Ten Day Contracts
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Coach Ellis
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To be honest, I'm not the biggest Jimmer fan, but he does have an NBA skill. Wouldn't mind having a PG who can shoot threes if he's not going to pass or defend. Trey has potential as a reserve, but he's not an NBA starter. Gal Mekel might not have beaten Jimmer for a job this offseason, but I'm pretty sure Patrick Beverly got beaten out a few times before landing with the Rockets. You give him a chance and let him succeed or fail on his own. I doubt much comes out of signing anyone other than Trey gets benched for his poor play without putting Exum in the lineup before he's ready.
Coach Ellis
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I could live with this, but I don't think it aligns with their plan to develop Exum. They're taking it slow for a reason. I don't want them to rush the timetable just to get Trey out of the lineup.
framer
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Obviously I am not in the practices, so I don't know what is happening there, but Bringing in Exum in a limited starter role would seem prudent at this point as it would help him AND Trey. Trey could even play more minutes. With our two guard problem, we need someone who can hit the outside shot and Exum is more capable than Trey at doing that right now. It would also seem that Exum is growing too comfortable in his role as a spot up shooter. He needs his cheese to be moved. Consequently, I would also Bring in Gobert as a starter although not necessarily give him a lot more minutes. He just changes the game too much to be sitting on the bench. Kanter CAN make a difference, but Gobert does it every time.
Coach Ellis
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I don't disagree with any of this. I think that the Jazz should add a couple of guys to the roster and then work Gobert, Exum and Hood into bigger roles. I'm not going to scapegoat Trey Burke. He's tryinv to lead, but his shooting, defense and decision making have been atrocious. I still think that he'll be a decent reserve, but he's trying too hard and Exum really isn't the guy to push him to the bench. They have a plan for his development and they don't want to rush that. I'm fine with that. But they need to solve Burke's issues before it hurts team morale and chemistry. I thought that they should have brought over Neto or traded for Jeremy Linfor these reasons exactly. In fact, Lin would be a guy that I'd look at going after. I don't give them any picks unless they take Novak, but it would solve a couple of issues for this year without hampering the future.
Now that his shot is better it would be interesting to see him play some SF. If he played that position he wouldn't be too much of a tweener. Anyone think he's a better defender than Paul's?
Ellipse
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LOL I just went to the Jazz's website to see if any roster spots are open for a 10-day contract. According to their team roster, they have only 8 players on the team. Hmm, must have been a monster trade involving Hayward and Enes 'cause neither is listed as being on the team.
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It must be soooo difficult for a multibillion dollar organization to maintain a relevant web page.
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It must be soooo difficult for a multibillion dollar organization to maintain a relevant web page.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
With the emergence of Gobert, Jazz might do a 180 on Kanter. Utah needs outside shooting, Still a problem with who starts, though. And for 18 mins/per, Jazz would be left with Millsap/Favors on the court. That was never a very good defensive combination.
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But it's still Kanter at $9m per year, VS Millsap at circa $12m per.
I think at that price I'd take Millsap.
