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This team is better off!

After playing 78 games in a contract season if the Jazz had resigned Boozer you know he was going to miss something like 45-50 games due to a strained somethingorother after starting out great. So the Jazz might be better off in the short run as well. They just need to make some smart moves.
 
PFs are easier to find than Cs

It's easier to find a good PF in this league than a good C. The Jazz will be looking for a PF this summer... while playing Okur, Koufos, Fesenko at C until the much anticipated arrival of 7-2 Ante Tomic who's a cross between Pau Gasol and Yao Ming.
 
Scorpjazz said:
Sorry,ya lost me there..I get it, some people dont like Boozer and his No d play. But to even think Sap can equal or surpass Boozer is ridiculous at best. Not Sap, by himself. WAY too limited. I love the guy too, but Im realistic.
I did agree with alot of what you said otherwise though. Letting Booz go and not having to take contracts back will help in the long run.
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I see where you're coming from, but I wouldn't be so sure if I were you that Millsap can't equal or surpass Booz's numbers. In a contract year this year, Booz gave us 19 pts and 11 rebs per year. In 2008/09 Millsap was playing 30 minutes a game and giving us over 13 points and 8 rebounds per game. Once his minutes finally elevate to starter level for a full 82 game season, I don't see why Millsap shouldn't be projected as a 16 and 10 guy next year and I certainly don't see why he can't improve on that in the following seasons.

However, my theory is based more on what the Utah Jazz tend to get out of their Power Forwards more than it is about Millsap. On paper, my theory is sound. We'll see if it translates into actual numbers for Millsap........
 
David Stern said:
Don't underestimate Sap. He's got the heart to do pretty much anything.
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Heart can't make you taller.

I agree with most of what has been said. The Jazz had no choice but to let Booz walk his way to the windy city. He'll get boo'd by fans when he comes back to ESA but should be cheered. Who would have wanted that contract for the next 5 years??? The only thing I keep coming back to is how Dwill is taking this. I would have thought he wanted Booz back and he has made it quite clear that the Jazz need to make some moves to get GREAT and not settle for being good. That's not worth his time and I don't really blame him. I don't know if a promise of big things to come when AK's contract is off the books is going to be enough. The team is better of, provided that the front office keeps working and does not settle for having a good team.
 
To those who think there is no dropoff between Millsap and Boozer, don't forget we got the Williams-Matthews-Miles-Millsap-Okur lineup against Phoenix in the season finale in what was essentially a playoff game. How did Millsap do in that one?
Sap is talented, but he's not Boozer. This will be a really intriguing offense-defense tradeoff.
 
vslice02 said:
To those who think there is no dropoff between Millsap and Boozer, don't forget we got the Williams-Matthews-Miles-Millsap-Okur lineup against Phoenix in the season finale in what was essentially a playoff game. How did Millsap do in that one?
Sap is talented, but he's not Boozer. This will be a really intriguing offense-defense tradeoff.
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That is one of the worst arguments of all time. It's like the Jazz deciding to sign John Amaechi because he had a good game when he played against them (true story).
 
Scorpjazz said:
Sorry,ya lost me there..I get it, some people dont like Boozer and his No d play. But to even think Sap can equal or surpass Boozer is ridiculous at best. Not Sap, by himself. WAY too limited. I love the guy too, but Im realistic.
I did agree with alot of what you said otherwise though. Letting Booz go and not having to take contracts back will help in the long run.
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I don't think Sap matches Boozer's numbers, either. But seriously, give him the same number of minutes and he gets 16/9...at least. Do ya think we can make up the additional points and ONE rebound? CJ gets more touches, Deron takes another shot or two, Matthews puts up a couple more shots. Pretty easy to re-distribute the ball. Deron/Millsap won't be running as much pick-and-roll. But Deron can drive and dish. And if Okur comes back, the pick-and-pop for 3 will be a weapon, just like it was a couple of seasons ago when Boozer missed a bunch of games and Okur was en fuego.

With room under the tax, it will be interesting to see what O'Connor can do with AK's expiring and the Harp trade exception. I don;t think Chicago will do a S&T. Do they really want to lock up Carlos for a 6th year, when he'll be 34?
 
Agreed, we are definitely better in the long run. I just wonder what the FO would do if we hadn't extended Memo, would they have resigned Boozer?
Either way & as stupid as it sounds, I rather pay Memo ~20M the next 2 years than Boozer 80M the next 5.

Hey, can someone refresh my memory? When did AK become more injury-prone, before of after his max contract? If it was after, I justify his max contract because of the way he played at the time (playing PF right?) cause he was all over the court back then.
 
5 yr/80 mil is too much, honestly. We weren't going to win with him. I wish Booze well in Chitown.

I'm not ultimately worried about PF, as we've got enough bodies to cover it between Millsap (why else would we sign him), AK, and Okur when he's healthy. Whether we're better off remains to be seen. That said, the Jazz must concentrate on upgrading our center rotation, either through internal improvement, signing a player, or (most likely) a trade. Boozer's departure hasn't changed this fact.

Manslap gets his time to shine now.
 
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