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Between Augie, Benson and Davidson, I thought we had a capable backup 4. Now they're all gone. I guess that means Jarron is coming back to town.
 
Augustine had one great game, then was a non-factor.

The 4/5 is a three-man rotation with Jefferson, Millsap and Okur. If Okur isn't ready to go, then Fes may get 15-20 mins and AK will play some at PF. There's really no reason to sign a scrub that would be fifth on the depth chart at PF behind Millsap, Jefferson, Okur and AK. Jazz either need a guy who can give legit minutes at the 5, or they just go with the roster as is.

Count on Al to get 35-38 mins and Millsap 32-35. That leaves 25-30 mins to split between Okur and Fesenko. Jazz will sign Fes and then wait until camp starts to assess Memo's condition. If it looks like he's nowhere near being ready, then KOC will go out and get a veteran for depth.
 
Augustine was with Orlando for a couple years, but didn't get much playin time (about 6 minutes a game). Improved his game and his confidence with a couple more years in Europe. Probably not a bad back-up, for cheap, especially given that he's a homeboy of Deron's.
 
Jazz skipped on Benson, Augustine and Davidson, lets be honest they were all second tier to Kofous at the summer league, but the Jazz traded away Kofous to Minny. And by all accounts it was the jazz who insisted he be part of the deal.

I still think KOC has something in the works--atleast it is a possibility-- so he doesn't want to tie his hands with end of the bench contracts. And if it doesn't work out he can probably sign the Collins brothers to vetran minimums.
 
5 Bigs - Memo AlJeff Millsap Fes Evans
5 Wings - AK CJ Raja Gordon Jeffers(?)
3 Points - Deron RonnieP Gaines(?)

Unless the Jazz find better options than Jeffers and Gaines, they'll probably stick with those 13 to start the season (assuming Fes doesn't go elsewhere).
 
I just don't see the Jazz filling their roster out with two D leaguers that shouldn't be in the league, a late late second round pick and Fes. I'm fine with Fes and Evans as the 13th man but really don't want to see Gaines and Jeffers. I would rather see Mike James as a vet's minimum and then some other big.

Maybe its me but I would rather have extra bigs then wings.

Gaines was 50% from the line and can't run the offense, he is a scoring point just like Price. Jeffers is a really hard worker but isn't a NBA player.

Evans is worth a spot. He is very athletic and if he can gain weight(A lot) he might be a value off the bench in the future.
 
Hopper said:
Augustine was with Orlando for a couple years, but didn't get much playin time (about 6 minutes a game). Improved his game and his confidence with a couple more years in Europe. Probably not a bad back-up, for cheap, especially given that he's a homeboy of Deron's.
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I dont think Dwill cares that much about having his friends on the team, I think he wants players with actual talent.
 
Dwill_PwnasaurasRex said:
I dont think Dwill cares that much about having his friends on the team, I think he wants players with actual talent.
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I think Deron wants both: players (1) with talent who don't (2) cause problems with team chemistry. Actually, when you're talking about the 13th-14th man on the squad, having a player who will play hard in practice and be a good cheer-leader is probably more important than talent.
 
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