Jazz Free Agency Summer of 2018

[Ron Mexico]

It's not easy. No one has cap room and Burks can barely get of our bench he's so mediocre but some team will take hi because he showed something for a game or two? I don't buy it. If he was so freakin' good, we'd play him. More importantly, we'd have to renounce all these guys before even attempting to sign George. Which is a pipe dream and a half btw.

Teams do have room. He is a bad fit here and everyone knows that. But like I said worst case you throw in a pick which is worth it.

We would not have to renounce all of them first. We would know if he was wanting to sign here and then make room .

I agree it's a pipe dream. I would be shocked if he even let the Jazz make him a pitch.

 

[Miggs]

Teams do have room. He is a bad fit here and everyone knows that. But like I said worst case you throw in a pick which is worth it.

We would not have to renounce all of them first. We would know if he was wanting to sign here and then make room .

I agree it's a pipe dream. I would be shocked if he even let the Jazz make him a pitch.

We would know? Just like we knew if Hayward would want to sign here?

It's not always so clear.

 

[Ron Mexico]

We would know? Just like we knew if Hayward would want to sign here?

It's not always so clear.

He would tell us he wants to sign and then we would make room. Just like Boston did with Hayward. It would be very clear.

 

[Miggs]

He would tell us he wants to sign and then we would make room. Just like Boston did with Hayward. It would be very clear.

Yeah, I don't see any legit free agent giving Utah respect like that.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Yeah, I don't see any legit free agent giving Utah respect like that.

I don't see him coming here but if he chose Utah that's how it would go down. That's pretty much always the case. Jazz would be looking to get things into place ahead of time but wouldn't pull the trigger until he agreed to sign.

 

[LoPo]

Ron Mexico is right. It could be done. If we renounced everybody, we would have around $25-26 and we would need $30. The early decisions would be declining Thabo and dumping Burks. They would have to be done soon.

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[LoPo]

https://hoopshype.com/2018/06/29/nba-agents-analyze-dry-market-many-of-us-will-be-fired-this-summer/

"It doesn’t help that a lot of teams are poised to have cap space in the summer of 2019 since teams will start to get off those summer-of-2016 contracts and there are a lot of talented free agents set to hit the market. I think you’ll see some teams that aren’t really competitive in free agency try to absorb a contract or two if they can get back some assets."

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[mellow]

Haha.. man, you're the master at slipping in these tiny but bruising punches.

Yep its my one talent. Kind of pathetic really--"Hey Mellow what are you good at?" I am really good at being an ***.

 

[LoPo]

I still think we should say F it and offer Burks, Bradley and a 1st for Deng and Kuzma. The Lakers care more about Kawhi, LeBron and George than Kuzma. With those 3 stars, Kuzma's value only plummets anyway since he isnt going to get minutes.

And the dream for me is that LA fails in their attempt to get all 3.

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[mellow]

My dream is that LA fails and destroys the good young core they've assembled in the process. I also dream of the Celtics GM playing bigger or better until he has alienated all the players, or at least shipped one particular player to New Orleans.

 

[Avery]

Mavs are making a hard push to get Deandre. If that's the case, takes another option away from Faves.

 

[LoPo]

Why is Dallas so infatuated with Jordan when they can make a run at Capella first? Wouldn't it make sense for them to screw over Houston (making Rockets match a max on Capella) before getting Jordan?

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[Miggs]

Ron Mexico is right. It could be done. If we renounced everybody, we would have around $25-26 and we would need $30. The early decisions would be declining Thabo and dumping Burks. They would have to be done soon.

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So again we’d be about 5M away from being able to give George a max. Does anyone actually think that George is going to take that much under the max to come play in Utah with some kid who’s barely off his rookie year? And oh yeah, after there are strong indications he wants to be in LA and even stronger indications he may just do a 1/1 with OKC.

It’s beyond a pipe dream and therefore not easy as Ron stated.

 

[LoPo]

If we dump Burks without taking salary back, we have the max for PG.

Will that happen? No, because I dont think PG is considering us.

Ron is right about how but I agree that its a pipe dream.

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[Miggs]

And oh yeah, no major player is gonna want to come play for us next summer either.

 

[MDAV28]

Why would a team take Burks into space when they could potentially get a much larger return taking other contracts into space? For example, Denver I'm sure is offering a first-rounder to take on Faried/Arthur and they are also both up this year.

Are you guys saying the Jazz would offer a first-rounder to dump this last year of Burks? Hell no.

 

[Miggs]

If we dump Burks without taking salary back, we have the max for PG.

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So why aren’t we doing that anyway?

Because it’s not ****ing easy. No one wants his sorry *** for a year at 12M without giving salary back.

 

[MDAV28]

And oh yeah, no major player is gonna want to come play for us next summer either.

It doesn't seem likely, but I wouldn't rule it completely out. Especially if Jazz have another successful season.

 

[Stoked]

We would know? Just like we knew if Hayward would want to sign here?

It's not always so clear.

DL would know wether the Jazz can even get a meeting. Is he even open to talking with the Jazz? Also, aside from Favors the Jazz have control of their assets. Udoh, Jerebko and Sefolosha are team options. They don’t have to take an action on them until/unless they make an offer. On Exum we have a few days to match an offer.

Tony Jones insists that’s not how any of this works but I don’t see why not...

 

[MDAV28]

DL would know wether the Jazz can even get a meeting. Is he even open to talking with the Jazz? Also, aside from Favors the Jazz have control of their assets. Udoh, Jerebko and Sefolosha are team options. They don’t have to take an action on them until/unless they make an offer. On Exum we have a few days to match an offer.

Tony Jones insists that’s not how any of this works but I don’t see why not...

Thabo's guarantee date is early, on like Monday, so we have to take action on that before anything really happens. Jonas and Ekpe we have a little wiggle room, their guarantee dates are July 9. Exum has a huge cap hold he can hang over our heads which really gives him leverage if we are pursuing anybody.