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

dalamon said:
Ppl are thinking of maxing him?!?!


Damn. Not sure how I feel about that. Maybe a 2yr max at most.
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I am sure people want him for a reasonable contract number but he is going to get offered a good deal. Too many teams with money and the cap jumping up is making teams willing to throw money around. If he does not take a huge contract it is getting matched. There is a good chance it gets matched no matter what.

I would rather see Jazz go after someone better and maybe get lucky. Chances with all these RFA is not good for the Jazz to get one. Better off trying for a trade to get a good player or standing pat imo. I am pretty happy with Hayward, Hood, Burks and Ingles as our 4 man rotation with Milsap coming in when really needed or injuries/foul trouble hits. Exum can play some minutes at the 2 if needed as well.
 
White Chocolate said:
2 year 24 mil is something I would, but the Bucks would match as soon as they heard that offer.
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Well that's the offer I'd make, and I'm not gonna wring my arm with a 4yr max or something just to pry him away from them-- I'm sure there's other bench shooters that can be had before they emerge next season, as they do every year.
 
NAOS said:
I talked with Jason Kidd. They're matching. He was surprised that I even asked... He thought everybody knew.
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Quite honoured that you've dedicated all your sigs to me since ur return.
 
dalamon said:
Also, to the morons that think I stand where I do because of Burke being on this team:


I would make the exact same arguments if Burke was traded tonight, and we were trying to find minutes for Hanlan and Cotton.

This is about playing Alec Burks at the 1 for 70% of his minutes.
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I think we should play the best group of B-Ball players we can manage. You would honestly play Hanlan and Cotton over Green/Carrol/Middleton that's dumb. What do those two bring to the table that one of these wings wouldn't other than being shorter? They are end of the bench guys.
 
Broncster said:
I am sure people want him for a reasonable contract number but he is going to get offered a good deal. Too many teams with money and the cap jumping up is making teams willing to throw money around. If he does not take a huge contract it is getting matched. There is a good chance it gets matched no matter what.

I would rather see Jazz go after someone better and maybe get lucky. Chances with all these RFA is not good for the Jazz to get one. Better off trying for a trade to get a good player or standing pat imo. I am pretty happy with Hayward, Hood, Burks and Ingles as our 4 man rotation with Milsap coming in when really needed or injuries/foul trouble hits. Exum can play some minutes at the 2 if needed as well.
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Same. Save for the obvious upper echelon of FAs (Butler, Kawhi, etc.) I am more fond on the trajectory of Burks and Hood than any of these other players. Consequently, if we're trying to snag one at the expense of the play/development of the aforementioned two, it strikes me as dim-witted, and tunnel-visioned.

I understand the need for bench shooting, and the sexiness of #bulldog perimeter defense-- but both players have more offensive scoring potential at the 2 than MOST of the SG/SG FAs on the market. This is of HUGE importance for the Jazz, who were 25th in the league for scoring last season. Apart from Butler, I'm simply not interested with the players mentioned. I'm lukewarm with Middleton, given the proper contract.
 
dalamon said:
Same. Save for the obvious upper echelon of FAs (Butler, Kawhi, etc.) I am more fond on the trajectory of Burks and Hood than any of these other players. Consequently, if we're trying to snag one at the expense of the play/development of the aforementioned two, it strikes me as dim-witted, and tunnel-visioned.

I understand the need for bench shooting, and the sexiness of perimeter defense-- but both players have more offensive scoring potential at the 2 than MOST of the SG/SG FAs on the market. This is of HUGE importance for the Jazz, who were 25th in the league for scoring last season. Apart from Butler, I'm simply not interested with the players mentioned. I'm lukewarm with Middleton, given the proper contract.
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Some people believe Middleton is actually a better FA acquisition than Butler.
 
A bench of Burke, Burks, Ingles, Booker, Lyles and hopefully Pleiss or some other decent big seems pretty solid and plenty of scoring to me.
 
NAOS said:
Not enough playmaking ability amongst the gaurds and wings with Hayward and Hood out there, eh?
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Seeing as we're working with the 25th best NBA offense, maximizing our offensive potential takes precedence over #bulldogs
 
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