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

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I do think the Jazz are planning something big.

It's just pretty weird that a team who in the past had barely used 2nd rounders bought 2 extra ones in the 50's. I think they are planning on trading Exum and Bradley into cap-space so they want the extra cheap players to fill roster spots.

We will need those cheap players even if we don't ship Exum and Bradley... and Favors... and Neto...

Our rotation took a serious hit by that Conley trade and our ability to add talent took a nose-dive after we chose to use capspace to absorb Conley, thus only having the small room MLE and vet mins to add players. We have like... 7-8 playable players under contract right now and we need about as many to fill out the roster. Even if we go on a vet-min shopping spree, we would still need at least a couple draft picks to fill in roster spots.

 

[Revolution 9]

How much does Jingles make, and are you willing to upgrade his position to win a title?

 

[NUMBERICA]

How much does Jingles make, and are you willing to upgrade his position to win a title?

It depends on what constitutes “upgrade”, but in almost every conceivable scenario, probably not. He IS a championship piece, he’s just been asked to do way too much.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

We will need those cheap players even if we don't ship Exum and Bradley... and Favors... and Neto...

Our rotation took a serious hit by that Conley trade and our ability to add talent took a nose-dive after we chose to use capspace to absorb Conley, thus only having the small room MLE and vet mins to add players. We have like... 7-8 playable players under contract right now and we need about as many to fill out the roster. Even if we go on a vet-min shopping spree, we would still need at least a couple draft picks to fill in roster spots.

15 mil. And by upgrade you mean to at least a borderline all star??

 

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15 mil. And by upgrade you mean to at least a borderline all star??

I'm sorry, I don't get what you mean?

edit: oh I think you were responding to another post. If you are asking about an upgrade for Ingles.. yeah... I don't think it's very easy to get. I think Ingles was overextended last year and that's what lead to his decreased efficiency. I think with Conley on board Ingles can slide back into a role he's more comfortable with rather than us having to rely on him to drag this team and the second unit offensively(along with Mitchell).

 

[LoPo]

I do think the Jazz are planning something big.

It's just pretty weird that a team who in the past had barely used 2nd rounders bought 2 extra ones in the 50's. I think they are planning on trading Exum and Bradley into cap-space so they want the extra cheap players to fill roster spots.

Could be. It would be nice.



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[Revolution 9]

15 mil. And by upgrade you mean to at least a borderline all star??

Ive always thought Ingles would be a great bench 6th man type. Not sure hes a championship piece as a starter with a huge roll.

I love Joe a lot. But we have to look at every piece and be honest about it. Is he the answer, and can he be upgraded?

 

[toddychurch]

We will need those cheap players even if we don't ship Exum and Bradley... and Favors... and Neto...

Our rotation took a serious hit by that Conley trade and our ability to add talent took a nose-dive after we chose to use capspace to absorb Conley, thus only having the small room MLE and vet mins to add players. We have like... 7-8 playable players under contract right now and we need about as many to fill out the roster. Even if we go on a vet-min shopping spree, we would still need at least a couple draft picks to fill in roster spots.

I'm sure the answer has been posted, but is there a way to complete the Conley trade after free agency begins, yet prior to guaranteeing the Favors contract, thus freeing up cap space between July 1-6? If so, could Exum, Bradley, Neto or whomever be traded to open up even more space?

I may be misunderstanding how it all works, but if the trade isn't finalized until later, our team is currently the same as before i.e. we still have Crowder, Allen, draft picks. If we renounce Rubio and Favors as cap holds and somehow get rid of Exum and Bradley, would that open up a significant amount of money to be used for free agents on July 1st? Then, once/if a free agent (Harris) signs, we complete the trade and we would be working over the cap or is Conley's contract too much for us to match?

 

[LoPo]

When was the last time our FO commented on Exum good or bad?

And what was the chatter on Exum after the Conley deal was completed? We wouldn't include Exum? Memphis did or didn't want Exum? Anything?

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[NUMBERICA]

When was the last time our FO commented on Exum good or bad?

And what was the chatter on Exum after the Conley deal was completed? We wouldn't include Exum? Memphis did or didn't want Exum? Anything?

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The rumor I read from a couple of different sources is the deal died because the Jazz wouldn’t include Exum. I choose not to believe that because that would reveal that our front office is suicidally stupid.

 

[Ron Mexico]

I do think the Jazz are planning something big.

It's just pretty weird that a team who in the past had barely used 2nd rounders bought 2 extra ones in the 50's. I think they are planning on trading Exum and Bradley into cap-space so they want the extra cheap players to fill roster spots.

Every indication from the FO has been and is that they really like Exum and are committed to his development. They might trade him for a big name FA but they are not dumping him for cap space. They value him more than whatever they could sign a FA this off season for his salary at. I could be wrong but the FO has never indicated anything but that they view Exum as part of their future.

If Jazz could land someone like Harris I think they might try but based on recent stuff I think Jazz might value Favors and Exum higher than Harris.

I think they might be better off keeping both and seeing how they perform this year. Then trading them if it isnt working at the trade deadline. There will be some solid players being dumped by teams tanking. Even if they are working out they might be able to land a really good player. If Exum is healthy and starts to perform like he was during the short stretch of health towards the end when things were clicking his value skyrockets. Same with Favors, if he can perform well like he did last year but with more minutes then teams will see he is healthy and he might have some real value with a team making a push. Who knows if we would want to trade them at that point.

 

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I'm sure the answer has been posted, but is there a way to complete the Conley trade after free agency begins, yet prior to guaranteeing the Favors contract, thus freeing up cap space between July 1-6? If so, could Exum, Bradley, Neto or whomever be traded to open up even more space?

Favors' contract counts on the books anyways until you either trade him or waive his contract before his guarantee date (July 6th). So no, you cannot both have the money from Favors as if he's not on the team and have his bird rights at the same time. You can negotiate with players between July 1st and July 6th and see if any of them wants to come though... and if you think they are better option than Favors you can waive Favors before the 6th and free up the capspace to get this player or players you negotiated with before July 6th.

I may be misunderstanding how it all works, but if the trade isn't finalized until later, our team is currently the same as before i.e. we still have Crowder, Allen, draft picks. If we renounce Rubio and Favors as cap holds and somehow get rid of Exum and Bradley, would that open up a significant amount of money to be used for free agents on July 1st? Then, once/if a free agent (Harris) signs, we complete the trade and we would be working over the cap or is Conley's contract too much for us to match?
Yes, to the first part, until the Conley trade is called into the NBA offices we have Crowder and Korver and Allen and the draft picks and the capspace... If we renounce Rubio and Favors this gets us more capspace... if we trade Exum and Bradley into the capspace of some other team(without getting salary back), this gets us even more capspace.

On the second part - no. You can free up all that space you mentioned above and you still wouldn't have enough to absorb both Harris and Conley. You can absorb Harris 1st... the problem is that you won't have enough space to do the Conley trade after.