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Jeff Withey Signed

Eenie-Meenie said:
The Triplet Towers, the Triple Towers, the Trilateral Towers, the Titanic Towers, what shall we call Rudy-Pleiss-Withey?
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We should call them One Great 7 footer and Two average-below average centers.

The nickname only works if they are all really good imo
 
fishonjazz said:
We should call them One Great 7 footer and Two average-below average centers.

The nickname only works if they are all really good imo
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One Stud & Two Scrubs.

Pleiss and Withey haven't done anything yet in the NBA. Let's see if they can contribute before giving them nicknames. Withey might not even make the team.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
It was One Brow, who still to this day denies it. However, I discussed it with Vinylone, presenting my evidence and he agreed. Even Colton was suspicious but he could never verify my claim.
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That's overstating things. I was not "suspicious". I agreed to look into it because you were insistent, but I myself didn't ever believe it was true. And that's still my opinion.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
I'm hardly out of touch with reality. If you went to One Brow's site and saw his conversations with Aint, then you'd be wondering too, or the 40-page thread on here that was a dialogue solely between Aint and One Brow -- yes, this happened.
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those were the days!!!

and I miss 'em

(setting myself up for ridicule I know, so just don't. please.)

at any rate, I think AK's history post Jazz shows he had his own issues that had little to do with Deron. And actually, they and their wives remained close friends.
 
colton said:
That's overstating things. I was not "suspicious". I agreed to look into it because you were insistent, but I myself didn't ever believe it was true. And that's still my opinion.
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It's because you are also One Brow. What other reason would you have for revising history, eh Colton?
 
Good value signing & insurance in the event that neither Lyles or Pleiss are ready to contribute this upcoming season. I think the 15 man roster is clear (pending a trade) at this point:

Burke/Neto/Cotton
Hood/Burks/Millsap
Hayward/Ingles
Favors/Booker/Lyles
Gobert/Pleiss/Withey

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It will be interesting to see who dresses & who doesn't.
 
karl malone said:
Good value signing & insurance in the event that neither Lyles or Pleiss are ready to contribute this upcoming season. I think the 15 man roster is clear (pending a trade) at this point:

Burke/Neto/Cotton
Hood/Burks/Millsap
Hayward/Ingles
Favors/Booker/Lyles
Gobert/Pleiss/Withey

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It will be interesting to see who dresses & who doesn't.
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Barring any hangnails or players out to assorted injuries, only two additional would need to sit. That should be the 3rd PG and either Withey or Pleiss. Neto and Cotton could very well rotate being active. And the same could hold true for Withey and Pleiss. I doubt anyone on the roster will be assigned or sent down to the DLeague.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
I tried to PM you with this but your inbox is full. Here's my response:

I never had premonitions nor claimed any psychic powers. I did track down one guy though whose alts were viciously attacking me on the board and in private messages. It was One Brow, who still to this day denies it. However, I discussed it with Vinylone, presenting my evidence and he agreed. Even Colton was suspicious but he could never verify my claim. Interestingly, after I called One Brow and confronted him, the attacks stopped.

In any case, that has all been exaggerated. There was also a claim I broke into Enes's home -- I don't live in SLC and had never been there until this summer. So, that's all nonsense.

I don't want to get into the evolution of it all, but it was basically because I took AK's side in the debate as to why his role on the team diminished with the advent of Deron. Well, the site was overpopulated with Deron supporters and you know how I doggedly defend myself. I should have relented and let it go. Anyway, that's why I changed my username.

No, I'm not crazy just neurotic.
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VinylOne as your sole supporter is like having the only eyewitness to a murder be a 87 year old blind woman.
 
I'm excited about Whithy. I liked him coming out of Kansas and he hasn't really gotten a lot of opportunity to show what he has. He's not a stiff, has some athletic ability and has some good mobility for a 7footer. This would allow the Jazz to play super big at times with him playing pf along side Gobert, if they choose to do so. I could see Whithy improve as a player here.
 
After watching Pleiss play today, I'm convinced Withey makes the team. Pleiss is a cardboard cutout on defense. He might be as bad as Kanter. He doesn't contest anything nor give help. But at least he's only a $3M/per mistake. About the only positive thing I can say about Tibor is he sets a decent pick and then rolls nicely to the basket. Didn't see much else from him.

Let's hope asking Withey to only be a rim protector, which is his strength, makes him a decent role player. He can spell Gobert for about 10 mins and maybe we still see Favors play a little 5, with Lyles at the 4.
 
Stifle Tower said:
After watching Pleiss play today, I'm convinced Withey makes the team. Pleiss is a cardboard cutout on defense. He might be as bad as Kanter. He doesn't contest anything nor give help. But at least he's only a $3M/per mistake. About the only positive thing I can say about Tibor is he sets a decent pick and then rolls nicely to the basket. Didn't see much else from him.

Let's hope asking Withey to only be a rim protector, which is his strength, makes him a decent role player. He can spell Gobert for about 10 mins and maybe we still see Favors play a little 5, with Lyles at the 4.
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But haven't we already paid for Pleiss' buyout?


Can we afford to keep both Pleiss and Whitey?
 
Most likely outcome: Tibor Pleiß spends season in Idaho (mostly), working with developmental coaches on shot, defense and strength. Withey is our third center.
 
Pleiss is our second center. There's virtually no chance in the world he's not on the roster on opening day. You don't pay 9 million and bring an asset from overseas in order to cut him/send him to Idaho after training camp. They will play him and see what they have in him for several months and if he's totally horrible then, he might be sent down at some point during the season.

Also, they seem to be more than willing to develop whatever they want to develop in the young players while they are on the roster without sending them to the Stampede.
 
ONE LOVE said:
But haven't we already paid for Pleiss' buyout?


Can we afford to keep both Pleiss and Whitey?
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Of course we can. We're not even close to the cap yet. And I never meant it to sound like we should cut Pleiss. I just don't see him contributing much next season - if his play mirrors what I saw. Just my opinion, though. I tend to run on the negative.

As silesian said, Pleiss can work with the coaches on fundamentals and strength. Gobert will be averaging 34 mins or so. Quin decides whether to play Withey behind him or continue to have Favors be the backup center. Probably will be a little of both.
 
stitches said:
Pleiss is our second center. There's virtually no chance in the world he's not on the roster on opening day. You don't pay 9 million and bring an asset from overseas in order to cut him/send him to Idaho after training camp. They will play him and see what they have in him for several months and if he's totally horrible then, he might be sent down at some point during the season.

Also, they seem to be more than willing to develop whatever they want to develop in the young players while they are on the roster without sending them to the Stampede.
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Do you think it was possible that the FO didn't realise Withey was available before they went out and got Pleiss?
 
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