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Free agent frenzy!

orangello said:
True centers are the hardest thing to find in the NBA right now. I am thinking if you could offer him 12 to 13 million a year that you might just get him. That to me is not a bad contract to have even under the new CBA.
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Overpaying for a big man is probably the last thing Utah should be looking at. And yes, Gasol will be overpaid.

Thee jazz fan said:
I will get destroyed for this, but why not keep Okur let him expire, and spend the money next year when we have roster spots open, and see what the young guys can do now, or if he proves he's healthy resign him cheap and still have money to spend.
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I think this is exactly what they'll do, unless they come across a trade they can't refuse. I don't believe Memo will be amnestied.
 
jazzfan1971 said:
I know this is a free agency thread, but, I think Okur for Farmar and Petro and a draft pick of some sort makes sense. I like Farmar, I think he'd be an excellent option as a backup PG, able to start in a pinch. Why would NJ do this? They clear cap space for a Dwight Howard run.
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Worst idea I've seen in this thread. Farmer makes 4M this year and 4.25 next year.
 
gregbroncs said:
Earl Watson is a so-so backup? WTF are you talking about? Earl Watson was the best backup PG the Jazz have had since Stockton was backing up Green.
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My opinion: Earl Watson can barely shoot (41% FG), can't penetrate, plays some scrappy defense for being undersized and was the only PG who could fake his way through the Jazz's offense once Williams left. Dude averaged 4.5 PPG and 3.5 Assists last year in 20 minutes per game, which, quite frankly, doesn't put him on par with the league's best back-ups. He looked cool throwing lobs to Jeremy Evans, but otherwise people were delightfully surprised when he made any kind of play.
 
Catchall said:
My opinion: Earl Watson can barely shoot (41% FG), can't penetrate, plays some scrappy defense for being undersized and was the only PG who could fake his way through the Jazz's offense once Williams left. Dude averaged 4.5 PPG and 3.5 Assists last year in 20 minutes per game, which, quite frankly, doesn't put him on par with the league's best back-ups. He looked cool throwing lobs to Jeremy Evans, but otherwise people were delightfully surprised when he made any kind of play.
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Please propose a better backup free agent with superior stats and leadership/attitude who won't break the bank because hell, he's a backup and it makes no sense to pay such a guy 4M per year.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Do I have to be the first to point out that Shannon Brown isn't a PG?
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No, but he can still run the backup PG. And if Burks can play PG, then he and Brown can play off each other fine. Brown can bring the ball down the court under pressure and can defend the other teams PG. He is basically a rich man's Ronnie Price.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
No, but he can still run the backup PG. And if Burks can play PG, then he and Brown can play off each other fine. Brown can bring the ball down the court under pressure and can defend the other teams PG. He is basically a rich man's Ronnie Price.
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He can run the backup PG if there's no other options or the team needs to guard Deron Williams. Shannon Brown is a Jazz killer but he's not and has not been that good.

As it stands, I'm not sure the Jazz have even one pass-first player on the entire roster. Shannon Brown does nothing to help that.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
No, but he can still run the backup PG. And if Burks can play PG, then he and Brown can play off each other fine. Brown can bring the ball down the court under pressure and can defend the other teams PG. He is basically a rich man's Ronnie Price.
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That's all fine in meltdown (multiple injuries, i.e.) but two kinda-sorta-not-really PG's don't equal one good one.
 
I wouldn't eyeball anyone unless it was some veteran that has a good attitude but doesn't play much. I would also support bringing in Heinrich. Andrei needs to stay in Russia.

We could pick up someone like Boykins.
 
NUMBERICA said:
He can run the backup PG if there's no other options or the team needs to guard Deron Williams. Shannon Brown is a Jazz killer but he's not and has not been that good.

As it stands, I'm not sure the Jazz have even one pass-first player on the entire roster. Shannon Brown does nothing to help that.
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Shoulda drafted Jimmer ..

kidz
 
PKM said:
That's all fine in meltdown (multiple injuries, i.e.) but two kinda-sorta-not-really PG's don't equal one good one.
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To sloppily quote Bill Simmons;

'Does having two combo guards make one PG? No, it means you have two combo guards. If you have two Arnold Palmers, you don't have an iced tea and a lemonade, you have two Arnold Palmers.'
 
Shannon Brown: 42.5%, 34.9% from three, 1.9 rpg, 1.2 apg in 19.1 minutes
Earl Watson: 41.0%, 33.6% from three, 2.3 rpg, 3.5 apg in 19.6 minutes

I'd rather have Watson and unless we can get him for two years, 3M, not sign Brown in addition to Earl as it makes little sense imo.
 
NUMBERICA said:
To sloppily quote Bill Simmons;

'Does having two combo guards make one PG? No, it means you have two combo guards. If you have two Arnold Palmers, you don't have an iced tea and a lemonade, you have two Arnold Palmers.'
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Never heard that quote about the Arnold Palmers .. good one.
 
Brown is better than Watson in my opinion as an overall player. I would rather have him, if he comes at the right price.
 
I like Shannon Brown, but I really don't think he should be a priority for the Jazz. If he does sign, I hope it would be as a 2 or as a 5th guard (3rd string PG/SG). If he was that much of a PG, he would've been played as one and the Lakers wouldn't have went out and blown $16 million on Steve Blake.
 
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