2 ex-jazz players named in top 5 worst contracts
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Joe Bagadonuts
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DL used Enes brilliantly to eliminate the long term viability of a key rival while causing his own team's confidence to skyrocket. It is so masterful, in fact, that there is no way it could have actually been planned and even if it was, it is gone far better than his wildest dreams.
BTW, congrats to Mathews for signing that insane contract. I'm sure glad he's not on our team in that condition and at that price.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
So tell us how you really feel about Enes? If Jerrett is cut and Pleiss never sees a minute of court time, the Jazz still came out ahead. I shudder to think where the Jazz would be had Rudy not emerged when he did and the FO decided Kanter/Favors was the long-term answer.
But it's all good. I don't feel complete unless I have a player to truly loathe. For years, it was Kobe. But now he's just a shell of his former self and pretty much irrelevant. So Kanter now fills that role for me.
gregbroncs
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It says that Kanter's contract skyrockets 15% if he's ever traded. If that's really the case the OKC really did screw themselves for years to come with that contract.
He gets like 16 a year right? That's only around 2.5 million increase in a trade, which won't be that big of an increase in the new cap.
Joe Bagadonuts
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It is the case. Portland put that into the contract probably knowing that OKC was going to have to match no matter how poisonous it was. If you think Enes wore out his welcome in Utah, just wait to see how Oklahoma feels about him in a year or two... and he ain't going anywhere.
♪alt13
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If OKC doesn't want him for 16 nobody is gunna want him for 18.5.
If Kanter lives up to his contract OKC will be sittin pretty, if he doesn't train wreck.
That makes no sense. So he can only live up to the contract or train-wreck? There can be no middle ground? I find it hard no one would want him, he is a very good offensive player. Hell there was a team out there who gave him an offer sheet, at least Portland has interest in him.
When the options become paying 12-14 million for a bench big who doesn't have much upside or trading for Kanter at 18.5, maybe some teams choose trading for Kanter.
Joe Bagadonuts
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I'm sure glad the Jazz's future is not tied to whether or not Kanter will live up to this contract, because he's not going to.