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Jeff Withey Signed

NCJazz said:
Right so most likely Graham would be the cut. Certainly between him and Withey. I also wonder what MN wants for Bennett. He looks pretty good in Canada's warm up games and looks to be in good shape. I think he could be a late bloomer in the NBA. He can step out and shoot the 3 now. But with Lyles on the team already probably a little redundant.
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Don't forget there is also Chris Johnson.

Right now it seems like a battle between Johnson, Graham, and Withey. I would assume Cotton sticks now with Exum's injury, but who knows, they may feel confident in Burks ability to be the emergency backup PG (in case of an injury) that they don't feel the need to carry a 3rd PG.

I still think Withey being on the team depends on what they see from Pleiss. If Pleiss shows the defensive ability they want, they probably just cut Withey and stick with an extra wing.
 
NCJazz said:
Right so most likely Graham would be the cut. Certainly between him and Withey. I also wonder what MN wants for Bennett. He looks pretty good in Canada's warm up games and looks to be in good shape. I think he could be a late bloomer in the NBA. He can step out and shoot the 3 now. But with Lyles on the team already probably a little redundant.
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Someone could go into the D-League system.
 
We have about 19 players on the roster already. Somebody has got to get cut.

Exum, Neto, Burke, Cotton
Burks, Hood, Millsap, Graham
Hayward, Ingles, Johnson, O'Brien
Favors, Booker, Lyles, Jerrett
Gobert, Pleiss, Withey, Cooley

Jerrett's guaranteed for about 900K.
Withey guaranteed for 200K
Graham guaranteed for 75K
O'Brien guaranteed for 75K
Cotton, Millsap, Johnson and Cooley are non guaranteeds but the Jazz seem to absolutely love Millsap, so I doubt he gets cut.

I think Exum, Neto, Burke, Burks, Hood, Millsap, Hayward, Ingles, Favors, Booker, Lyles, Gobert and Pleiss are certain to be on the roster. That's 13 players.

Cotton, Graham, Johnson, O'Brien, Jerrett, Withey, Cooley are fighting for max of 2 spots(quite possibly 1 - teams sometimes leave the final spot open in order to be able to call up players from the D-League whenever injuries hit). If I had to choose I'd take Johnson + one of Cotton or Withey.
 
stitches said:
We have about 19 players on the roster already. Somebody has got to get cut.

Exum, Neto, Burke, Cotton
Burks, Hood, Millsap, Graham
Hayward, Ingles, Johnson, O'Brien
Favors, Booker, Lyles, Jerrett
Gobert, Pleiss, Withey, Cooley

Jerrett's guaranteed for about 900K.
Withey guaranteed for 200K
Graham guaranteed for 75K
O'Brien guaranteed for 75K
Cotton, Millsap, Johnson and Cooley are non guaranteeds but the Jazz seem to absolutely love Millsap, so I doubt he gets cut.

I think Exum, Neto, Burke, Burks, Hood, Millsap, Hayward, Ingles, Favors, Booker, Lyles, Gobert and Pleiss are certain to be on the roster. That's 13 players.

Cotton, Graham, Johnson, O'Brien, Jerrett, Withey, Cooley are fighting for max of 2 spots(quite possibly 1 - teams sometimes leave the final spot open in order to be able to call up players from the D-League whenever injuries hit). If I had to choose I'd take Johnson + one of Cotton or Withey.
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Good post.

I'll take Cotton over Withey unless Jeff just goes bananas.
 
stitches said:
We have about 19 players on the roster already. Somebody has got to get cut.

Exum, Neto, Burke, Cotton
Burks, Hood, Millsap, Graham
Hayward, Ingles, Johnson, O'Brien
Favors, Booker, Lyles, Jerrett
Gobert, Pleiss, Withey, Cooley

Jerrett's guaranteed for about 900K.
Withey guaranteed for 200K
Graham guaranteed for 75K
O'Brien guaranteed for 75K
Cotton, Millsap, Johnson and Cooley are non guaranteeds but the Jazz seem to absolutely love Millsap, so I doubt he gets cut.

I think Exum, Neto, Burke, Burks, Hood, Millsap, Hayward, Ingles, Favors, Booker, Lyles, Gobert and Pleiss are certain to be on the roster. That's 13 players.

Cotton, Graham, Johnson, O'Brien, Jerrett, Withey, Cooley are fighting for max of 2 spots(quite possibly 1 - teams sometimes leave the final spot open in order to be able to call up players from the D-League whenever injuries hit). If I had to choose I'd take Johnson + one of Cotton or Withey.
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All those non-guaranteed guys have guaranteed money just like the people who have recently been signed. Every NBA contract is partially guaranteed. There are no fully non-guaranteed contracts in the NBA.
 
