Luol Deng ends up in Utah (Rumour)

[addictionary]

Really? He looks 40. Don't those bball players from Africa lie about their age a lot?

Dude he plays for England NT.

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[VINYLONE]

Can someone fill me in? Is PKM guy an alcoholic?

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Same age as Hill doe

Dung Hill

 

[Shad]

I didn't look after the first page but does Dr. Jones have 70-80 of the replies on this thread?

 

[Michael Wade Arbon]

Deng as a backup 5 would be fantastic! He could play the 3, and 4 too.

If we could I would love to sign him AND Solomon Hill. That's incredibly deep and flexible roster full of two players. Unfortunately, we would have to cut someone we like to make it work.

 

[b_line]

I'll PM you.

Hey I wanna hear too!

 

[Deleted member 848]

True.
But couldn't deng start at the three and Hayward at the two?

Can we stop mentioning Hayward playing the 2?

He's morphed into a 3. He's a fulltime SF now. Our defence is good enough, we don't need Deng to start. Rodney will start ahead of him, Deng provides leadership, injury insurance, and good backup minutes.

 

[Tom Pitt]

I would rather us not go after Deng. He's more of a PF these days, and I don't want to cut into Trey Lyles minutes.


*Shakin My Dreads*

 

[MT Steve]

So has anybody considered the possibility of moving Hayward to the 2?

 

[Witty Username]

I didn't look after the first page but does Dr. Jones have 70-80 of the replies on this thread?

Not much to do when you have a bum ticker

 

[Shad]

Not much to do when you have a bum ticker

I'm only assuming since he had 10 out of the first 15 posts.

 

[BTP]

Get that Deng is a wing out of your head.
He's had trouble his first year in Miami and his performance got better once he stepped in as the small big for the injured Bosh. He's too slow at this point to guard most wings or beat them. He's still long, strong and quick enough to compete with most bigs and his perimeter game makes it similarly hard for most of them to defend him in return. Think of him as a Draymond Green with a deteriorating body.
I hope offer isn't longer than 2 years. Means moving on from Booker.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

From last year you dunce lol.

Book played 20.7 MPG and CJ played 12.2 MPG. I bet Book is gone in FA if Deng signs here and Deng gets all of his minutes, and CJ's minutes are all taken by Burks at the 2 and Deng at the 3. That's about 27ish minutes for Deng off the bench


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[Saint Cy of JFC]

so he would be cool with like almost zero minutes? (I don't see cj playing any minutes and booker extremely few)

It'd be like 15-20 minutes a night on a fully healthy roster.

Possibly more idk. There should probably be an effort to limit Hayward's minutes so he doesn't wear out, and all the starters really. Deng would help a lot with that as a bench guy you could trust.

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[phippsj]

Dang is too old and his game is already starting to go downhill. We need a younger vet, players entering their prime.

 

[fishonjazz]

Can we stop mentioning Hayward playing the 2?

He's morphed into a 3. He's a fulltime SF now. Our defence is good enough, we don't need Deng to start. Rodney will start ahead of him, Deng provides leadership, injury insurance, and good backup minutes.

For how much?
Is deng cool with that role?

 

[fishonjazz]

Get that Deng is a wing out of your head.
He's had trouble his first year in Miami and his performance got better once he stepped in as the small big for the injured Bosh. He's too slow at this point to guard most wings or beat them. He's still long, strong and quick enough to compete with most bigs and his perimeter game makes it similarly hard for most of them to defend him in return. Think of him as a Draymond Green with a deteriorating body.
I hope offer isn't longer than 2 years. Means moving on from Booker.

I'm down with this if deng is.

I'm hoping btp is the most accurate of what would happen with deng..... Short term contract, small role as a backup big with lyles still getting at least 20 minutes.

I agree about him being too slow to play the 3 much.

 

[silesian]

he played about half his minutes at 5 for Miami this year. He has the versatility that Quin and Dennis like. Certainly can defensively switch onto 2s but won't play the 2.

Typo, half his minutes at the 4.

 

[silesian]

Definitely, but I don't see that happening. Just think he comes in primarily as a big. Silesian mentioned he played half his minutes at the 5 for Miami - so yeah, my guess is mostly big for Utah and I think that is really where they have a need - at that stretch big.

Apologies for my typo, he was a little less than half time at 4, not 5.

 

[NAOS]

Deng only makes sense in the Iggy role (i.e. play minutes at the 3 and 4, off the bench). And, only if his contract doesn't prevent keeping core pieces after next year (but if the Millers want to pay some tax, then I'm totally cool with it).

I can see why Deng may like this. It may stretch out his career and therefore make him some extra money. Also, the Iggy role has plenty of legit NBA cred at this point, and he seems perfectly suited for it.