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Step 1 - Trade Favors, Exum, Hood to Indiana for George. Also, give them both our picks next year (or the OKC next year and any future first round pick).
This is risky, because you only have Paul George for one year. BUT, if you can go out with Hayward, George and Gobert and come in second in the west and make the WCF’s...you can offer George more than anyone else can and convince him to resign.
Next, you resign Hayward to the max at 12:01. Give him his money. 30 million. That puts you at 103,486,620 million. Right at the cap with 9 players.
You have two draft picks: 24 and 30. You hope that Frank Jackson and Kyle Kuzma are still around and draft them. A good backup PG and a athletic stretch 4. Just what you need.
This puts you up to 105,568,720, a little over the cap with 11 players.
You gotta now dump Burks. That frees up $10,595,506. You then go and do not use the option on Diaw. Another $7,500,000. Your team salary is now at 87,473,214. You have 15 million and change in cap space. You now show up at Lowry’s door and offer him the rest of your cap space to come have a shot at a title. The good lord smiles on Jazz fans and he signs. You now look like this:
PG - Lowry, Frank Jackson, Neto
SG - Hayward
SF - Paul George, Kyle Kuzma
PF - Joe Johnson, Trey Lyles, Bolomboy,
C - Gobert,
Four previous All Stars and Gobert. You’d have four all stars in Feb 2018.
Now, you fill in the holes. You need a backup SG and C. Get Diaw to resign for the veteran minimum. Throw the mid level exception at Kyle Korver. Sign Withey to the vet minimum. Check out this team:
PG - Kyle Lowry, Frank Jackson, Neto
SG - Hayward, Korver
SF - George, Kuzma
PF - Joe Johnson, Lyles, Bolomboy
C - Gobert, Diaw, Withey
You have four max players, three potential all NBA players...and Kyle Lowry. You have youth as well with Jackson and Kuzma and Lyles. You can shoot from everywhere with Lowry, Hayward, Korver, George, Johnson, Diaw. You have defense (although a little lacking at SG). You are big everywhere (maybe a little too big at SG, but it’s ok).
AND...it’s not that crazy. Especially the Paul George part.
This is risky, because you only have Paul George for one year. BUT, if you can go out with Hayward, George and Gobert and come in second in the west and make the WCF’s...you can offer George more than anyone else can and convince him to resign.
Next, you resign Hayward to the max at 12:01. Give him his money. 30 million. That puts you at 103,486,620 million. Right at the cap with 9 players.
You have two draft picks: 24 and 30. You hope that Frank Jackson and Kyle Kuzma are still around and draft them. A good backup PG and a athletic stretch 4. Just what you need.
This puts you up to 105,568,720, a little over the cap with 11 players.
You gotta now dump Burks. That frees up $10,595,506. You then go and do not use the option on Diaw. Another $7,500,000. Your team salary is now at 87,473,214. You have 15 million and change in cap space. You now show up at Lowry’s door and offer him the rest of your cap space to come have a shot at a title. The good lord smiles on Jazz fans and he signs. You now look like this:
PG - Lowry, Frank Jackson, Neto
SG - Hayward
SF - Paul George, Kyle Kuzma
PF - Joe Johnson, Trey Lyles, Bolomboy,
C - Gobert,
Four previous All Stars and Gobert. You’d have four all stars in Feb 2018.
Now, you fill in the holes. You need a backup SG and C. Get Diaw to resign for the veteran minimum. Throw the mid level exception at Kyle Korver. Sign Withey to the vet minimum. Check out this team:
PG - Kyle Lowry, Frank Jackson, Neto
SG - Hayward, Korver
SF - George, Kuzma
PF - Joe Johnson, Lyles, Bolomboy
C - Gobert, Diaw, Withey
You have four max players, three potential all NBA players...and Kyle Lowry. You have youth as well with Jackson and Kuzma and Lyles. You can shoot from everywhere with Lowry, Hayward, Korver, George, Johnson, Diaw. You have defense (although a little lacking at SG). You are big everywhere (maybe a little too big at SG, but it’s ok).
AND...it’s not that crazy. Especially the Paul George part.
