Sources: Bobby Portis significantly interested in Utah

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How's his defense?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

10 to 12M puts them a few million in the tax if you include them signing Jabari to about 10, Sato at about 9, and Bryant at about 6M...

That option includes letting Ariza walk.

They drafted Rui so maybe they want Jabari and Rui and Portis is out of the future plans. If he is restricted I’m not sure we consider making an offer.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

How's his defense?

Ummmm welllll just focus on the offense okay.

 

[Miggs]

Ummmm welllll just focus on the offense okay.

Not worried about his d. He played on terrible teams. With coaching and Gobert behind him, he’d be fine.

 

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Ummmm welllll just focus on the offense okay.

That bad?

 

[NUMBERICA]

I have no idea what his market is and I haven’t done a deep dive on his performance but he’s who I would’ve drafted in 2015. I’m a sucker for tough players that can shoot a basketball.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'd say go after Jabari Parker if luring Tobias Harris doesn't work. Yes, Jabari's defense is trash but even so we still get lit up having great team defense too.

The Jazz are never going to sign a guy who made the comments Parker made about defense.

 

[Jack Strop]

Breaking news...
Per Tony Jones, everyone has interest in Utah.
Tony just going to keep throwing names out there until the Jazz sign someone. Then he can bump the applicable tweet and say, "see, I was right." Tony has about as much credibility as a certain poster who does the same thing here with draft prospects 4 years in advance.

 

[Sandman822]

I'm all for signing Portis but I don't see why Washington would let him go?

 

[Stoked]

Breaking news...
Per Tony Jones, everyone has interest in Utah.
Tony just going to keep throwing names out there until the Jazz sign someone. Then he can bump the applicable tweet and say, "see, I was right." Tony has about as much credibility as a certain poster who does the same thing here with draft prospects 4 years in advance.

No, that’s not Jones at all. If he’s reporting it it’s because he is hearing it. You do him a big disservice by this.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

How's his defense?

Average at best. Not quick enough to stay in front of most 4's and no rim protection to speak of.

To me he is strictly a 3rd big. His defense has to improve though to be a viable center, which it might be able to.

Not a huge fan.

 

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Breaking news...
Per Tony Jones, everyone has interest in Utah.
Tony just going to keep throwing names out there until the Jazz sign someone. Then he can bump the applicable tweet and say, "see, I was right." Tony has about as much credibility as a certain poster who does the same thing here with draft prospects 4 years in advance.

Apparently you don't follow him very closely. Tony is very credible and accurate in his reporting.