Kessler's extension

We still had the worst defense ever in the history of the league, whether you believe we blatantly tanked or not, he was still apart of it.

SoberasHotRod said:

I think 20-25 Million is where the Jazz probably start negotiating, but this is all old money. There will be new contracts signed this year that will keep pushing the average up. You also pay a premium for youth.

It's interesting because the Jazz both seem very far away from needing someone like Kessler, but also not in a position to care too much about the tax.

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The first years pretty much mean nothing to the Jazz as well. If we expect the cap to go up 10% during these next 5 years, it stands to reason that longer deals are advantageous to a team and will get better over time. Cap goes up 10%, but contracts can only go up 7.5%. So just based on that you’re probably fine, it’s why we may have been fine giving Lauri all that money. Get a front loaded or flat deal and things would really have to go poorly for that contract to be bad 4 or 5 years down the line.

So much up in the air depending on next 2 drafts... it could be a whole good or bad new world in no time.
I'd be cautious about committing too much. Proably wise at the moment not going north of 21 or 22 per.

HadAnEffectHere said:

I Kessler gets a bump for being so young that he might still have some upside and gets a bump for agreeing to tank for the Jazz. That probably gets him to $35m a year and 5 years is an ideal length for a rookie extension. Hence 5/175m.

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So you are suggesting paying Kessler way more money than to Allen (last year he signed the extension for 3 year 31 million) and almost on par with Sengun, who also signed last year the 5-185 extension?

jazznik said:

So you are suggesting paying Kessler way more money than to Allen (last year he signed the extension for 3 year 31 million) and almost on par with Sengun, who also signed last year the 5-185 extension?

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At no point have I suggested that this is a good idea.

Just that

1. The Jazz and Kessler have obviously agreed to an extension
2. They probably needed to overpay him a good bit to bribe him into tanking.

HadAnEffectHere said:

At no point have I suggested that this is a good idea.

Just that

1. The Jazz and Kessler have obviously agreed to an extension
2. They probably needed to overpay him a good bit to bribe him into tanking.

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Did they also bribe Collins, Keyonte, Clarkson and Sexton? The Jazz were sitting everyone for tanking and not just Kessler.