Chris
Well-Known Member
I don't know about you guys but I am pumped for the Draft already, regardless of what the Jazz end up doing. Really hope the Jazz go with Aaron Gordon at 5 but this isn't a draft thread per se. Didn't think I'd be this pumped when I found out that the Jazz would likely miss out on Jabari Parker -- my pipe dream this whole college basketball season. And maybe something might work itself out. But I digress.
I'm loving the choice of Quin Snyder as the new head coach. Assuming they re-sign Hayward, dump Marvin & RJ, (and let's not forget that Biedrins is off the books), the team has the money to sign Hayward to whatever he'll command on the open market, should the Jazz choose to match that team's (read: Boston Celtics) offer. They can also sign each of this year's draft picks to decent, reasonable rookie scale contracts, and then sign Kanter and Burks to new deals now too.
Strike while the iron is hot with those guys. Alec Burks is on the cusp of a(nother) breakout season with a new, developmentally-minded young coach and Kanter is about to bust out too. Enes didn't have such a hot '13-'14 so we re-sign him now for less than he might get next offseason on the open market. Same for Burks, who might become the whole Wes Matthews situation all over again if Jazz brass gets caught sleeping.
At that point, you've got the youngest team in the League, still some money to spend, and all of your core signed for good, cap friendly, long-ish deals. All with a highly recommended, defense-minded coach whose players love him.
So yeah, I'm pretty pumped to watch the whole thing start to unfold next Thursday night.
I'm loving the choice of Quin Snyder as the new head coach. Assuming they re-sign Hayward, dump Marvin & RJ, (and let's not forget that Biedrins is off the books), the team has the money to sign Hayward to whatever he'll command on the open market, should the Jazz choose to match that team's (read: Boston Celtics) offer. They can also sign each of this year's draft picks to decent, reasonable rookie scale contracts, and then sign Kanter and Burks to new deals now too.
Strike while the iron is hot with those guys. Alec Burks is on the cusp of a(nother) breakout season with a new, developmentally-minded young coach and Kanter is about to bust out too. Enes didn't have such a hot '13-'14 so we re-sign him now for less than he might get next offseason on the open market. Same for Burks, who might become the whole Wes Matthews situation all over again if Jazz brass gets caught sleeping.
At that point, you've got the youngest team in the League, still some money to spend, and all of your core signed for good, cap friendly, long-ish deals. All with a highly recommended, defense-minded coach whose players love him.
So yeah, I'm pretty pumped to watch the whole thing start to unfold next Thursday night.
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