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Roger Braille Buyout Problems (merged)

My apologies if someone has already mentioned this, but the guy who started a good portion for our team at SG last year is unable to find a team that covets his services. Think about that. This is both very disheartening and cause for optimism at the same time. It's disheartening because it shows ineptness on the part of both KOC for bringing him here and the coaching staff for playing him as much as they did (especially considering Burks could have really benefitted from those minutes). And it's cause for optimism because we basically got rid of one of the least coveted FA's I can remember and are replacing him with players like Foye, Burks and Hayward.
Also consider two other key pieces of last year's wing rotation remain unsigned. On is supposedly weighing options between 5 teams while the other has met with several but come away empty-handed. Yes, I'd say Marvin Williams, Foye and more Burks is DEFINITELY an upgrade!
 
It is a waste to Amnesty a $3m expiring contract, especially if your team is and plans to stay under the cap. The buyout was probably that Utah pays everything over the veteran's minimum deal. Sad that Raja could not get any team to offer him a miniumum veteran's deal, when almost 50% of that contract would be paid by the NBA itself.

Ultimately, I think Raja should put his tail between his legs, be a professional, and act as a motivator and another coach for the Jazz team. Until he got injured and whiney, he did help pump the team up and provide a veteran presence. I would rather the Jazz keep him in that role (few, if any minutes per game) than to waive/buy him out and pay him the same to do nothing. I think he could actually be useful as a 12th man/player-coach.

Not really a waste since he was the only guy left that we could amnesty. Saving the cap space was our motivation. The question is only whether management values saving any amount of money over the cap space, in which case a buyout is preferable.
 
The thing that doesn't make sense about this situation is that Raja would have had to give up something for KOC to agree not to amnesty him. Presumably they would have talked about the scenario that Roger (as he now will be called) wouldn't get a deal. And it's not logical a team would ever agree to a buyout for the same dollar figure as the contract they're buying out. So how is it that those figures weren't agreed upon?

It seems to me that maybe Roger is reneging on his verbal pledge (or claiming it was vague.) But there is a small chance KOC didn't care about amnestying him and is now stuck with trying to work out a buyout (the 'agreement' only being that he could legally pitch his services to other teams without tampering because KOC sanctioned it.)
 
Roger was dumb for telling the media that a bought out was already agreed to and that they were looking at trades or free agent deals. You lose any sort of leverage in any negotiations, including in your buyout with the Jazz. Why would a team pay Roger 3.5M and give something up, if Utah is going to buy him out anyways. And from the Jazz perspective, let's say KOC heard him tell the media the buyout had been agreed to. He probably went to Roger and lowered the offer. (If you are telling all these teams and media you are available, this is your new price to become so) I am still curious to find out exactly what Roger did to get sent home from Philly. It seems like the ramifications are still playing out from that.
 
Break him. Make him come back run two a days or whatever. Fine him for being out of shape. Make him sit in a suit behind the bench. Never let him near the court. Have the cameras focus in on him at awkward times. Send Steve Brown to ask him questions like " what is it like to be a proud veteran sitting here watching these young guys make mistakes?" In all press releases spell his name Roger. Send him to Lake Point, American Fork and Syracuse to hand out tickets and meet the common man fans, let the people have a chance to talk with him. Move his locker to the far end of the room next to a noisy air vent, instead of a name plat scratch something on duct tape. Post that subway commercial on you-tube, send the link to Kobe. Tell him he is going to play, let him warm up and then just before tip off tell him never mind put your suit back on . Tell the parking lot attendant to leave his car in the snow, not to scrape the windshield and never warm it up. Fine him whenever he is late to practise or team meetings. When he asks for a sit down with KOC, schedule it for 5:30 Am the morning after a long road trip, or at 1:45 in the middle of three off days. Tell him KOC was called away at the last minute, but Randy Rigby wants to talk with him for two hours. Have the road manager lose his hotel key a couple times. Hey has anybody seen Roger's suitcase? Have the front desk give him a courtesy wake up call at 5 am. Or send the groupies to his room while he's on the phone talking to home. Have his wife's free seats be on row 43 in the nw corner of ESA. Give the rest of the tickets in row 43 and all of row 42 to junior jazz teams.

At the trade deadline give Toronto a 2nd round pick and cash to take him. Raja will love having to get a visa and pay all those taxes. Fine him if he doesn't report.

This is in the Crittercam echelon of amazing posts. Outstanding.
 
Break him. Make him come back run two a days or whatever. Fine him for being out of shape. Make him sit in a suit behind the bench. Never let him near the court. Have the cameras focus in on him at awkward times. Send Steve Brown to ask him questions like " what is it like to be a proud veteran sitting here watching these young guys make mistakes?" In all press releases spell his name Roger. Send him to Lake Point, American Fork and Syracuse to hand out tickets and meet the common man fans, let the people have a chance to talk with him. Move his locker to the far end of the room next to a noisy air vent, instead of a name plat scratch something on duct tape. Post that subway commercial on you-tube, send the link to Kobe. Tell him he is going to play, let him warm up and then just before tip off tell him never mind put your suit back on . Tell the parking lot attendant to leave his car in the snow, not to scrape the windshield and never warm it up. Fine him whenever he is late to practise or team meetings. When he asks for a sit down with KOC, schedule it for 5:30 Am the morning after a long road trip, or at 1:45 in the middle of three off days. Tell him KOC was called away at the last minute, but Randy Rigby wants to talk with him for two hours. Have the road manager lose his hotel key a couple times. Hey has anybody seen Roger's suitcase? Have the front desk give him a courtesy wake up call at 5 am. Or send the groupies to his room while he's on the phone talking to home. Have his wife's free seats be on row 43 in the nw corner of ESA. Give the rest of the tickets in row 43 and all of row 42 to junior jazz teams.

At the trade deadline give Toronto a 2nd round pick and cash to take him. Raja will love having to get a visa and pay all those taxes. Fine him if he doesn't report.

This is the best post I have ever seen and I will use it to make my bad days happy... I used to just lurk around here reading posts occasionally but had to re-register my account just to tell you thank you.
 
My apologies if someone has already mentioned this, but the guy who started a good portion for our team at SG last year is unable to find a team that covets his services. Think about that. This is both very disheartening and cause for optimism at the same time. It's disheartening because it shows ineptness on the part of both KOC for bringing him here and the coaching staff for playing him as much as they did (especially considering Burks could have really benefitted from those minutes). And it's cause for optimism because we basically got rid of one of the least coveted FA's I can remember and are replacing him with players like Foye, Burks and Hayward.

It's because this organization it's too soft. I sad that a couple of times during the last season.

They wait until the problem and the frustration because of that problem is so big, so only than they start to do something.

They've been soft also with BigAl and Watson. And with Millsap when he suddenly disappear for 10-15 games (after the media pay attention to his good game).
 
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