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hilltopper06

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When Evans was signed in July, it was a non-guaranteed deal with the Jazz having an option to dump him in January. I would think that the Jazz are going to be keeping Evans around, but has this been made official? Also, would his deal be the 2 year, $470k per deal that I have seen listed, or does that figure get bumped? Thanks for the info! GO JAZZ!
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
I believe Portland has already offered him an offer sheet.
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Sometimes I almost think that is why Sloan never plays him. Like we're trying to keep him a secret from the rest of the league (Portland) so they don't do us all over again. Anybody else have any ideas as to why Evans hardly ever sees the court (besides the fact that he only weighs 145 pounds)? It seems like every time he gets in there he does okay only to get pulled again.
 
hilltopper06 said:
When Evans was signed in July, it was a non-guaranteed deal with the Jazz having an option to dump him in January. I would think that the Jazz are going to be keeping Evans around, but has this been made official? Also, would his deal be the 2 year, $470k per deal that I have seen listed, or does that figure get bumped? Thanks for the info! GO JAZZ!
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No bump, that's the annual salary. If they were to cut him before January 10 (I think), then they would only pay him for rouhgly half the season.

As far as it being official, the Jazz haven't announced anything, but they don't need to. They only have to take action if they are releasing him, which they won't. Not doing anything = Evans's salary becomes guaranteed for the remainder of season.
 
Surely said:
Sometimes I almost think that is why Sloan never plays him. Like we're trying to keep him a secret from the rest of the league (Portland) so they don't do us all over again. Anybody else have any ideas as to why Evans hardly ever sees the court (besides the fact that he only weighs 145 pounds)? It seems like every time he gets in there he does okay only to get pulled again.
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I think the weight issue limits his ability to defend most NBA front-court players.
 
I'm pretty sure you can't offer multiple years on a non-guaranteed deal. I'm pretty sure he has a 2-year guaranteed contract for around the rookie minimum.
 
Yes its two years, which is just about the time he will really start adding some weight and develop his game. Portland must be licking their chops.
 
hilltopper06, having seen him play for 4 years at WKU I respect your opinion on Evans more than anyone, and if I recall correctly you had some great info on Evans' game and collegiate career this past summer after Utah drafted him.
Just curious, have you gotten to watch much of Evans with the Jazz and what do you think of his potential in the league?

An overwhelming majority of his points have come on dunks and offensive rebounds, but he did have a nice left-hand jump hook in Portland last week where he also exhibited showed good footwork. I've heard he's shown a solid mid-range jumper in shootarounds as well, but perhaps doesn't have the confidence (or ability) to take it in live-game situations.
 
vslice02 said:
hilltopper06, having seen him play for 4 years at WKU I respect your opinion on Evans more than anyone, and if I recall correctly you had some great info on Evans' game and collegiate career this past summer after Utah drafted him.
Just curious, have you gotten to watch much of Evans with the Jazz and what do you think of his potential in the league?

An overwhelming majority of his points have come on dunks and offensive rebounds, but he did have a nice left-hand jump hook in Portland last week where he also exhibited showed good footwork. I've heard he's shown a solid mid-range jumper in shootarounds as well, but perhaps doesn't have the confidence (or ability) to take it in live-game situations.
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I have watched the Jazz at every opportunity this season, and Evans is progressing much faster than I expected. A lot of that is the high quality of coaching that he gets from Sloan and the assistants. Evans is a smart guy and he is very coachable, I only expect him to get better. If the coaches can get him over the confidence block he has with shooting in game, then Evans can be an absolute beast*. I think that an offseason of training and a summer league of dominance will go along way to making Evans into a regular rotation player.

*Dependent on him gaining 15lbs of muscle.
 
hilltopper06 said:
I have watched the Jazz at every opportunity this season, and Evans is progressing much faster than I expected. A lot of that is the high quality of coaching that he gets from Sloan and the assistants. Evans is a smart guy and he is very coachable, I only expect him to get better. If the coaches can get him over the confidence block he has with shooting in game, then Evans can be an absolute beast*. I think that an offseason of training and a summer league of dominance will go along way to making Evans into a regular rotation player.
*Dependent on him gaining 15lbs of muscle.
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Thanks hilltopper, I share your optimism on Jeremy.
 
hilltopper06 said:
I have watched the Jazz at every opportunity this season, and Evans is progressing much faster than I expected. A lot of that is the high quality of coaching that he gets from Sloan and the assistants. Evans is a smart guy and he is very coachable, I only expect him to get better. If the coaches can get him over the confidence block he has with shooting in game, then Evans can be an absolute beast*. I think that an offseason of training and a summer league of dominance will go along way to making Evans into a regular rotation player.

*Dependent on him gaining 15lbs of muscle.
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No offense, but I think he needs to add at least 30 lbs to be a great NBA player.
 
I have a friend that attended a Jazz practice and he said that Evans was one of the best shooters on the team in practice as he was a dead-eye (in mid/long 2s) with great form and an absurdly high point-of-release.

I still project Evans as a stopper/spot-up shooter as a SF if he wants to maximize what he's been given (or lack thereof in terms of how slight his frame is). He's already past where Brendan Wright was when he was at his best, and I can see him being a rich-man's Ariza (he'll never be a ballhandler, but he's taller, longer, more athletic, and already has the shooting fundamentals that I'm not sure Ariza ever got down, that aspect is just a matter of reps, confidence, and being asked to fill such a role IMO).
 
NUMBERICA said:
I'm pretty sure you can't offer multiple years on a non-guaranteed deal. I'm pretty sure he has a 2-year guaranteed contract for around the rookie minimum.
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You can, but I don't think any teams offer them (and if offered, few agents would advise their client to sign such a one-sided deal). Teams can set the percentage of any contract year to be guaranteed at anything between 0% and 100%, but regardless of the annual percentages they set, it would become 100% guaranteed on 10 Jan (or thereabouts) for the rest of the season every year. Normally a contract that is anything but 100% guaranteed for its entire length reduces in percentage in later years, rather than being at 0% for the duration.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I have a friend that attended a Jazz practice and he said that Evans was one of the best shooters on the team in practice as he was a dead-eye (in mid/long 2s) with great form and an absurdly high point-of-release.

I still project Evans as a stopper/spot-up shooter as a SF if he wants to maximize what he's been given (or lack thereof in terms of how slight his frame is). He's already past where Brendan Wright was when he was at his best, and I can see him being a rich-man's Ariza (he'll never be a ballhandler, but he's taller, longer, more athletic, and already has the shooting fundamentals that I'm not sure Ariza ever got down, that aspect is just a matter of reps, confidence, and being asked to fill such a role IMO).
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Well i think your friend has been paying attention and knows a little bit about basketball more than some of the people on here. But Evans has a very nice stroke just watch him in warmups or when he goes to the line. Thats not a post player shot.
 
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