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Rumor: Ronnie Turiaf in SLC

VINYLONE said:
In all honesty, name one thing that when people mention it, people think of the state of Utahr immediately....and I don't mean the obvious stuff, like religion, Mormans, conservatives, republicans, meth, white people, racism, etc.
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The Jazz (not the music kind), Sundance, 3% beer, Gary Coleman? Skiing? Zions / other parks down south? Winter Olympics... Utah isn't THAT crappy of a state. BTW, what's with the r in Utahr?
 
Duck Rodgers said:
Could be an individual specialist that he came to see. Whatever the case, I'm all for the Jazz filling up the last roster spots with guys that will put a body on somebody.
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Yes, perhaps. Other considerations include:

-He's a big Wilford Brimley fan and won a free lunch with him by being the 9th caller to his favorite radio station.
-He's looking to invest in a New York-based hot dog stand chain that's considering opening up on temple square.
-After hearing about his minister's amazing trip to the Middle-east and his subsequent floatation in the Dead Sea, he couldn't wait to try it himself. Unfortunately due to time constraints, he had to settle for the Great Salt Lake instead.
-Being a Gonzaga alumnus, he could have developed a strong bond with Stockton's son and came out to visit him at Westminster.
-Being a huge Angels fan (having lived in L.A.), he didn't want to miss their AAA team, the Salt Lake Bees, play their annual Pioneer day game with fireworks.
-He was here to purchase property and become a resident in order to qualify to run this November on the Tea Party ticket.

All very plausible explanations as to why some person posting anonymously online would have seen him in Salt Lake.
 
VINYLONE said:
In all honesty, name one thing that when people mention it, people think of the state of Utahr immediately....and I don't mean the obvious stuff, like religion, Mormans, conservatives, republicans, meth, white people, racism, etc.
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Brine flies.
 
i love this particular jazzfanz phenomenon. we pick a guy who is "tough" and "hard-nosed" and "plays hard" and we talk about how perfect he would be here. turiaf just isn't that good, guys.

jefferson > turiaf
sap > turiaf
memo > turiaf

so why pick up a guy who isn't even good enough to crack our 3-man big rotation? turiaf > fes, but that doesn't take into account that 1) fes is bigger, 2) we've already invested a lot in fes, and 3) fes is cheaper.
 
Raja Bell G
Gordon Hayward F
Al Jefferson C-F
Andrei Kirilenko F
C.J. Miles G-F
Paul Millsap F
Mehmet Okur C-F
Ronnie Price G
Deron Williams G
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TOTAL = 9 under contract for next year.

Jeremy Evans F (Non-guaranteed contract)
Kyrylo Fesenko C (FA)
Sundiata Gaines G (non-guaranteed contract)
Othyus Jeffers G-F (non-guaranteed contract)
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What is the status of these guys? (UPDATED)

Also, even if we signed all 4 of these guys, that doesn't mean we couldn't sign Fez and Turiaf. In fact, you could play them at the same time, along with AK and Bell, when you wanted some uber defense and blockage.
 
theNBAnerd said:
i love this particular jazzfanz phenomenon. we pick a guy who is "tough" and "hard-nosed" and "plays hard" and we talk about how perfect he would be here. turiaf just isn't that good, guys.

jefferson > turiaf
sap > turiaf
memo > turiaf

so why pick up a guy who isn't even good enough to crack our 3-man big rotation? turiaf > fes, but that doesn't take into account that 1) fes is bigger, 2) we've already invested a lot in fes, and 3) fes is cheaper.
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He is also 3-4 years younger meaning he still has room to improve.
 
Guitaro said:
Raja Bell G
Gordon Hayward F
Al Jefferson C-F
Andrei Kirilenko F
C.J. Miles G-F
Paul Millsap F
Mehmet Okur C-F
Ronnie Price G
Deron Williams G
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TOTAL = 9 under contract for next year.

Jeremy Evans F (Non-guaranteed contract)
Kyrylo Fesenko C (FA)
Sundiata Gaines G (Qualifying offer?)
Othyus Jeffers G-F (Nothing offered yet?)
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What is the status of these guys?

Also, even if we signed all 4 of these guys, that doesn't mean we couldn't sign Fez and Turiaf. In fact, you could play them at the same time, along with AK and Bell, when you wanted some uber defense and blockage.
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Gaines and Jeffers have non-guaranteed contracts so they are Jazz property but can be waived without paying them.
We are supposed to be negotiating with Fes's agent now.
Evans same thing as Gaines and Jeffers--non-guaranteed contract I believe.
 
theNBAnerd said:
i love this particular jazzfanz phenomenon. we pick a guy who is "tough" and "hard-nosed" and "plays hard" and we talk about how perfect he would be here. turiaf just isn't that good, guys.

jefferson > turiaf
sap > turiaf
memo > turiaf

so why pick up a guy who isn't even good enough to crack our 3-man big rotation? turiaf > fes, but that doesn't take into account that 1) fes is bigger, 2) we've already invested a lot in fes, and 3) fes is cheaper.
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That's all you need to know.

Also, why waste more time on a guy that may or may not get better?

In this case, Fez has shown improvement, especially last year. He got much more serious and was able to help us in the playoffs.
However, I find it interesting that we had him against the Lakers yet Jerry decided not to use him very much. What does that tell you?
That tells me that Jerry doesn't trust him enough even though we were undersized and undermanned. Will that continue? If so, then
why waste more money and time with him if he's not even going to play?
 
NCJazz said:
Gaines and Jeffers have non-guaranteed contracts so they are Jazz property but can be waived without paying them.
We are supposed to be negotiating with Fes's agent now.
Evans same thing as Gaines and Jeffers--non-guaranteed contract I believe.
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Gracias, senor! So how's NC treatin ya? Very many Jazz fans out there? ;)



On topic, that's good that they're non-guaranteed, in case we need to drop them to make room for a trade or two.
 
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