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If the FO believes Hood is our future at SF then it makes no sense to lock yourself into a long term contract with Harkless.

Thats the beauty of trading for Harkless now. he makes 1.9 next season, team option for 15/16 at 2.8mil and then hes restricted going into 16/17, and with his length and athleticism, improved shooting and defense theres still plenty of room for improvement.

The Jazz would have 2 seasons to see if they like him.
 
I would gladly trade Hood and a future second rounder for Harkless.
 
Thats the beauty of trading for Harkless now. he makes 1.9 next season, team option for 15/16 at 2.8mil and then hes restricted going into 16/17, and with his length and athleticism, improved shooting and defense theres still plenty of room for improvement.

The Jazz would have 2 seasons to see if they like him.

Did you just use Harkless and shooting in the same sentence?

Hmm just double checked.

https://stats.nba.com/playerShotchart.html?PlayerID=203090

Much improved shooter from the left side of the court. But Hood is a superior shooter.

Might be a good idea if you can convince Orlando. Because of Harkless's athletic ability- defense and rebounding.
 
Some of you guys have some unrealistic expectations.
Sorry to say that.
If the Jazz go out and sign another wing right now they ruin their tank partially.
Hayward starts at SF, Burks/Exum at SG and Burke at PG. Hood and Exum/Burks are the first guys off the bench.
You play this year to find out who's a keeper long term, you tinker with different lineups, you see where's chemistry, which lineups have potential to be part of a playoff/championship backcourt.

The twist is: You know you can't keep everyone. You have to trade 1 or 2 of them, bolster your frontcourt and add versatility there(No stretch Four is a No Go)
Why can't you keep everyone? Because none can defend Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard and without that you're not getting out of the West.
And then if you do it in the East waiting are LeBron, Melo, George and in the future it's also Wiggins, Parker and another guy you should want to guard is Iso-Joe. Even Gay could cause trouble for Hayward.
So you need to find a solution in the backcourt to have at least 2, better 3 plus defender in your backcourt.
You can find that in 2015, as I've highlighted before. Stanley Johnson, Hollis-Jefferson and the third guy from Duke, I forgot his name are all projected between 5 and 15.

ALso paying Hayward anything is a no brainer as his contract comes off the books once Dante's extension kicks in.
IN the next year the cap will probably rise further and another thing is that Kanter and Burks don't look like rich extension guys.
Both have only 1 year left and next year's roster won't present too many opportunities for Burks to prove himself unless he can turn around his whole game this summer and become a very good basketball player.
Kanter needs someone to feed him and everything else is converting put backs. Burke doesn't like to pass and Exum is very young, he won't provide too much help to artificially boost Kanter's value. So he'll receive limited interest and nothing double digit. You can easily match 7 a year for Burks and 8 a year for Kanter w/o stripping yourself of the opportunity to add via free agency.
 
Lance Stephenson turned down a 5 year/ 44 million dollar offer from the Pacers, and apparently their not close on terms.

Damn.

Someones gonna give Hayward the max.
 
The Jazz have to be cautious with their FA signings mainly because the rebuilding is not over yet. The projected #1 guy Dante is not ready to get Ws. Another thing is core young guys are still developing. At this point we don't have enough sample-size to accurately determine which lineups or duos will work or not.
 
The Jazz have to be cautious with their FA signings mainly because the rebuilding is not over yet. The projected #1 guy Dante is not ready to get Ws. Another thing is core young guys are still developing. At this point we don't have enough sample-size to accurately determine which lineups or duos will work or not.

I dont mind going after low cost options to fill positions, **** id take Andray Blatche.. hes better than his paygrade, bottomline.

Michael Beasley was really efficient last year, hes better than what he will be paid.

The dude Brian Roberts who shot lke 97% ft's last year for the Pelicans is fairly interesting at a low price.

Darius Miller is probably worth taking a flier on, New Orleans didnt pick up his 1.15m qualifying offer.

I like Tyler Honeycutt, who the Jazz worked out recently from the Israeli leagues.

Trevor Booker plays nasty and with great energy, hes got great hands on defense, and could be an ideal PF coming off the bench, probably wont cost all that much.

