Woj: Jazz finalizing contract with German center Tibor Pleiss

[Elizah Huge]

Tiago was a FIRST ROUND PICK! He also was a really good european player unlike Tibor. Bad comparison.

3 picks apart? LMAO. And Pleiss put up great stats when he wasn't a backup.

 

[Qman]

This is all ridiculous. When we seem him against NBA level athletes for a few games maybe we can complain about this deal. Doing it now is just silly.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Tiago was a FIRST ROUND PICK! He also was a really good european player unlike Tibor. Bad comparison.

Pleiss was the 31st overall pick, only a 3 pick difference.

 

[Stifle Tower]

It's not a cheap contract for a guy we don't know will even work out in the league, but it doesn't matter much... it's also not a horrible contract that will hinder us in any major way anyways.

On the other hand, if he were a free agent and at least a serviceable backup, his contract would be 2x that amount.

I think it's a decent contract. Very little risk. $3M is nothing that is going to hinder Utah in the next 3 years from signing other free agents or making trades.

 

[fishonjazz]

It's not a cheap contract for a guy we don't know will even work out in the league, but it doesn't matter much... it's also not a horrible contract that will hinder us in any major way anyways.

This

 

[silesian]

Tiago was a FIRST ROUND PICK! He also was a really good european player unlike Tibor. Bad comparison.

Yep, comparing a 28th pick to a 31st pick is a bad comparison. if it was comparing 28 to 30, different story altogether.

 

[hgb]

Yep, comparing a 28th pick to a 31st pick is a bad comparison. if it was comparing 28 to 30, different story altogether.

But contracts for first round picks are more or less pre-determined, are they not? (Which is why many good euros are drafted in the second round.)

 

[Deleted member 848]

Pleiss was the 31st overall pick, only a 3 pick difference.

and not only that, but going 31st is more impressive than going 28th. A couple of Euros tend to go with the first pick of the second round, in order to give the drafting franchise more salary flexibility in terms of buy-outs and contract (see the Nikola Pekovic instance-- he was a lottery talent who's contract specifics made him go 31st).

 

[Deleted member 848]

But contracts for first round picks are more or less pre-determined, are they not? (Which is why many good euros are drafted in the second round.)

yup.

 

[Deleted member 848]

Also, this contract is a complete ****ing steal. Lol, Pleiss making almost as much as Tomic. **** that dude.

 

[phippsj]

Tiago was a FIRST ROUND PICK! He also was a really good european player unlike Tibor. Bad comparison.

He did not fit with Barca, but they were very excited to get him. Year prior with Laboral (same league) he averaged 12.7 ppg with a 59.7% fg%, 6.5 rebounds per game and 1.2 blocks per game.

Even at Barca he shot over 60% from the field. Not fair to claim he was not a good European center. Him and Tomic were the 2 centers in Europe (Tomic considered the best).

It's a good contract... right where we should expect it to be.

 

[sgjazzfan]

and not only that, but going 31st is more impressive than going 28th. A couple of Euros tend to go with the first pick of the second round, in order to give the drafting franchise more salary flexibility in terms of buy-outs and contract (see the Nikola Pekovic instance-- he was a lottery talent who's contract specifics made him go 31st).

Exactly, and I think Tiago Splitter didn't come earlier because of his restrictions. Tibor probably wasn't a first rounder in large part because of Splitter.