Game6Conley
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great deal for utah.
Dante Exum re-signed
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MVP
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Well, he is not a starter level yet, so not sure what team he could be starting for?
gregbroncs
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So you'd rather have the older player, who has a career 3pt % lower that Exum, had a worse PER than Exum last year, Is a worse FT shooter by a lot, and is less athletic. That's the guy you'd rather pay? **** that.
jope
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Payton just signed a 2.7M contract with NO. I think he means he’d rather pay Payton 3M than pay exum 11M.
gregbroncs
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Then he didn't say it very well, and I'd still rather have Exum.
Hotdog
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I know you have all been patiently waiting my take on this. So without further ado....
I have not seen the potential others have seen in Exum in the very beginning and even right up to the post season of last year. But the Houston series was a bit of an eye opener. I saw the light, and saw what could be.
Exum has looked really dumb sometimes with his turnovers and things. Even his shot form is still annoying. But the body, his length and speed, the ability to attack the basket, and his defense especially, are very promising.
This is is a huge gamble, but I think that taking huge gambles are probably the only way this franchise and most other franchises will ever have a chance to win a championship. Attracting free agents appers to still be a problem. Counting on landing someone is 2019 or any other year is really a bigger gamble imo.
I have not seen the potential others have seen in Exum in the very beginning and even right up to the post season of last year. But the Houston series was a bit of an eye opener. I saw the light, and saw what could be.
Exum has looked really dumb sometimes with his turnovers and things. Even his shot form is still annoying. But the body, his length and speed, the ability to attack the basket, and his defense especially, are very promising.
This is is a huge gamble, but I think that taking huge gambles are probably the only way this franchise and most other franchises will ever have a chance to win a championship. Attracting free agents appers to still be a problem. Counting on landing someone is 2019 or any other year is really a bigger gamble imo.
Haralabos Voulgaris had a very apt description for Dante on one of the recent Bill Simmons podcasts. I think this is the best way i've heard anyone describe him. I have been calling him "baby deer Dante" for a while now... Haralabob called him "Bambi on blow". It's perfect description of how Dante plays right now.
Jazzta
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Thank you, very informative
Douchebag K
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The only mistake here is you haven’t been banned.
Douchebag K
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A contender for post of the year, absolute top shelf quality and all you can summon is wtf ?? Shame ! No VORP rating, no PER, RPM, LGBTQIABCD, win share rating for this post ??
55 games would be over 2/3, 54 would be under.
homeytennis
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I bet we could get Hood for the minimum right now.
Magic Spray
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jazzfan1971
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I'm sitting here trying to remember which character was Haralobos Voulgaris. The next season of Game of Thrones can't start fast enough.
Jack Strop
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I don't consider this a huge gamble. It's $11M, which is 11% of the cap. Jazz will still have expirings Lindsey can deal at the deadline. He can also clear enough cap space for a max contract FA if needed. Counting Exum, and excluding Favors, Neto, Rubio and all the other expiring contracts, Jazz would be at ~$63M. Add in next year's 1st and minimum roster spots and that's still <$70m, Also, I'm sure Crowder would be easily tradeable if needed.
Even if Exum is a complete bust, $11m is not really going to prevent Utah from making any moves they want.
MDAV28
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Jazz could have a little over $41 million to play with next summer, a max contract is about $33 million. IF, and this is a big IF, a max-level FA wanted to join our team, the Rubio situation could make it tough. I think the Jazz would definitely want to keep him, but he obviously would be worth more than $8 million. Trading Crowder into space could get you close like you mention...