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What Do You Think The Kessler Extension Would Look Like?

Saint Cy of JFC said:
Thunder built their team through trades and the draft. They got extremely lucky Chet/Jalen were as ready as they were on their rookie contract. They also spend 30 million a year on an offensively limited center and they shot one of the lowest 3pt% in the playoffs of any team this year.
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Exactly - OKC built through the draft with picks gained from their financial flexibility, and their draft picks turned into great options around SGA. Since they drafted well and saved money, they went out and added Hartlestein at $28,500 with their financial flexibility to address the center position.

We need to draft and find our key people before spending more than Hartlestein money on a guy who doesn’t score
 
LoPo said:
Exactly - OKC built through the draft with picks gained from their financial flexibility, and their draft picks turned into great options around SGA. Since they drafted well and saved money, they went out and added Hartlestein at $28,500 with their financial flexibility to address the center position.

We need to draft and find our key people before spending more than Hartlestein money on a guy who doesn’t score
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Lmao, this is some mental gymnastics *********.
 
LoPo said:
Exactly - OKC built through the draft with picks gained from their financial flexibility, and their draft picks turned into great options around SGA. Since they drafted well and saved money, they went out and added Hartlestein at $28,500 with their financial flexibility to address the center position.

We need to draft and find our key people before spending more than Hartlestein money on a guy who doesn’t score
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Except now the new CBA mandates that you have a pretty high salary floor which makes it almost impossible to rent space like OKC did in years past. Many of the ways teams have built in the past are off the table going forward. I suspect it will look more like what the Knicks and the Pacers did where you just keep improving and consolidating while keeping good assets available for when the time comes, capitalizing on other team's mistakes.
 
I just know going forward, the more descending or constant value contracts you have, the better. Jazz should front load every one they can while they're not competing or up against the tax. Giving a fifth year to Kessler now is a great way to get him to sign an extension early, too.
The closer the annual average gets to $30m, the more likely the Jazz should wait to sign him, too.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Lmao, this is some mental gymnastics *********.
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3+ years later and you still spin things

Paying Kessler $30+ when he can’t spread the floor or keep us from being the worst defense in the league is just dumb.

Trade him to Indy in the wake of their losing Turner.
 
LoPo said:
3+ years later and you still spin things

Paying Kessler $30+ when he can’t spread the floor or keep us from being the worst defense in the league is just dumb.

Trade him to Indy in the wake of their losing Turner.
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I see you still say dumb **** about the Jazz in order to make some theory you have work.
 
LoPo said:
Mental gymnastics huh?

Did we or did we not have the worst defense in the NBA?
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Did the Utah Jazz tank on purpose or not? Have they been changing lineups, sitting vets, and playing big minutes to bad defenders or not?
 
Kessler is completely unproven because his results are so bad but his supporting cast was the worst in the league and because his playstyle seems unlikely to translate well to the postseason (where he's never been).

But he's still going to get a huge deal because he's a promising third year player.
 
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