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Russell Westbrook, Yay or Nay?

Ok, we should decide: do we want Russell Westbrook to play for the Jazz for the rest of the year?

  • Yes, we want to get back into the playoffs

  • Yes, he will be the tank commander

  • No, he would ruin chemistry

  • No, he's too good and it's Wembyama time!

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kcgar said:
The Jazz don't owe $47 million. An NBA player gets paid twice a month, so a a lot of the contract has already been paid. I don't remember the exact amount owed but it is in the $16-20 million range
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Yeah, Jazz owe him $16mm. I'm not sure how much they could get it down with a buyout, maybe down a couple million. I just want to see young guys get experience at this point.
 
It kinda feels like if he does play in Utah, that would be the "butterfly flapping it's wings" and some cataclysmic event happens somewhere else in the NBA.
 
Like most everybody else, I’m ambivalent about this. I read articles about how he wasn’t particularly well liked in L.A. for his demeanor on and off the court. The last straw was apparently his refusal to get off the court when subbed out on Lebron’s record all time scoring title game. Woj reported that this culminated in a shouting match afterwards between he and Darvin Ham, making his trade status clear.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeDzWYCMD0


According to what I’ve read, the ball is in Westy’s court and he’s weighing his options, one of which is apparently playing for the Jazz the remainder of the season. In my view, we run two risks giving him this option (to play for us), 1) he poisons the waters with his haughty attitude, and/or 2) we sabotage our chance of being in the lottery drawing.

Make no mistake about it Jazz fans, Westy has been playing at a high level this season and was actually in the running for Sixth Man of Year. Sure he shoots a poor % from three, but this guy hasn’t lost much athletically and could still be a triple double threat in a starting role. In my opinion, he plays for us and kiss any hopes of a lottery pick this year away cause we goin to the playoffs.

And fty, he won’t be back next season. Seems like poison pill to me.
 
Release the Kraken said:
Like most everybody else, I’m ambivalent about this. I read articles about how he wasn’t particularly well liked in L.A. for his demeanor on and off the court. The last straw was apparently his refusal to get off the court when subbed out on Lebron’s record all time scoring title game. Woj reported that this culminated in a shouting match afterwards between he and Darvin Ham, making his trade status clear.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeDzWYCMD0


According to what I’ve read, the ball is in Westy’s court and he’s weighing his options, one of which is apparently playing for the Jazz the remainder of the season. In my view, we run two risks giving him this option (to play for us), 1) he poisons the waters with his haughty attitude, and/or 2) we sabotage our chance of being in the lottery drawing.

Make no mistake about it Jazz fans, Westy has been playing at a high level this season and was actually in the running for Sixth Man of Year. Sure he shoots a poor % from three, but this guy hasn’t lost much athletically and could still be a triple double threat in a starting role. In my opinion, he plays for us and kiss any hopes of a lottery pick this year away cause we goin to the playoffs.

And fty, he won’t be back next season. Seems like poison pill to me.
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Hmm..

Paolo has struggled lately.. so with Westbrook in the fold we have a theoretical chance to get MIP, ROY and SMOTY in the same year lol.

Tbf, if he turned toxic at all it would just result in immediate buyout... and the end of his own career.
 
Release the Kraken said:
Like most everybody else, I’m ambivalent about this. I read articles about how he wasn’t particularly well liked in L.A. for his demeanor on and off the court. The last straw was apparently his refusal to get off the court when subbed out on Lebron’s record all time scoring title game. Woj reported that this culminated in a shouting match afterwards between he and Darvin Ham, making his trade status clear.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeDzWYCMD0


According to what I’ve read, the ball is in Westy’s court and he’s weighing his options, one of which is apparently playing for the Jazz the remainder of the season. In my view, we run two risks giving him this option (to play for us), 1) he poisons the waters with his haughty attitude, and/or 2) we sabotage our chance of being in the lottery drawing.

Make no mistake about it Jazz fans, Westy has been playing at a high level this season and was actually in the running for Sixth Man of Year. Sure he shoots a poor % from three, but this guy hasn’t lost much athletically and could still be a triple double threat in a starting role. In my opinion, he plays for us and kiss any hopes of a lottery pick this year away cause we goin to the playoffs.

And fty, he won’t be back next season. Seems like poison pill to me.
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Hmmm...if it ****s up the tank, I'm far more on board for Westbrook playing.
 
HermanG said:
Hmm..

Paolo has struggled lately.. so with Westbrook in the fold we have a theoretical chance to get MIP, ROY and SMOTY in the same year lol.

Tbf, if he turned toxic at all it would just result in immediate buyout... and the end of his own career.
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Yeah but that’s a lot of dough, cause he ain’t giving no discounts. I mean that’s the present dilemma imo, if we could buy him out on the cheap, no doubt we would I believe.

Also pretty sure that if he plays for us, he starts for us - so there goes the Sixth Man award.
 
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