You're the GM this offseason. What do you do?

[LoPo]

So we should keep Favors to help maintain chemistry so that we can lose to the Rockets in 5 games again next season or get swept by the Warriors while Favors is limited to under 20 minutes a game?

Quit being shortsighted. If we keep Favors at $12-13, we have at least $20 million to continue to upgrade the roster. I'm not saying that we keep Rubio and Favors and run it back. I'm saying keep Favors, and bring in one big piece or two good pieces to replace Rubio.

If we have two good pieces/1 big piece + Favors + the rest of the roster + development from Donovan, Grayson, Niang, O'Neale, then we are better than our 50 win season and 5 game 1st round loss.

Y'all anti-Favors guys are not realizing that he's part of the puzzle. We have to add to him not just keep him.

 

[LoPo]

Why does Favors agree to this? "Oh, you want to shop around and if no one wants to come to Utah you will contact me about another deal? Sure, okay". Why in the world do you think Favors would be available after the Jazz let him go off his current deal, after the Jazz strike out with signing Kemba and Tobias? And even if Favors were still available in such a hypothetical situation, why would he sign with the Jazz after they did that to him?

2 reasons:

#1 - he said he wants to stay here

#2 - I think $12-13 million is the most he would get on the open market for a short term deal. If we offer him $12-13 million on a 3 or 4 year deal, we are paying him above market value.

So if Favors wants to go somewhere else to make the same money, bye bye Favors. It goes against what he has said, but if he does it, we can sleep soundly knowing we tried to keep him long term.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I've already said it now 101 times - I wouldn't give Favors $18 million. I would waive and re-sign. If he gets picked up or decides to sign elsewhere, so be it. Waive Favors, go after big free agents, likely fail, bring back Favors at $12ish.

This whole Favors debate comes down to our ability to sign better players. If we can, let's do it. If we have the choice of Mirotic or Favors, just stick with Favors. That lateral move isn't worth it.

Are we giving him 12million a year to play starting 4 then back Gobert for 21 min? Or are we paying him 12 million to play only the backup 5?

I’m not bringing him back to be a starter and a backup. It makes us worse, and I don’t think he wants to only play 12-15 min to be only a backup. Let him go

 

[Getting Traded]

I'm sure this was mentioned but I sure would like the Jazz to get Brogdon, especially after watching the playoffs. He probably isn't even 100 percent, coming off that injury. I mentioned this before.

 

[Goodluckchuck]

So we should keep Favors to help maintain chemistry so that we can lose to the Rockets in 5 games again next season or get swept by the Warriors while Favors is limited to under 20 minutes a game?

While still playing better than Gobert. See what I did there?

 

[infection]

I love you analogies no matter how much Cy hates em.

What about if you could get the screw driver and a used off-brand backup crescent for the same price for when the good crescent is broken? That might be good right?

Nah. Why would you swap a really good crescent wrench for just a good one? Especially when you can just try to use the edge of the wrench to plug into the Phillips end of any screw. You get that angled just right and push hard enough, it should hold for long enough to loosen the screw at least 40% of the time.

 

[Jingled]

I'm sure this was mentioned but I sure would like the Jazz to get Brogdon, especially after watching the playoffs. He probably isn't even 100 percent, coming off that injury. I mentioned this before.

We'd all love to have Brogdon but he's restricted and there's basically no chance the Bucks don't match any offer he receives.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Nah. Why would you swap a really good crescent wrench for just a good one? Especially when you can just try to use the edge of the wrench to plug into the Phillips end of any screw. You get that angled just right and push hard enough, it should hold for long enough to loosen the screw at least 40% of the time.

I think that the wrench can learn to shoot... err I mean I think it will learn to be a screw driver and a crescent wrench too.

Guys it isn't a knock on Favs... but we can get a solid backup for under $5M a year. Use the additional $13M to do something in free agency... if DL can't get anyone to take the money then use it in trades. Give 13M to Lamb, 13M to Gay, sign a solid backup for 5M...

 

[Jingled]

Quit being shortsighted. If we keep Favors at $12-13, we have at least $20 million to continue to upgrade the roster. I'm not saying that we keep Rubio and Favors and run it back. I'm saying keep Favors, and bring in one big piece or two good pieces to replace Rubio.

If we have two good pieces/1 big piece + Favors + the rest of the roster + development from Donovan, Grayson, Niang, O'Neale, then we are better than our 50 win season and 5 game 1st round loss.

Y'all anti-Favors guys are not realizing that he's part of the puzzle. We have to add to him not just keep him.

What big piece or two good pieces are we going to bring in for $18-20 million that's actually going to move the needle? Jeremy Lamb, Terry Rozier and Justice Winslow aren't going to get us any closer to beating the Rockets or Warriors in the playoffs, which should be our only goal at this point.

 

[LoPo]

What big piece or two good pieces are we going to bring in that's actually going to move the needle. Jeremy Lamb, Terry Rozier and Justin Winslow aren't going to get us any closer to beating the Rockets or Warriors in the playoffs, which should be our only goal at this point.

If we kept Favors while also adding 2 of Rozier, Winslow and Lamb, I'm quite certain we would fare well against aging Houston and GS without KD.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

We'd all love to Brogdon but he's restricted and there's basically no chance the Bucks don't match any offer he receives.

Here is something I have wondered... if we get to the point where restricted guys are now getting offers and we still have max space... At that point we could throw the toxic offer sheet their way and test them. They might be the heir to the throne if GS falls off... if they match it costs them later... if we get him at a big overpay at least we addressed a need.

There's a small chance they let Malcolm walk if they have to max Middleton and he gets a crazy offer sheet. Could see them talking themselves into Donte stepping up and re-signing Hill after he clears waivers.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If we kept Favors while also adding 2 of Rozier, Winslow and Lamb, I'm quite certain we would fare well against aging Houston and GS without KD.

I mean you aren't getting two of those guys for under 18-20M, but sure.