al later in the year.
Coaching -- I think a lot of folks are forgetting that Corbin somehow got last year's team into the playoffs. Kudos.
And I love Burkes, but if he (or others) can't earn his minutes then he needs to sit and watch whoever is ahead of him.
 
oldtimer said:
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.
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does that mean I'm both crazy and astute as a fan?
 
Line-Up A)
My dream starting line-up for the Jazz:

Mo Williams
Hayward
Millsap
Favors
Jefferson
6th Man: Marvin Williams

Line-Up B)
What I think the actual starting line-up will be:
Mo Williams
Randy Foye
Marvin Williams
Millsap
Jefferson
6th Man: Hayward

I think line-up A gives Utah a chance to be a dangerous team in the West, possibly a 4/5 playoff seed. Line-up B makes them average, just about a 7/8 seed.
 
I doubt Foye was signed to be a starter.

I think the lineup will be:
Mo Williams
Hayward
Marvin Williams
Favors
Jefferson


Jazz already showed their willingness last season to start Favors over Millsap. Eother Millsap is signed to an extension, at which point he doesn;t need to worry about a 6th-man role affecting his next contract, or he and his uncle have angered the Jazz FO by demanding too much money. In that case, it makes sense to start your future franchise player, not a guy who likely leaves via free agency or who KOC will "Deron" at some point. Of course, to keep his Millsap's trade vlaue, I suppose the coaching staff could have a talk with Favors and tell him the situation will be resolved soon.
 
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