Jazz Free Agency Summer of 2018

[Handlogten's Heros]

Booker shot 24% on his 3's last season. He really CAN'T play alongside anyone the Jazz put in at the 5. I know we love Trevor for the volleyball shot, his hustle and his infamous quote about Enes, but he'd be a very poor way for Lindsey to spend his money. TBH, Jerebko IS a better 4.

Booker is 6'8" btw, I don't know how that is a little more size.

In the regular season yes, but he can defend Melo and other big wings... Jonas got in and got smoked.

He can play 8-10 a night and provide some value in the regular season. Jonas is the better regular season player though.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Booker for vet min would be a great guy at the end of the bench. He is an incredible locker room guy and he brings a ton of energy on the court. He will help us and is well worth signing.

 

[infection]

I think a Parker S&T falls under the BYC provision. If so, a trade gets very complicated. Whatever a player in that category signs for is counted 100% in incoming salary, but only 50% for the team that trades him.

Wouldn’t adding more pieces to each side make it less complicated, then, by diminishing the impact of the variable portion of a S&T contract?

Booker shot 24% on his 3's last season. He really CAN'T play alongside anyone the Jazz put in at the 5. I know we love Trevor for the volleyball shot, his hustle and his infamous quote about Enes, but he'd be a very poor way for Lindsey to spend his money. TBH, Jerebko IS a better 4.

Small ball 5. Would love to have another team put in a small ball 5 that grabs 5 rebounds per 36 and just let Booker clean the glass.

You can't play Udoh because of his offensive liabilities. I'm not sure how he scored in Europe. He has terrible hands and can't hit anything outside of 5".

Only way to play Udoh is with a good offensive stretch four. And I’m not sure if you meant 5’ but 5” is equally true.

 

[Ineptimusprime]

Surprised there's been no news on Exum/Favors or about guaranteeing Thabo. The Booker news makes me think something is in the works S&T wise or the Favs meeting did not go well.

 

[Jack Strop]

Only way to play Udoh is in Europe. Need to send him back.

 

[infection]

Surprised there's been no news on Exum/Favors or about guaranteeing Thabo. The Booker news makes me think something is in the works S&T wise or the Favs meeting did not go well.

I don’t know that it means anything.

 

[infection]

Only way to play Udoh is in Europe. Need to send him back.

Udoh is very valuable. We just need to figure out how to keep him on the floor. He’ll be the Durant stopper (serious).

 

[Bawse Dawg]

So everyone would be happy bringing back some nostalgia guy who can’t contribute at all, giving the guy who can’t play in the same lineup with our best player against elite teams in the playoffs starter money, and overpaying all the non guaranteed guys for continuity sake?

Don’t even want to try new things that could potentially take us to the next tier as a team? Just run it back? Guess it’s nice that the fan base puts no pressure on the front office to take any sort of risk.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Udoh is very valuable. We just need to figure out how to keep him on the floor. He’ll be the Durant stopper (serious).

Christ almighty.

 

[oneye]

Surprised there's been no news on Exum/Favors or about guaranteeing Thabo. The Booker news makes me think something is in the works S&T wise or the Favs meeting did not go well.

The Favors meeting hasn’t even happened yet.

In regards to Exum, I don’t have any idea when the meeting is/was. Sometimes I hate the silence of the Jazz.

There’s also no good basketball reason to sign Booker. None. Love the guy, but none.

 

[infection]

Christ almighty.

That’s what you’ll be calling him.

 

[Roy_McAvoy]

So everyone would be happy bringing back some nostalgia guy who can’t contribute at all, giving the guy who can’t play in the same lineup with our best player against elite teams in the playoffs starter money, and overpaying all the non guaranteed guys for continuity sake?

Don’t even want to try new things that could potentially take us to the next tier as a team? Just run it back? Guess it’s nice that the fan base puts no pressure on the front office to take any sort of risk.

Amen. It’s a dumb idea and I don’t know why so many fans are so ecstatic on Twitter about this possibility.

 

[infection]

So everyone would be happy bringing back some nostalgia guy who can’t contribute at all, giving the guy who can’t play in the same lineup with our best player against elite teams in the playoffs starter money, and overpaying all the non guaranteed guys for continuity sake?

Don’t even want to try new things that could potentially take us to the next tier as a team? Just run it back? Guess it’s nice that the fan base puts no pressure on the front office to take any sort of risk.

I’m okay with the first and third premises. Not so much the second.

 

[RRJazz]

If Favors leaves we need to fill 2 positions: starting PF and back up center. Udoh is unplayable. People forget who won Game 2 (THE game) against OKC. Certain PF who gave us 20 points and 16 rebounds.

Love Booker. Great news. Looks like we're not making any splash. Extend our guys and fill in the roster with mínimum vets. Bertans and Booker probably mean Udoh and Jerebko are gone.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Maybe that's a condition of a Rubio extension given some of the cheap crap he got last year. Book and Crowder would scare the **** out of me in a dark alley.

No real reason to post this, other than it makes me happy. Jazz didn’t back down an inch. It started with Booker. If he comes back, I wouldn’t be upset at all. Love the guy.

 

[tleikheen]

Booker …..Crowder ???

When are the Jazz going to get some athletic young talent than these retreads. These retreads are not needed when you have the best defensive Center on the planet manning the middle .Jazz should be going after guys like Hezonja or Labissiere or Bender or Chriss when you supposedly have a good training staff on your team. WTF are they going to teach a retread like Booker ,are they going to teach Crowder how to jump high enough to slam dunk a basketball.


It's total BS when you hear about their training staff being good teachers and the Jazz keep signing retreads to put on your bench .This is why they can get to the playoffs but get outclassed when they get to the 2nd round. Jazz focus is just to make the playoffs NOT win it.

 

[TheStormofWar]

Maybe the Jazz better have ears to the ground on this one.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Maybe the Jazz better have ears to the ground on this one.

Literally means “Dame Time”

 

[LoPo]

Seriously though, how do we get Dame? I just don't see it.

 

[Jingled]

I love the toughness and work ethic Booker brought to the Jazz, but if we keep Favors I don't really see where he fits with this current Jazz team. I honestly think Crower, Sefelosha and Jerebko are all better options at the backup 4, they're definitely all better shooters.