Teodosic supposedly on his way
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The Jazz Wonderbra
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Also, that was his mother-in-law... not his mistress. And his hand wasn't on her tail pipe. Sheesh.
We investigated this pretty thoroughly a few weeks ago* and Andy Larsen came through with the definitive answer that it's not possible.
But they can (and probably will) still use the 2016-2017 cap space money in a trade.
*sorry, can't find the thread. I went over the Larry Coon Salary Cap FAQ and it was ambiguous, so if I recall correctly someone sent a tweet to Andy Larsen and he looked into it.
I'm okay with picking up Teodosic to play major minutes at PG. The fact that the Jazz got Mitchell and that Exum is making progress may make this more viable. These are lottery picks that need playing time during the next couple of years. The Jazz, I think, want to retain Joe Ingles and are probably eyeing another move in free agency. Saving money at the PG spot will help that. George Hill is a better player in the short term, and in a vaccuum it would be great to bring him back. Longer term, paying Hill complicates retaining Exum and may take minutes away from Mitchell, whom I believe will be a better player than Hill within a year or two. Hill didn't appear to be the kind of defender he was reputed to be, and the fact that Hill is over 30 and missed 33 games last year (including the Warriors series) seems like the final straw. I think the Jazz are leaving the door open a crack for Hill, basically as a back-up plan, but I'm not confident they really want him back.
addictionary
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There is a difference between a guard lacking D and a center lacking D.
Center is the last resort under the rim and must be good at D. A guard can act like a scarecrow and he still can be considered a superstar.
Ellipse
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<smooch!>
Oh, there is no way we get both.
Joncolton
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You're certainly entitled to, but the numbers don't lie. They have some of the worst defensive stats in the league, basically if they are guarding you - that's your chance to go off.
I think the Jazz could trade for Beverly and sign Teodosic. Milos and Exum can both play enough at the 2 to make it totally work. At the same time, by splitting George Hill's salary between two good point guards - you have injury insurance.
Ellipse
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DL is NOT going into next season without acquiring a veteran point guard to start for Quinn. I'm sure he would prefer to re-sign Hill, but not at $25 million/year. Milo would be a steal at $8 million/year. As for a ****ty defender, how much did we pay Diaw for his no-defense, no-rebound play, just so we could make use of his assists on offense?
Yup, people conveniently forget we played Diaw a good amount of rotation minutes, even at center, despite him being a terrible defender and possibly the worst rebounding big man in the NBA. And guess what? We figured out how to hide him because we have Rudy Mother****ing Gobert.
I like Hill very much and he has a great blend of shooting, passing, defense etc.
But Jazz seems resolved to let him go if he is asking too much.
If so I'm leaning toward Teo of all the PGs available.
Been watching videos of him
He has Magic/Stockton passing skills and he has Steph Curry shooting skills
Every team nowadays can't have enough shooters and passers and he is spectacular
Cavs and Warriors were scoring 120 plus against each other
Even though Warriors and maybe Cavs are elite defensive teams
I would love to see what Teo can do in the NBA
But Jazz seems resolved to let him go if he is asking too much.
If so I'm leaning toward Teo of all the PGs available.
Been watching videos of him
He has Magic/Stockton passing skills and he has Steph Curry shooting skills
Every team nowadays can't have enough shooters and passers and he is spectacular
Cavs and Warriors were scoring 120 plus against each other
Even though Warriors and maybe Cavs are elite defensive teams
I would love to see what Teo can do in the NBA
