I think it was also somewhat all-star oriented... Mike got his AS... his best shot at money and a title is in Utah imo... hopefully our goals align.
It may have also been about trying to land specifically in Toronto....
He saved $33 million on Dons All NBA super max, I’d say he probably feels better about paying the tax now. It could have been potentially a $33 million more over the next 5 years of a tax bill, and he knew that when Rudy and Don signed their contracts.
The Jazz were good enough to win the championship this year lmfao. Just because some bad injury timing came up doesnt change what the team was. Obviously tweaks need to be made.
Assuming we use the taxpayer MLE and retain Mike at a 18M a year deal... shedding favs for a minimum player saves us $76M between tax and salary over the next two years. I'll go with vet minimum guy and Udoka over Favs there.
Not that it makes a big difference in this context but Conley lives in Columbus, Ohio (which also happens to be the birthplace and formative years of one jazzVA although I haven’t lived there in over 40 years)
They were... I agree but they weren't the favorites... even after securing the #1 seed. I'm just saying this type of luxury tax bill is unheard of unless you have a super team or a giant market. Warriors and Nets this year are examples. Ryan gonna have to call all his rich friends to fund that bill.
Idk, the man spent $1.66 billion on the team, what’s $60 million lol. He’s considered buying RSL as well, so I think his pockets are still fairly deep. I also think the Jazz revenue stream will increase under him.
I would be shocked. Here is what the narrative will be though... If there is a deal that puts us over the top we will spend freely. No such deal exists or will come to fruition. Keeping Favs means that we are basically running it back with new minimum dudes... will pay $20M in tax to do that.
I hear ya.. but 1.66B for an asset is different than $60M as an expense. Its also like saying "hey we spent over our heads on this house... **** it lets build the pool too". At some point you get stretched.
As Tony has said, they want Mike back, and if the team flames out in the 1st or 2nd round again, expect a major overhaul. I think he will pay a huge bill this year, and if it goes bad again, it will be complete over-turn.
I saw Isiah Whitehead, Raul Neto and Yogi all mentioned as replacements.
Sure, but his company has also been breaking records on the market and stuff. I really think Smith will spend what it takes for the right moves this offseason. He wants Mitchell’s 3rd contract, and I think he’ll be quite aggressive over the next few years. Jazz local TV deal will be getting renewed and ratings were at all time highs. That should be a huge revenue boost. I know he’s trimmed a lot of fat already as well. I think you’ll see lots of changes to make the organization as a whole run more efficiently, and the basketball side get an influx of revenue use.
How dare you even speculate on that though. My god.......
Tony also kinda laughed off the Danny Ainge rumors and kinda hinted that of course he isn’t coming because they will not be moving on from DL.
Pretty foolish
