10/01 Jazz Practice Notes
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I'm hoping that all of the Jazz bigs are effective which will put Sloan in the enviable spot of choosing which combo to put on the floor. Plus, it'll be nice if one of either Al/Sap/Memo/Fes/Elson is having a bad night that there is enough back there to compensate for it.
Jazz4ever
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If Ante Tomic was not in the picture the Jazz would have offered him a multi year deal. Thats the only sense I could make of it. Despite a poor worlds showing, KOC probably still sees Tomic as the future Jazz center.
Zerol
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And since we have been tortured by the Lakers frontcourt, an improved Fes + Big Al will be better equipped to go against Bynum and Gasol than Millsap + Big Al.
I am not disputing that Fess has the tools to be effective against the lakers but he was terrible in the playoffs against them in the last series. They hardly guarded him.
Well, I am happy to hear the good news about Fess. I never worry about having too much talent. Sloan makes those decisions. I thought the Jazz should have offered Fess a 2 year deal with a team option for the $2 million a year.
As far as the Laker series, I agree Fess struggled offensively but he certainly made life difficult for Bynum. I know he wasn't 100 percent but Bynum could not back Fess down. If Fess starts making free throws, develops his jump hook shot he has and crashes the boards and swats a few shots then he will be a bargain.
I still believe in Fes.
Zerol
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yea that's why i said "an improved Fes" will help... Millsap is just too small against the Lakers and Boston... he will be just fine against the rest of the league.
Millsap struggled two years ago. Paul played well this last year. However Boozer struggled.
Stifle Tower
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Unfortunately, we won't even have the option of matching. By playing for his QO, he becomes an UFA. It will be like Raja; KOC will tell Fes to go out and shop the market and he'll probably sign with Portland or Houston without ever getting back to O'Connor.
Stifle Tower
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Who says KOC didn't. I imagine they tried to lock him up cheap, like $4M/2years. But Fegan is smart. He knows that if Fes has any kind of a decent season, he'll be offered a 4-5 year at $4-$5M/per. Just look at some of the deals that teams have given marginal bigs. I know there will be a new CBA, but 5's will ALWAYS be overpaid.
InGameStrategy
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You might want to think about doing your research before posting. Ante Tomic recently signed a multi-year deal with Real Madrid.
https://www.deseretnews.com/article...e-Tomic-making-name-for-himself-overseas.html
The Jazz may or may not be undervaluing Fesenko, but they didn't sign fes for only one year to make room for Tomic (which might be Croatian for "Toothpick").
The one-year minimum deal was first and foremost about finances, not wanting to pay any more than they had to for their backup centers, even if it meant losing Fes or having to pay extra for him next year. There was probably an offer for several years at the QO value of just over $1 million, plus perhaps raises, but that was probably considered a lowball offer by Dan Fegan and his posse, who likely wanted multiple millions for multiple years.
NotDeadYet
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If Fes does have a good year, I think the Jazz would be willing to offer him good $$$, simply because they would be offering Kirilenko less on his new contract.
Also, isn't Okur's contract up next year?
Also, isn't Okur's contract up next year?
steelers6timechamps
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if you read that artical closer it says the earliest he can come to utah is the summer of 2011 if both teams inclined.