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Would you go for a total rebuild?

Sure.

On a related note, if they would've dumped Harris and Jefferson, they could've thrown a ****-load of money at Marc Gasol. Either the Grizzlies match and are well on their way to the highest payroll in the league, or the Jazz have a totally ridiculously awesome big rotation. That gives you:

4) Favors/Millsap
5) Gasol/Favors

At the absolute minimum. You'd still have Memo for a year and through one of those trades probably have another big somewhere in there and/or more picks, plus the two lottery picks this year, plus Hayward, plus the GS pick. AT LEAST. That's not bad. Oh well, not happening now.

And I've been high on Gasol for a long time. Eat my shorts.
 
Shad said:
Al > Marc.
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Passing > Shooting every time you touch the ball
Setting effective picks > Getting lost on most of the plays and subsequently forcing the offense to be tailored to your overrated, blackhole post-game because there isn't anything else you can really do
 
Young and having no serious or recurring injury, durable, versatile, still-improving legitimate/true C > Tweener whose greatest defense for his shortcomings has been and continues to be his age, despite having already played seven NBA seasons and only appreciably improving after his sophomore season and that he learned to catch a pass while moving 6.5 seasons in.
 
Never having finished a season at or below 50% from the field >>>>>>>> Haven't finished a season above 50% from the field in the last four seasons

Furthermore:

Marc Gasol's worst FG% for a year is .01 worse than Jefferson's best.
 
I like Gasol. But you obviously can't plan to get him as an RFA, and getting RFA's always means paying too much, especially for big centers.
 
billyshelby said:
I like Gasol. But you obviously can't plan to get him as an RFA, and getting RFA's always means paying too much, especially for big centers.
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When you're starting over and you have the room, why not? Young, versatile, durable, tough, and smart Cs with no significant drawbacks don't just come along. Hypothetically of course. The Gasol ship has sailed unless it involves a sign-and-trade with a top-3 pick.

The Pau trade might be the smartest thing that franchise ever did. I can guarantee you the Grizzlies would continue to languish as bad or worse and Pau would be walking. Anyway...
 
NUMBERICA said:
When you're starting over and you have the room, why not? Hypothetically of course. The Gasol ship has sailed unless it involves a sign-and-trade with a top-3 pick.
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Because of the price. Prying away an RFA that another team very much wants to keep means paying an exorbitant price. Gasol is good. But he's not a star. Offering him anything close to market rate and Memphis quickly matches. They allegedly promised Zach they were going to resign Gasol when he signed his extension.
 
billyshelby said:
Because of the price. Prying away an RFA that another team very much wants to keep means paying an exorbitant price. Gasol is good. But he's not a star. Offering him anything close to market rate and Memphis quickly matches. They allegedly promised Zach they were going to resign Gasol when he signed his extension.
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Talk is cheap and we've yet to see Memphis be anything but, either. I understand how the RFA thing works, and I'm saying if you don't have anymore dead-weight deals like AK and Memo have been, and you also don't have anyone else taking up significant space, sure, pay the premium. Gasol's the kind of player you can put on almost any other team in the league and they're automatically better because he's skilled and produce, but as or more importantly, he sees and plays the whole game. And Cs that are legitimate 7'+ and are built like tanks are rare enough. Coupling that with a skill-driven game basically never happens anymore. He'll make others better and better players around him allow him to be better also.

Yeah, "overpay". See how it goes. If you don't get him, then you have too much money for extensions and for overpaying for role-players on short contracts (to meet minimum spending requirements) and have put Memphis in a tough spot (especially if a hard cap is coming).
 
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