CJ to the Cavs
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Stifle Tower
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Sure he can. Make him a starter and let him take unlimited shots. Almost every player in the NBA can be a 20 ppg scorer, or at least the top 7-8 players on each team. Or put him in an uptempo system. D'Antoni created a bunch of offensive stars. But do you give a ton of opportunities to a career 42%/33% shooter who has had his percenatges drop 4 straight seasons. Jazz gave him chances to start at SG and SF. He averaged 20+ mins the past four seasons. His high was 13 pts/game on 11.5 attempts two seasons ago. All he has to do is up that to 16 shots and improve just a bit on his percentages to start scoring 20 pts.
And he can get the mins and attempts in Cleveland. They have Irving and not much else, unless they were right and everyone else was wrong about Waiters.
Are you a bit excited about this?
chawx
Active Member
Huh? ...oh, yeah, just a little bit.
Weezur
Well-Known Member
Source?
Chad Feldheimer
Well-Known Member
How I picture KOC negotiating with CJ
billyshelby
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Great opportunity for CJ. Look forward to seeing how he takes advantage of it.
Found on the Utah Jazz Nation Facebook page (run by our own Fresh Prince maybe? - look at the link)
Click here for Brian T Smith on KFAN audio
Smith said that CJ asked for a trade a couple of times - demanded seems a bit strong. It's a good listen.
Smith said by about 10 tomorrow morning he'll have something interesting up on www.sltrib.com/jazz
I'm curious as to what it will be.
I'm curious as to what it will be.
billyshelby
Well-Known Member
Smith's interview pretty much nails it. I think CJ is going to take a huge step in Cleveland, but we couldn't wait on him any longer.
cctrackstar
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Ya, listen to the interview (oh, interesting that 1320kfan has picked up the trash from the former 1280. Wonder if Gordon will bolt. ((please please)) Anyway, the 'interesting news' seems to be in reference to one of the final year contract bigs having some change take place. Can't say too much for for sure, but I will absolutely check it out.
cctrackstar
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Hmm, Roger's and Millsap/Al's expiring contracts for a draft pick and a salary cap relief for some team. Only problem is that it would obviously be a multi coming back. Heck, we might even get decent talent that is slightly overpaid for multiple years (and of course the draft pick(s).
Favors Flave
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It's probably just a buy out of Bell or signing of Murphy
NotDeadYet
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IMO, Byron Scott is a good coach. We'll see if CJ actually gets any more consistant under him, or not. The opportunity is certainly there. I will say their PG situation is a lot better than what we had in SLC last year.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Brian T. Smith must have been in love with CJ.
"Then the promise of the highly athletic Miles began to shine through. He averaged at least 9.1 points in 2008-09 and 2009-10, and a strong showing in the 2010 playoffs — 14.4 average points on 44.3 percent shooting in 10 games — provided a glimpse at the talent inherent in an 18-year-old prospect Utah initially wooed away from the University of Texas.
A career season followed. Miles averaged highs in points (12.8), rebounds (3.3) and minutes (25.2) in 2010-11. He scored a career-high 40 points on 14-of-18 shooting against Minnesota on March 16, 2011; he drilled 7 of 10 3-pointers in only 30 minutes against Portland on Nov. 20, 2010.
But at the same time Miles showed signs of taking off, Utah fell apart. Sloan resigned in February 2011. Less than two weeks later, Williams — Miles’ closest and longtime friend on the Jazz — was shockingly traded. Miles never fully clicked with new coach Tyrone Corbin, and the high-volume shooter’s negative traits on the court were no longer glossed over by the organization. Even w hen Miles displayed improved man-to-man defense or offensive shot selection, statistics such as a 38.1 shooting percentage in 2011-12 or his inconsistent overall performance were offered as counterpoints."
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Yep Brian, career highs of 13/3 should be enough to cement a starting position anywhere. And after 7 years, don't you think a shooter should be better than 38%? Miles showed signs of taking off? Ummm, how about his shooting percentage declining for 4 straight seasons? He was taking off, all right; it just wasn't in the right direction.
Based on this one article, I'd nominate Brian for the hacker's HOF.
And BTW, what's the scoop he was supposed to post at 10:00. Haven't seen anything yet.
"Then the promise of the highly athletic Miles began to shine through. He averaged at least 9.1 points in 2008-09 and 2009-10, and a strong showing in the 2010 playoffs — 14.4 average points on 44.3 percent shooting in 10 games — provided a glimpse at the talent inherent in an 18-year-old prospect Utah initially wooed away from the University of Texas.
A career season followed. Miles averaged highs in points (12.8), rebounds (3.3) and minutes (25.2) in 2010-11. He scored a career-high 40 points on 14-of-18 shooting against Minnesota on March 16, 2011; he drilled 7 of 10 3-pointers in only 30 minutes against Portland on Nov. 20, 2010.
But at the same time Miles showed signs of taking off, Utah fell apart. Sloan resigned in February 2011. Less than two weeks later, Williams — Miles’ closest and longtime friend on the Jazz — was shockingly traded. Miles never fully clicked with new coach Tyrone Corbin, and the high-volume shooter’s negative traits on the court were no longer glossed over by the organization. Even w hen Miles displayed improved man-to-man defense or offensive shot selection, statistics such as a 38.1 shooting percentage in 2011-12 or his inconsistent overall performance were offered as counterpoints."
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Yep Brian, career highs of 13/3 should be enough to cement a starting position anywhere. And after 7 years, don't you think a shooter should be better than 38%? Miles showed signs of taking off? Ummm, how about his shooting percentage declining for 4 straight seasons? He was taking off, all right; it just wasn't in the right direction.
Based on this one article, I'd nominate Brian for the hacker's HOF.
And BTW, what's the scoop he was supposed to post at 10:00. Haven't seen anything yet.
theNBAnerd
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i don't think smith said anything that wasn't fairly factual. he didn't say anything about cementing a role as starter, he just mentions the year that CJ had career highs -- which they were -- and says that CJ kept showing flashes of his potential but was always held back by one weakness or another. i don't think there's anything in there that is the least bit "hack"ish. i haven't read the full article, but the portion you posted sounds pretty partial to me.