News, rumors and buzz around the draft and free agency
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LoPo
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I remember the time when we thought he might be our prize in free agency.
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homeytennis
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If the Jazz don't get Bojan or Portis you are going to have one royally pi$$ed off Favors. They will almost have to ship him off at the deadline as a six month rental. When he becomes unrestricted no way does he resign.
Great thing is his 18m expiring contract would be super valuable at the trade deadline.
Roy_McAvoy
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I think you are wayyy overvaluing a very limited Royce O’neale.
I just don't know if I believe the Mirotic offer thing.You think Mirotic declined 50M just to get as far away from Portis as possible?
No I'm not. lmao. I just dont think Portis is a starter quality player and Royce is.
Your 5th option doesnt need to be an offensive dynamo.
https://www.basketball-reference.co...eale&y2=2019&player_id2=onealro01&idx=players
Rebounding the only significant advantage Portis has. Plus Portis has been a high usage player with bad efficiency. Not exactly the type you want as a 5th option, especially one who can't defend.
Rebounding the only significant advantage Portis has. Plus Portis has been a high usage player with bad efficiency. Not exactly the type you want as a 5th option, especially one who can't defend.
Eh... some players are just not as mercantile (or as competitive) as others. He's made enough money to have a very good life and he probably just wants to be closer to his family.
I think he means the Jazz offering that to Mirotic.
I know... my point is... we might have been ready to offer it and he just chose to go back home anyways.
Because Utah wants their cap-space to sign players they want.
With having a meeting with Portis setup?
Yeah, but I mean why is Utah trying to sign Mirotic and meeting with Portis. It just seems weird.
What? What does one have to do with the other? Those are separate meetings.
Because you have no idea if Mirotic will choose you over other suitors. And you have no idea whether Portis will choose you over other suitors... You arrange the meetings, you make your offers and you pick the best player that agrees to your deal. It's easier to cancel a meeting if you get the OK with Mirotic than it is to scramble to arrange a meeting later with Portis if you had not done it in advance.
They just want cap relief. Give them Neto + Niang and it should work you wont find a better player for a cheaper price than ersan. He could be a very serviceable backup.
The reports are the Jazz offered Mirotic a 3-year 45m deal which would take up most of our cap space. Why would we setup a meeting with Portis if we knew our cap space would be tied up? Not that hard to understand.