Sources: Bobby Portis significantly interested in Utah
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Favors is a plus on offense and is really good at defense.
So far in his career Jabari is barely a plus on offense (this is debatable if you look at stats, they say he is a negative) and a definite negative on defense.
Per 100 possessions this season Favors and Jabari scored about the same amount. But Favors was way more efficient. Favors offensive rating was 124 to Jabari's 102. Defensively Favors was 103 to Jabari's 113. I could keep going but pretty much every advanced stat favors Favors over Jabari. Jabari has not been a positive player on the court in his career thus far. If you go by career numbers its even worse for Jabari in comparison.
Favors is an elite defender. Favors is an elite roll man in the pick and roll. Favors is elite at finishing at the rim. Favors was #8 in the NBA at Efg% between Curry and Giannis. Favors was #7 at offensive rating and #6 at defensive rating. Per 48 minutes Favors was #9 in the league this year. Favors was #18 in box scores +/- in the NBA.
Jabari is not elite at anything. The best thing about him over Favors is he can shoot the 3. But so far he has been below average 3 point shooter in the NBA. Jabari has potential to be good but he has not been so far.
And I am in favor of picking up Jabari if he is cheap. Although I might be his only person that wants us to sign him that isnt LDS.
I dont think he is as bad as Boozer was. He doesnt move out of the way like Boozer did. He seems to put some effort in. He also looked okay at defense in the playoffs last time he was in them. He made some big defensive plays and put okay effort in.
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I think he’s a really good option... I think he gets anywhere from 7-10M but I think a 3/24 on day one of free agency plus a starting spot and his old running mate would be really attractive.
I think Ed Davis can be had for the full room exception of 2 years and 4.8M per year. His defensive splits are so good... I’m not sure how good a defender he is or if Allen is just completely terrible but I think he can be good enough when Rudy is off... he’s just such a mother effer to box out.
You’d then have another 7-10M to address the wing or get another smallball 4 option. I think you see what king of wing that gets you and try to sign Tolliver or Jonas or someone like that on a vet minimum. I think we can rely on Niang and Royce to provide some stretch minutes but wouldn’t want to have an injury and now you are thin.
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Conley Trade with Rubio S&T (potentially with a third team)
Mike Conley's 2019/20 salary: $32,511,623
Jazz salary required in trade: (Conley's Salary - $100k)*.8 = $25,929,298.40
Korver: $7,500,000
Crowder: $7,815,533
Allen: $2,429,400
Rubio minimum starting salary for S&T: $8,184,365.40
S&T for Tobias Harris
Projected 2019/20 salary cap: $109mil
Max starting salary for player with 7-9 years experience: $109mil*.3 = $32.7mil
Minimum outgoing salary to acquire 7-9 year max player: ($32.7mil - $100k)*.8 = $26.08mil
Favors + Exum: $16.9mil + $9.6mil = $26.5mil (just enough!!)
In this scenario, the Jazz retain the Full MLE, starting at ~$9.2mil, and the BAE, starting at ~$3.6mil to sign a PF/C and a PG.
I'm not all that knowledgeable about the current CBA, so maybe something's wrong here.
Where would Rubio go in this scenario, though? Memphis isn’t going to want him, so you’d have to make this a trade involving other teams simultaneously. But I believe his outgoing salary in that scenario would still count for salary matching/incoming salary. Getting all parties on board would be really tricky, especially since it would have to come together rather fast.
The salaries for Harris work in that scenario, but that would almost certainly have to require another team as well since I absolutely cannot see the Sixers wanting Exum.
TLDR; it appears to be technically possible. Thanks.
GVC
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Absolutely. This requires a team that can absorb Rubio and/or has a piece Memphis wants, and a team that wants Exum (if not Philly).
I didn't get involved in the in-season conversations about whether it was better to make a trade in-season or wait for free agency, but I thought it was pretty obvious that the Jazz should try to cash in their chips in-season to retain the full MLE and take advantage of Rubio's expiring contract. As another poster has pointed out, Memphis didn't want to pull the trigger earlier (for whatever package the Jazz were offering), but maybe the Jazz should have offered more. A missed opportunity, maybe.
