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Zach Lowe tells Utah (and a couple other teams) what to do in free agency

Didn't read the thread. But read Lowe's commentary. That's why he's writing about the NBA and not running the team. Nothing cripples a team more than blowing money.

Not his best work.
 
Look the cake has baked, the steak has marinated, and the pie has cooled off... It's time for dinner bitches...

Adding a player with our cap space is not spending just to spend... GS had a young team and added a veteran at a big salary in Iggy... San Antonio has added pieces such as trading Hill for Kwahi... There is a case to be made for standing pat, but when you have assets and don't maximize them it doesn't help us become better.

Let the cake bake, but also get the ice cream out so we can have that **** a la mode.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I'm pretty much dead set on getting Splitter and Mills right now. Its a good enough move to move the needle but doesn't change the dynamic of our team too much.
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I'm down with this plan
 
bigmike said:
Didn't read the thread. But read Lowe's commentary. That's why he's writing about the NBA and not running the team. Nothing cripples a team more than blowing money.

Not his best work.
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You don't understand the landscape of the nba salary cap... Lowe does.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Look the cake has baked, the steak has marinated, and the pie has cooled off... It's time for dinner bitches...

Adding a player with our cap space is not spending just to spend... GS had a young team and added a veteran at a big salary in Iggy... San Antonio has added pieces such as trading Hill for Kwahi... There is a case to be made for standing pat, but when you have assets and don't maximize them it doesn't help us become better.

Let the cake bake, but also get the ice cream out so we can have that **** a la mode.
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**** it. The future is so bright that there is almost nothing DL could even do to **** it up even if he tried.

I just really like our current team..... Alot. But some additions don't mean what we have gets destroyed.
 
Cy said:
Can we offer the contract, have the guy sign, then renounce the contracts? Or do you have to renounce first?
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GVC would be best here, but as far as I know we need to renounce them before the contract is signed, because the moment it's signed the new contract would appear in our cap and we cannot go above the limit of the cap. In other words - we can negotiate and stuff, if they agree... we renounce whoever we need to renounce and then sign the new player. Same goes for offer sheets of RFAs - the moment you sign the offer sheet your capspace gets locked for the amount on the sheet.
 
bigmike said:
Didn't read the thread. But read Lowe's commentary. That's why he's writing about the NBA and not running the team. Nothing cripples a team more than blowing money.

Not his best work.
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Handlogten's Heros said:
You don't understand the landscape of the nba salary cap... Lowe does.
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It's not blowing money to spend up to the cap for a player that you either see will fill a need on your team, or that could be a good trade piece or asset. With the salary cap rising in the near future it is possible that you can hit on a decent player for cheaper than they could be had in a few years, so basically you might be able to get them for a decent price now which may be seen as a bargain soon.

Also if the contracts are structured to have team options to get out of the contract if you need to, it would be an extremely smart thing to do. Build up assets that don't lock you in and allow freedom to choose what you spend your cap on what you need to when the time comes.
 
Jazz Spazz said:
It's not blowing money to spend up to the cap for a player that you either see will fill a need on your team, or that could be a good trade piece or asset. With the salary cap rising in the near future it is possible that you can hit on a decent player for cheaper than they could be had in a few years, so basically you might be able to get them for a decent price now which may be seen as a bargain soon.

Also if the contracts are structured to have team options to get out of the contract if you need to, it would be an extremely smart thing to do. Build up assets that don't lock you in and allow freedom to choose what you spend your cap on what you need to when the time comes.
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Also as currently slated we have to spend about $28 M just to get to the salary floor next year... every team will have space next year... many teams will need to get to the floor as well... so there will be a crap ton of buyers and a normal inventory (or slightly bigger inventory) of players. Spend now and you are much more likely to get value.

I have a feeling many Jazzfanzers are going to poop in their pants when they see the contracts that get handed out the next two years.
 
Hack said:
Hey everyone, let's go sign Lamarcus Aldridge. Talent is cheap these days. I'm sure Favors will be cool with that.

Can never have too much talent.
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Are you suggesting that if the Jazz could add Lamarcus Aldridge, that they shouldn't strictly because of a cooking metaphor?
 
Hate to break it to everyone, but the Jazz might not even make the playoffs next year. Some/most of you are talking about having too much talent while in the same breath talking about allocating minutes for Joe Ingles, Elijah Millsap, and Trey Burke while letting an unprecedented opportunity to add real assets rot on the vine? Step back for a second and honestly appraise the situation here.
 
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