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"The Jazz are bound to shoot [Milos] Teodosic an offer sheet."

Quin's Murderface said:
I don't think it makes much sense to look at other players or situations. I think it makes the most sense to look at his game. He has an NBA game offensively, but even in his current leagues he has a decent amount of TO's to go with those great assists. He's absolutely a good/great NBA level shooter,and has excellentt ball handling ability. He's also going to struggle defensively, and he's never played in such a rigorous, long season.

He looks like he doesn't take care off himself incredibly well, and as he gets older that could lead to injuries, or an earlier drop-off in his ability.

The Jazz also need to think about if bringing a guy like him over makes sense for their team depending on who else is on the roster. Is he a definite NBA starter on a top team? I don't think you can say that. I don't know if it makes sense for the Jazz to bring him in unless they consider Exum a bust/non PG, or they aren't planning on bringing back Hill. I guess if Hayward is on board I'd be fine rolling with him in a platoon with Exum for a year or two. But I'm higher on Exum than some people, who might want to move on immediately.

Edit: In that case he'd be an ideal backup. But he reportedly only wants to start.
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Ehh, I havent heard anything about him saying he wants to start. I remember hearing he doesnt care about starting as long as he has a rotation role on the team.
 
Navarro is the best example of success... he had his buddy in his team and came in in his athletic prime... good shooter but wasn't good defensively and ultimately returned for his role in Europe.

Teo is a better prospect I agree but is older and his defense has been awful in the euroleague... now we want him to guard the pgs in the western conference.

Add to it that he has never wanted to come to the NBA until now... when the money is much better than what he can expect in the NBA... he is mecurial and is the star of that league. He was so uninterested in coming over that no one bothered to draft him. Now he wants to come over and play backup pg for us?

It's far from an obvious home run for is and the cost is significant. If we let Hill walk and teo is the answer I'm sure Hayward would love that. If we resign hill and sign him Ingles or Favs will not be on the roster next year (already assuming Burks would be gone).

So yeah no cost or risk there at all. Also they play all of 30 games a year so NBA conditioning, pace,and physicality should not be accounted for. If this was two or three years ago I think the gamble would be interesting but now it doesn't make sense at all.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
When this guy ends up going to the Spurs and crushing it, I'm blaming HH.
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Fine by me if they decide to let patty mills walk and bring him in and give him the keys.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Navarro is the best example of success... he had his buddy in his team and came in in his athletic prime... good shooter but wasn't good defensively and ultimately returned for his role in Europe.

Teo is a better prospect I agree but is older and his defense has been awful in the euroleague... now we want him to guard the pgs in the western conference.

Add to it that he has never wanted to come to the NBA until now... when the money is much better than what he can expect in the NBA... he is mecurial and is the star of that league. He was so uninterested in coming over that no one bothered to draft him. Now he wants to come over and play backup pg for us?

It's far from an obvious home run for is and the cost is significant. If we let Hill walk and teo is the answer I'm sure Hayward would love that. If we resign hill and sign him Ingles or Favs will not be on the roster next year (already assuming Burks would be gone).

So yeah no cost or risk there at all. Also they play all of 30 games a year so NBA conditioning, pace,and physicality should not be accounted for. If this was two or three years ago I think the gamble would be interesting but now it doesn't make sense at all.
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He wasnt a name when he was draft eligible.....

You know how drafting works, right?
 
I mean if it was two years 6M then fine. He can have the second year as a PO if he'd like to bet on himself. I'm dubvious of if he will defend enough and if he is motivated enough to work through the struggles when he's getting the role player treatment instead of the star treatment.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
He wasnt a name when he was draft eligible.....

You know how drafting works, right?
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He was good enough to get drafted and teams passed because he had no interest in coming over. Google it.
 
From Andy Larsen:

The cap math to get Teodosic to Utah is a little bit complicated and depends on the Jazz's other free agents' decisions. Perhaps the most likely way it happens is if the Jazz use the non-taxpayer mid-level exception to sign Teodosic. A three-year deal for Teodosic under that exception would be about $26.4 million over the course of those three years, an average annual value of $8.8 million. That matches up with Teodosic's salary demands.
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Handlogten's Heros said:
He was good enough to get drafted and teams passed because he had no interest in coming over. Google it.
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Give me a break man. If anyone knew he was going to be this good in Europe, they would have drafted him. Teams draft dudes who have no intention of coming to the NBA all the time *see the Jazz with Tomic*.
 
Their season involves a lot less games than the NBA so there would be a significant adjustment phase that could affect his consistency.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
IDK how people can not be excited about potentially getting him.
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If Jazz got him I'd be simultaneously excited and terrified:

Excited:
- One of world's elite passers
- Elite speed in thinking/processing game (even likely at NBA level)
- Should definitely help Jazz offense

Terrified:
- Defense
- Attitude, conditioning
- May not be as good a shooter as advertised (look at his FG%) -- more likely just good/OK than elite
- What we're risking (opportunities for Exum, chance to keep Hill, perhaps; chemistry?)
- Durability -- has missed 18 of 60 games so far this year, not sure that the odds are much better than for Hill to be durable
 
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