Everyone will see the wisdom of this signing when the Jazz defeat the LA Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, and go on to defeat the New York Knicks for the championship.

#destiny
 
stitches said:
We have about 19 players on the roster already. Somebody has got to get cut.

Exum, Neto, Burke, Cotton
Burks, Hood, Millsap, Graham
Hayward, Ingles, Johnson, O'Brien
Favors, Booker, Lyles, Jerrett
Gobert, Pleiss, Withey, Cooley

Jerrett's guaranteed for about 900K.
Withey guaranteed for 200K
Graham guaranteed for 75K
O'Brien guaranteed for 75K
Cotton, Millsap, Johnson and Cooley are non guaranteeds but the Jazz seem to absolutely love Millsap, so I doubt he gets cut.

I think Exum, Neto, Burke, Burks, Hood, Millsap, Hayward, Ingles, Favors, Booker, Lyles, Gobert and Pleiss are certain to be on the roster. That's 13 players.

Cotton, Graham, Johnson, O'Brien, Jerrett, Withey, Cooley are fighting for max of 2 spots(quite possibly 1 - teams sometimes leave the final spot open in order to be able to call up players from the D-League whenever injuries hit). If I had to choose I'd take Johnson + one of Cotton or Withey.
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Give me Cotton and Withey
 
Signing Withey is a 'not bad' signing. He's a good defensive player and I really thought the Jazz were gonna draft him when he left college. Way better upgrade than Cooley and Motum, personally. Gobert, Pleiss and Withey. Nice.
 
stitches said:
We have about 19 players on the roster already. Somebody has got to get cut.

Exum, Neto, Burke, Cotton
Burks, Hood, Millsap, Graham
Hayward, Ingles, Johnson, O'Brien
Favors, Booker, Lyles, Jerrett
Gobert, Pleiss, Withey, Cooley

Jerrett's guaranteed for about 900K.
Withey guaranteed for 200K
Graham guaranteed for 75K
O'Brien guaranteed for 75K
Cotton, Millsap, Johnson and Cooley are non guaranteeds but the Jazz seem to absolutely love Millsap, so I doubt he gets cut.

I think Exum, Neto, Burke, Burks, Hood, Millsap, Hayward, Ingles, Favors, Booker, Lyles, Gobert and Pleiss are certain to be on the roster. That's 13 players.

Cotton, Graham, Johnson, O'Brien, Jerrett, Withey, Cooley are fighting for max of 2 spots(quite possibly 1 - teams sometimes leave the final spot open in order to be able to call up players from the D-League whenever injuries hit). If I had to choose I'd take Johnson + one of Cotton or Withey.
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I would move Millsap to the 2nd list. The Jazz may seem to like him now but he's far from a guaranteed spot. That leaves 3 spots for 8 guys. Personally I'd take Cotton, Withey, and O'Brien or Johnson. I think O'Brien brings a lot of what Millsap does with better offensive potential and a younger player. I think the Jazz may fill the roster this year. They have lots of depth at all positions and in case of injury can always release a guy to fill in if necessary.
 
Cy said:
All those non-guaranteed guys have guaranteed money just like the people who have recently been signed. Every NBA contract is partially guaranteed. There are no fully non-guaranteed contracts in the NBA.
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And don't they count that guaranteed money towards the required minimum? And aren't the Jazz below the threshold?
 
Doublea said:
I think I like Withey more than Pleiss. He put up a pretty good per these last two years.
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My guess is that you won't think that way for long. I liked Withey coming out of KU, but he's improved so little... very little upside there. After listening to Lindsey, it seems there is considerably more upside with Pleiss because of his offensive ability and sheer length.
 
NAOS said:
My guess is that you won't think that way for long. I liked Withey coming out of KU, but he's improved so little... very little upside there. After listening to Lindsey, it seems there is considerably more upside with Pleiss because of his offensive ability and sheer length.
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Using that logic then Pleiss has more upside than Gobert?
 
I really like Withey (at least in a context like this). I also like that Lyles is going to have to earn his playing time because I'm far from sold on him or his mentality as a player.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I really like Withey (at least in a context like this). I also like that Lyles is going to have to earn his playing time because I'm far from sold on him or his mentality as a player.
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Literally was worried about Lyles until this post by NUMERICA. Dude is now officially destined for success.
 
Withey is a wildly undervalued player in the NBA. Has size, protects the rim, shoots > 50% from the field, not a complete liability from the stripe. How is he signing a deal like this for a team that doesn't need him? Mind-blowing to me.
 
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