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Jazz eyeing Al Harrington

The Thriller said:
What would be the point of having him on our team?

He doesn't improve us much if any in the short term. Nor does he help us in the long term.

Let Millsap and AK47 play, they're both better than Al. Let Hayward play and be developed.

to me, the thought of adding Al Harrington seems to me like a desperate attempt at just adding a vet player and delaying the inevitable... Much like adding Calbert Cheney, Olden Polynice, and John Starks.

Lets see what Millsap and hayward can do this year. Use this next year to rebuild and develop. We'll use what information we learn from this season to plan for next few offseasons.
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+1 Playoffs in upcoming year and falling to Lakers will be achievment.

But we will have a tonn of money
 
I've been trying to figure out where the interest in Harrington might be. He is versatile which is a plus, but I think KOC might like him as a scorer on the second unit. As it stands, the second unit looks like it will have some alignment of Price/AK/Fes (Koufos)/and whatever two wings are out there. Having a guy who creates his own scoring opportunities would help. I'm not saying Harrington should be that guy, but I sort of get that angle.
 
Kenwood said:
You have to use your MLE to sign or match Matthews. The Jazz don't have Bird or Early Bird rights because Matthews has only been in league one year.
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That's true. Of course, that's assuming people offer him that much. I actually had a creative way to get Matthews: Work out a reverse sign-and-trade with Matthews. Basically, work out a deal that has the other team signing Matthews and then trading him back to us for our Brewer TPE. Then, the other team gets that TPE to use on another guy.

I'm not sure if that can be completed immediately or if there's a time they have to wait after signing him, but it could work. :cool:
 
If Al came to the Jazz, it's very possible I will no longer follow the team. I hate that gonad of a ninja turtle.
 
Harrington is a streak shooter and usually a black hole on offense. Without him shooting badly with the Warriors, the Jazz don't win that series with Golden State a few years ago. He's the kind of guy who can get hot, but could also end up in Sloan's dog house.

He's an experienced, veteran player, but another undersized PF.
 
Is Harrington under contract with NY or a free agent? As for his numbers, he averaged 17.7 ppg last yr, 20.6 the yr before. Thing is he's never been on a team where he actually had to play within a structured offense, but if he's actually willing to consider us than obviously he has to be aware of it, and Sloan is willing to take on that type of player. Hard to believe he's been in the league 11 yrs already. If for no other reason, it'd be entertaining, if we do sign him ,to keep count of how often carolinajazz calls him clown, hopper, knothead, or any other variation .
 
Guitaro said:
Work out a reverse sign-and-trade with Matthews. Basically, work out a deal that has the other team signing Matthews and then trading him back to us for our Brewer TPE. Then, the other team gets that TPE to use on another guy.
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It doesn't work that way. Once Utah uses the TPE on a player it goes away.
 
Imagine if Kevin Love went to Orlando. If we don't get Love i'd be all for Orlando getting him. Anything to prevent Miami from domination.
 
Hoopshype has it on their rumor mill that Orlando is discussing a possible Harrington S&T.

I don’t think NY commits to absorb a long-term salary from the Magic. They’ll probably save their cap space and try to go for Melo next year if he doesn’t sign an extension, or even CP3 or Deron in just a couple of years. So they’ll probably cooperate only for a 2nd rounder.

Orlando though could look to unload one of their contracts like Gortat to a third team (hint) to absorb Harrington while avoiding further luxury tax in the process.
 
ShaggyReAL said:
It doesn't work that way. Once Utah uses the TPE on a player it goes away.
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We are Team A. Team B sign-and-trades Matthews to us for the TPE. Team B gets that TPE to use on someone else. You're saying that we can only use the TPE to use on a player and not trade the TPE itself to another team?
 
Al Harrington.... I am super excited, dude......

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Guitaro said:
We are Team A. Team B sign-and-trades Matthews to us for the TPE. Team B gets that TPE to use on someone else. You're saying that we can only use the TPE to use on a player and not trade the TPE itself to another team?
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That's right. The other team doesn't get the TPE from the Jazz in the trade, although the trade may generate a different TPE for them as well. Example: Jazz use part of Harpring $6.5M TPE to acquire a $3M player from Team B. Team B gets a new $3M TPE in the deal. Jazz keep the remaining $3.5M of their own TPE.

What's this about another team signing Matthews and trading him back to Jazz? That can't work. Teams can only S&T their own free agents.
 
Al has talent; but he has no idea how to play the game. Everything he does is one-on-one; offense and defense.

The Jazz' defensive system will just frustrate him. I see him butting heads with Sloan big time.
 
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