Who's Garrett Temple?????

[fufo]

He's not a straight up PG.
He played SG most of the time. A combo guard who can defend 1 to 3. Competitor. Not much else.
He shot 37 percent from 3 last year btw.


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[idiot]

I'd go for a Temple acquisition. As was mentioned before, he seems to be a very good placeholder for Exum's production.

Very active, long, agile defender. 7th in defensive RPM last season for position if considered a PG (15th if considered a SG). 14th in NBA in steal % among players with 500+ minutes. Won't do much offensively, but seems not to make too many mistakes and generally plays within his limitations.

Spent a couple hours watching clips on NBA.com: very good quickness, activity level. Decent handle, good quick ball-mover; ball doesn't stick with him; seems to have a good sense of what he wants to do before the ball gets to him. Hard to tell how good his PG skills are because Wall dominates the ball so much with Wizards, but seems to have the skill to at least be OK.

Very good contract situation if Jazz want a one-year fill-in. All reports I've seen suggest he's a great worker/locker-room guy. I'd be concerned that the Wizards may not move him as easily as I've seen some on Twitter suggesting. I've seen a few suggestions that Wittman regards him as a very valuable situational (esp. defensively) player.

 

[bjwsan]

I'd go for a Temple acquisition.

good summary, from on idiot, to another:
- very good placeholder for Exum---- +.
- very active, long, agile defender, 7th in defensive RPM---- +
- 14th in NBA in steal %---- +
- good quick ball-mover; ball doesn't stick with him---- +
- very good contract situation if Jazz want a one-year fill-in---- +

Jody also noted good relationship w/ Lindsey and Snyder, knew him from SA days
Salary only 1.1M, and WAS looking for cap relief, so they could trade Cotton, who would be cut... maybe that's all? Throw in a 2nd?
Much bigger than current crop, at 6'6", and decent 3PT%... as noted by fufo
Biggest +, doesn't keep the ball in his hands, like common w/ Burke

This feels like a real 'small ball' move, meaning singles and bunts... doesn't cost UTA anything, gains a known quantity, who fits a 3 and D model, and probably already 'gets' the Synder PPP model.

Doesn't give up Trey, so he can make it or break it himself... but more importantly to the team, allows us to potentially get some value out of Trey, if we traded by Dec. Otherwise, we would get nothing for Trey now...

Would like to see a stronger move for a more dynamic PG who could contribute over next 2 years... but this doesn't preclude that...

 

[bjwsan]

Temple is bigger than Garrett

??? He have one leg longer than the other?

 

[bjwsan]

So what are we giving WAS for him? Grant Jerrett? A 2nd round pick?

Maybe nothing... not Jerrett, as WAS is said to be looking for CAP space.
Cooley, if we want to keep Cotton, or Cotton if we figure 3 PGs enough...
Future 2nd if we need to sweeten...?

 

[bjwsan]

BTW... Jody didn't quote this, but put it in his piece:

"Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey refuted the notion that the Jazz are discussing potential temporary replacements for Exum. At this point, he believes that would be insensitive to Exum and his parents."

While we do feel for Dante and his parents, good thing we're not Jazz Staff, and can be insensitive, rabid fans, and discuss ALL KINDS of temporary replacements!

 

[homeytennis]

BTW... Jody didn't quote this, but put it in his piece:

"Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey refuted the notion that the Jazz are discussing potential temporary replacements for Exum. At this point, he believes that would be insensitive to Exum and his parents."

While we do feel for Dante and his parents, good thing we're not Jazz Staff, and can be insensitive, rabid fans, and discuss ALL KINDS of temporary replacements!

What about Jared Cunningham (decent last couple of games of summer league and a former first round pick in 2012 or Chris Johnson as a new point?