So What Position FA?

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'm all about Kent Blazemore420 tho.

 

[NAOS]

Cy would like to return to his conversation about Hayward's one-eye and its snug fit in his concavity.

 

[NAOS]

I'm obvi super madd guis.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'm obvi super madd guis.

Never fails.

 

[NAOS]

Never fails.

you're doing what you do, so I'm doing what you think I do. You having fun?

 

[Coach Ellis]

No top level free agents will be changing teams and heading to Utah this offseason. DL says that he's hoping for a "Reggie White" type of acquisition in free agency. Won't happen. The only way to acquire that guy is to trade for a player to get his Bird Rights and then offer him significantly more than anyone else can.

 

[Game6Conley]

No top level free agents will be changing teams and heading to Utah this offseason. DL says that he's hoping for a "Reggie White" type of acquisition in free agency. Won't happen. The only way to acquire that guy is to trade for a player to get his Bird Rights and then offer him significantly more than anyone else can.

Ya never know.. Gotta leave it open.. Brad "bubble-wrap" Beal's injury history might make him more gettable than some are presuming.. There's talk he might need to be on a minutes restriction for the rest of his career, and with Hayward, Burks and Hood here, plus a big PG in Exum, he could play a big role on reduced minutes, it could actually be an ideal situation for him basketball-wise.. Plus he's just 22, If he can stay healthy there's plenty of upside for the Jazz, even at max dollars.

Exum - Burke - Neto
Beal - Burks - (1st rd pick?)
Hayward - Hood - Ingles
Favors - Lyles
Gobert - Withey - (1st rd pick?)

If Exum's shooting improves, which it will, and Burks stays inthe high 30's and Burke shoots as he has been this season.. The Jazz would all of a sudden have plenty of firepower on the perimeter.. I like it!!

 

[Miggs]

Ya never know.. Gotta leave it open.. Brad "bubble-wrap" Beal's injury history might make him more gettable than some are presuming.. There's talk he might need to be on a minutes restriction for the rest of his career, and with Hayward, Burks and Hood here, plus a big PG in Exum, he could play a big role on reduced minutes, it could actually be an ideal situation for him basketball-wise.. Plus he's just 22, If he can stay healthy there's plenty of upside for the Jazz, even at max dollars.

Exum - Burke - Neto
Beal - Burks - (1st rd pick?)
Hayward - Hood - Ingles
Favors - Lyles
Gobert - Withey - (1st rd pick?)

If Exum's shooting improves, which it will, and Burks stays inthe high 30's and Burke shoots as he has been this season.. The Jazz would all of a sudden have plenty of firepower on the perimeter.. I like it!!

Not a bad post but while I'd say there'd be plenty of firepower, there wouldn't be plenty of minutes for all involved.

 

[NAOS]

Not a bad post but while I'd say there'd be plenty of firepower, there wouldn't be plenty of minutes for all involved.

Beal can (and has) played the "lead guard" or "point guard". When Wall went down he was the primary ball handler.

I don't think getting Beal is realistic, but if we did, there would be enough minutes, IMO, because of the flexibility to take minutes at the 1.

 

[Boris]

Do you really think he can guard the likes of Durant and Leonard?

Either way-- I'm happy with a Bazemore contract only to a certain extent. ATL will overpay for him, and I dont think we personally should.

No! Nobody can. That is why we need Durant and Kobe not some pedestrian bolt on like Kent. NAOS and Cunning worship the LA Clippers model.

 

[Deleted member 848]

what track record does the current leadership of ATL have for overpaying players?

I've NEVER said that we're looking for a guy to LOCK DOWN the wing FULL-TIME. I'm talking about getting a guy who CAN GUARD THE WING DOWN THE STRETCH OF CLOSE GAMES SO HAYWARD CAN FOCUS ON BUCKETS. Why has the latter been consistently misrecognized as meaning something like the former? I'm not hyping Bazemore as a first-option offensive or defensive player. He's probably better than Burks, though, fit-wise, in both aspects of the game. And, it's realistic to think about acquiring him.

Bazemore is about equal to Hayward when it comes to defending the wing. Some may say he is (or could) surpassing Hayward as a defender. Wouldn't you like to add a wing defender of that caliber to this roster? Don't you also appreciate that he can switch onto guards without a problem?

Easy. If you came out just saying this, I don't think anyone would disagree. But coming in here saying that he can guard big wings deserved the questions that it ended up getting IMO. I'm not sure I've ever seen him lock down Kawhi, Lebron, Melo, Durant, or George on a possession. Maybe he has-- I don't know. In Hawks games I watch it's 90% Sef who gets that assignment, barring momentary switches.

 

[NAOS]

There are dreamier options than Bazemore, but Kent is realistic and fits really well, IMO. Has become pretty clutch, and can defend wings and guards. Coming from ATL, he'd have a seamless transition. The jazz FO had interest in him before he signed with the Hawks, so that's encouraging history, too.

I really like how he can help take the defensive burden off of Hayward -- who, I think, should be given the luxury of drawing an easier defensive assignment down the stretch of close games than he is right now.

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If Hayward can guard bigger wings, then Bazemore can, too. It isn't a complicated thing to say; statistics bear it out quite plainly.