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** What if? Lebron and the Jazz/ is it that off track??**

I don't believe seattlejazzfan is a real person. After all, we only the internet to confirm. Some guy named jason...if that is his real name...has created a site with all these alts just so he can sell advertising.
 
The Thriller said:
So what's the major problem?

The Jazz are located in the smallest market, in the driest state, and with the weirdest history, and strangest culture. Outside of SLC, our state is weird to the rest of the world. Sorry. It's true.

And as much as LBJ might like to hike, ski, or fish, I just don't see the biggest African American athlete in recent history dying to bring his talents to our state. Especially in a state that would probably ID him if he ever wanted to buy booze. ID Lebron James...

Could you imagine his reaction?

Well... At least we have better salt water taffy than South Beach, right?
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How can you argue against this post? It's not that the outside world THINKS your weird, the state of Utah IS weird. In comparison to the rest of the country, Utahr is super ****ing weird. Furthermore, when someone like Mr. James has the pick of the litter, why would he ever choose the runt?
 
VINYLONE said:
How can you argue against this post? It's not that the outside world THINKS your weird, the state of Utah IS weird. In comparison to the rest of the country, Utahr is super ****ing weird. Furthermore, when someone like Mr. James has the pick of the litter, why would he ever choose the runt?
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Weird is a perception. It matters little to me if Utah is considered weird by others.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
Not at the max or even too close to it I don't think. Between Favors newer deal and a bunch of high picks (Kanter, Exum, Burke), we're probably already around 25M. And that doesn't include Burks or anyone else.
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with the 2 1st rounders we just drafted, we're at about $32M.

the luxury tax is now $77MM


just said it was possible to sign two max players, didnt go into the ramifications on our current players.
 
The report below is a total fabrication, but persons not named seattlejazzfan might find it illuminating.


As they chase free agents to join with their superstars, the Miami Heat are telling free agents they expect to have as much as $12 million in salary-cap space after getting LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to re-sign, sources told ESPN.com.
Bob Donnan/USA TODAY SportsWith the Heat telling free agents they have as much as $12 million in cap room, it would seem to indicate that Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, at left, would be willing to take less to return.


With James demanding a maximum contract starting around $20.7 million, this indicates that Wade and Bosh have expressed a willingness to take drastic pay cuts to help the Heat add talent to the roster.
This has freed up the Heat to become a serious bidder for free agent point guard Kyle Lowry, whom they are seeking a meeting with, sources said.
Wade and Bosh were each scheduled to earn earn more than $20 million this upcoming season and a total of $40 million over the next two years. But they opted out of those contracts this past weekend, as did teammate Udonis Haslem, who was scheduled to make $4.6 million next season.
Last week, James, Wade and Bosh met and started to hash out some rough contract numbers between them. In 2010, they all agreed to take less than the maximum salary to help add free agents to the roster. At the meeting, sources told ESPN, James made it clear he would only accept the maximum salary number for the upcoming season.
On Tuesday, the Portland Oregonian reported that Bosh has plans to accept a five-year contract starting at $11 million, and Wade would accept a four-year deal starting at $12 million. Combined with James and a representative number for Haslem, the Heat would indeed have the space to go after top free agents like Lowry and Washington Wizards free agent center Marcin Gortat.
James, however, had not decided how long of a contract he is seeking from the Heat and could accept a short-term deal, sources told ESPN.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
I tip my hat to you for having the balls and brains to spell out some truth. I myself would usually provide some half-wit remark to such a post but in this instance, I'm going to hold back and semi-agree with what you said.

However, ignoring the background factors like nightlife, demographic and so forth, one big thing is still missing here in Utah to attract Lebron imo and that is another star. Yes, Bosh and even moreso, Wade, are shells of their past selves but they are still better than anything we have. Who is there to take that pressure off of Lebron? At this moment, nobody. Now if we somehow got someone like Rondo then yeah, maybe we'd have a chance but as of now, we have no shot. Lebron's not here to watch a team grow. He wants to win now and would need such a piece.
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You call this thing truth?
 
jope said:
with the 2 1st rounders we just drafted, we're at about $32M.

the luxury tax is now $77MM


just said it was possible to sign two max players, didnt go into the ramifications on our current players.
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Ummm, no. You have to have space under the CAP, not the tax threshold to sign FA's. Once you get to the cap, you then can only use exceptions, including those to retain your own players. And yes, there are cap holds for the draft picks and a minimum of 12 roster spots.

The cap hold for Gordon is 250% of his current salary (so $8.6M). IF the Jazz renounce the rights to all FA's, including the non-guaranteed contracts of Lucas, Clark, Thomas and Murphy, the Jazz would be at just under $40M for 9 players. Then add automatic cap holds for 3 more players of about $1.5M (3x rookie minimum salary of $507K). BTW, I'm using the cap hold amounts for the #5 and #23 picks for Exum and Hood. In reality, their salaries likely come in at closer to the 120% level of the base scale.

So Jazz would be sitting at $41.3M with the cap expected to increase to just over $63M. Jazz would have about $22M in cap room for a FA. Remember, that is with Hayward at $8.6M, so cap space likely decreases once he is signed or if the Jazz match an offer.

So yes, let's pursue that S&T with Miami for Lebron. LBJ wants the MAX, he wants to play in SLC and Bosh and Wade wouldn't have to take pay cuts. If Lindsey can't git 'er done, he should be FIRED!
 
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