Jerryd Bayless is kind of interesting to me too, i wonder if he had a bad shooting year going into Free Agency, and put his talents on sale by doing so.

Shelvin Mack, Haywards teammate at Butler is restricted but hes interesting he had his moments in the playoffs, knockdown shooter, has some wiggle, reminds me of a slightly watered down version of Reggie Jackson. He's 6'3".

Kent Bazemore and Anthony Morrow seem like they could be great risk/reward at low cost too.

Al Farouq Aminu is a bench player that's great to have incase of injuries. he also dosent take bad shots, rebounds his position very well, can finish near the rim amongst the Bigs, and he can play D better than anyone we have at that position(PF too if Favors is a C), for a cheap price on a player born in the 90's

I have a list of misfit players that id take at league minimum also.
 
The dude Brian Roberts who shot lke 97% ft's last year for the Pelicans is fairly interesting at a low price.

I like Roberts and was surprised that they renounced their rights...

Like PJ Tucker took a detour through Bamberg and was an integral part of a huge season before reappearing on the radar of NBA teams. High motor, good kid.
 
Lance Stephenson turned down a 5 year/ 44 million dollar offer from the Pacers, and apparently their not close on terms.

Damn.

Someones gonna give Hayward the max.
The average annual salary in a 4-year max (other team) contract for Hayward is about $16mm. Do you really think Hayward is worth $7mm+ per year more than Lance? I'd rather have Lance at 9 than Hayward at 16. Hell, I'd rather have Lance at 9 than Hayward at 12 for the physical/defensive upgrade alone.
 
I predict Hayward gets 65 mil over 5 years. A lot of people love him, but he is not a max guy.

You might be right and that's very scary. Hayward has always struck me mentally fragile - he's always been slow to adapt to new situations. I think that type of money/pressure may result in him coming out next season and playing the worst basketball of his career. Wherever he ends up, I hope it isn't a big market team. It may kill the kid.
 
I think the next Ariza will be Maurice Harkless on the Orlando Magic. Only played 24 minutes per game last year but shot 38% from the 3. long and athletic like Ariza. Good defender. and gets lots of steals. They are pretty much the same player lol Except Maurice Harkless is 21.
It would be a risk but I would trade Hayward to the Cavs and have the Cavs send Orlando Anthony Bennett and we get Maurice Harkless and maybe some draft picks or something.
I am very high on this guy.
I like Hood too. but we need somebody else to play play SF also. Share the time and see who comes out on top.

Can anyone confirm if this is accurate? I know nothing about Mo.
 
The average annual salary in a 4-year max (other team) contract for Hayward is about $16mm. Do you really think Hayward is worth $7mm+ per year more than Lance? I'd rather have Lance at 9 than Hayward at 16. Hell, I'd rather have Lance at 9 than Hayward at 12 for the physical/defensive upgrade alone.

I agree but the problem is if we say yes to Lance, we're saying no to Burks.
 
I predict Hayward gets 65 mil over 5 years. A lot of people love him, but he is not a max guy.
Not sure I want Hayward to be offered 5 years. Each team can only have one 5-yr player. Well, technically they can have two, but the other has to be acquired via trade. Better to match a 4-yr deal for Gordon and keep the 5-yr slot open.
 
I agree but the problem is if we say yes to Lance, we're saying no to Burks.
How so? Lance can defend the 3 better than Gordo. If the Jazz can sign Lance outright, and use Gordo+ in a S&T to upgrade elsewhere, it's a no-brainer IMO.

Also, I think the Lance=headcase stuff is a bit overblown. First, when the Pacers went into a tailspin, winning only 10 of their final 23 games, Roy Hibbert and Paul George, the team's two max all-stars, played like absolute ****. Lance may not have directed his frustration appropriately, but he continued to compete and play fairly well. Second, the Jazz need talent. Good players and coaches figure out how to use good talent. The 3 primary needs of basketball teams are scoring/creating, shooting/floor spacing, and defending. I'm not sure Gordo does any of those things better than Lance.
 
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