About 95% Official: Kyle Korver is Gone

[Gyp Rosetti]

i'm not saying sign him based on a what-if. i'm saying sign him because:

a) he's underrated - jazz fans don't realize that, when healthy, he's one of our best wings
b) we need wing depth
c) he is the only consistent 3-point threat on the tea
d) 3-4M is not too much to pay for a specialist
e) we are a worse team without him than we are with him

here's our depth chart as of right now, assuming boozer walks but we keep fes and matthews:

memo (injured), fes, koufos
sap, AK
miles, hayward
matthews
deron, price

you're really saying we can't afford to spend role player money on another backup wing?

1) I find Korver to be our worst wing. I love his shooting, ability to hit off the curl, effort, and knowledge of our system but he's so flawed defensively (despite the effort) that it kills us in any and all big spots.
2) Yes we do. But AK, who you put only as the backup 4, is our 4th wing, assuming we match any deal on Wes.
3) True but I have no expectations for him to repeat last year's efforts. And I have enough faith in Deron, Wes, and C.J. now to be those threats.
4) For a 4th or 5th wing, in this NBA economic market, yes it is imo. The Celts were paying Eddie House less than 1M when he helped jumpstart them off the bench a couple years ago. We don't need to pay 3-4 times that.
5) Obviously, the same can be said for almost all NBA players who fit a role and know the system. But this is not reason enough to re-sign him.

No, what I'm saying is that 3-4M is too much for a role player with his glaring defensive deficiencies in this economic market as our current roster is constructed. And while role players are crucial to moving far into the playoffs, you win with impact players.

I'd rather lose him, give the time to Hayward so he can develop, and let AK walk/expire/leave via a trade so we have wiggle room next summer to get a potential impact player like Gasol or Horford. At that point, we'd also have just one year left on Okur's contract.

Just my opinion. I fully understand and respect yours. I just disagree with the price point.

 

[vj_74]

just remember that when kobe is lighting othys jeffers up for 50 because CJ has a sprained toe, wesley is in foul trouble and AK is playing up front.

As if Korver is a lockdown defender on whom Kobe has difficulty scoring.
Korver's lateral quickness is laughable.

I repeat, if you are close to contention, like the Magic or Lakers or some other East team that is going to win these FA sweepstakes like say the Bulls/Heat, then yes Korver can be a good piece, that final piece who can add instant scoring and some shooting depth off the bench.

But the Jazz are'nt quite contenders and I rather they spend time developing guys like Hayward than waste it on pushing-30 one-dimensional guys like Korver.

Especially If the Jazz lose Boozer they dont have any chance at contention, they might as well play Millsap and Koufus at PF, then have an AK/Miles/Hayward/Mathews rotation at 2/3. Or have Korver IN PLACE OF Mathews (or Miles). Doesnt make sense to have 5 wings again, with none of them being a standout. Might as well give a chance to Hayward to see if he can be the standout.

Also the Jazz can always scrounge the waiver wire or NBDL or RMR or undrafted list to sign a better scrub than Jeffers to cover for injury scenarios. Thats something the Jazz FO are actually good at-finding Wes Mathews like guys out of nowhere.

If the Jazz do sign Booz, then Korver can be given some consideration, in place of Wes or Miles.If they dont then it doesnt matter.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

just remember that when kobe is lighting othys jeffers up for 50 because CJ has a sprained toe, wesley is in foul trouble and AK is playing up front.

If this happened, who's in is a moot point anyway.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I would've preferred drafting Aldrich and keeping Korver. Makes a lot more sense to me than drafting a wing with a non-NBA physical profile (at 9, no less) that won't be able to defend and not having any clue what's going to happen at the 5 for the foreseeable future.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I would've preferred drafting Aldrich and keeping Korver. Makes a lot more sense to me than drafting a wing with a non-NBA physical profile (at 9, no less) that won't be able to defend and not having any clue what's going to happen at the 5 for the foreseeable future.

Check my signature for solution.

 

[1-Jazzfan]

Here's my favorite part of Korver's game.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

You cant put a price tag on that

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Man, I wish I could find that Ostertag, Kurt Thomas picture where Thomas had his headband slip over his eyes.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Korver is easily worth 4 mil a year. He will likely get close to- if not the full- MLE from someone.

The Jazz gave Gordan Giricek something like 4 years and $16mm, didn't they?

 

[honz]

Here's my favorite part of Korver's game.

Yeah, I bet you were laughing when he stepped in to take that charge against Chauncey at the end of game 2.