homeytennis
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He was originally drafted 1st by the Jazz and traded in the Finals years. Probably would be reasonably priced and could give veteran savy off the bench.
Nazr Mohammed
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He probably would come cheap, but he's hardly the shotblocker I think you want. Hasn't the story on him always been that he's a crappy defender and can't stay in the game for that reason? I know his per minute stats always look good but no one ever wants to put him in during crunch time or give him more than 20 minutes per game.
He's ****** but I'd swap Nazr/Najera for Memo, just to clear Memo's 2011 contract....
Archie Moses
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Is it just me or does this guy randomly get a few 20 and 20 games a year?
Seriously?
I would 7 days out of the week. That allows the Jazz to use AK's expiring for a longterm piece far more effectively.
The only problem is that I don't think Charlotte would even remotely consider it.
I'm pretty sure Charlotte would do that trade without thinking twice. 2 worthless players for an above average starting C/PF? Memo's contract turned out to be very reasonable when you see what big guys with no game were getting paid this offseason.
1. Memo's coming off an injury that turned Elton Brand into the current Elton Brand.
2. Larry Brown never liked Memo.
3. Deals that extend beyond 2011 should be viewed as especially toxic if you're thinking about dealing an expiring.
4. Memo's not above average.
5. Charlotte should be trying to dump salary, not take more on.
homeytennis
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He's an UFA so he would not take players.
theNBAnerd
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isn't nazr mohammed like 64 years old now? and what good is "clearing memo's salary" when you add back on the same amount of salary in the trade, for two guys who are less talented?
a healthy memo is much better than nazr. i realize the "healthy" part is the caveat, but so far we're hearing good things about his rehab.
a healthy memo is much better than nazr. i realize the "healthy" part is the caveat, but so far we're hearing good things about his rehab.
Are you serious? That trade bails the Jazz out of an extremely key year of salary ('11-'12). And it would save the Jazz $2 million on the cap this year (which would be $4 million in savings and gets the Jazz that much closer to under the threshold).
and you call yourself "theNBAnerd" .... SMH
theNBAnerd
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first of all, i can't see how '11-'12 is a "key year of salary." the jazz will be over the cap next season whether memo's here or not.
and if memo's gone and nazr mohammed is on a respirator, the jazz are going to have to spend that money somewhere else anyway. unless you feel comfortable with jeremy evans at center.
and no, it doesn't save them 2M. nazr and najera together make 9.6M. memo makes 9.9M. so it saves them 600K this season, and that's with the tax figured in.
homeytennis
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He would add some length.
Kyoto
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In the system that we have going on right now, Memo can come in and help spread the floor to help Jefferson on the block. Memo and Al should be better than Memo and Boozer, just on where Al and Boozer liked to play their game at. Better spacing, means better options for Deron.
KhaOZ
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Not trying to hate or anything man, but your reply had nothing to do with my question. My question is, with all this demand for a "shot blocking big", if we got one, who would he replace? Who would we get rid of to add him on the floor? Would we dump Al Jefferson? Millsap? How does this "Shot blocking big" get consistent play time to be worth it?
Gyp Rosetti
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The logic is pretty simple. Memo will NEVER be a starting center on a championship team, mostly because he sucks on defense. Knowing that, and that we don't want to pay 9M for a backup, why would we keep him when there will be other true defensive centers out there next summer like Perkins, Gasol, and Noah?
If we cleared him off our books early and AK expires, that's about 27M cleared. Imagine we use that space to get Perkins.
Williams
Miles-Bell
AK (re-signed MUCH cheaper)-Hayward
Jefferson-Millsap
Perkins
That core has legit championship potential in my opinion. We'd have a top three defensive center in the league and attitude with it which is what we've been sorely missing, and Miles and Hayward will have more experience under their belt and should be vast improvements over wings in recent years like Korver and Brewer whose glaring weaknesses have killed the team when it matters.
Or we can sit and wait for Memo to expire, waste two good years of Williams career, and watch him walk out of here when his contract is up. That is unless you're delusional and actually think Memo is a key cog on our wheel.
Gyp Rosetti
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I'll add that cap space will obviously not necessarily net us the defensive center we covet. But we're a lot better off having the cap space to have the luxury to get the guy we want when the opportunity arises than sit on our hands and hope someone hands us one.