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Mike Conley gets his first look at Salt Lake City

Kyoto

Kyoto

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Man I love this guy, I was (and still am) a Rubio homer, but I'm really excited for this next season.

The only think I thought was funny in the video was,

"...the culture and the abilities that the young guys have on the team has. I mean Donovan is a star in the league, Rudy is a star in the league, um,... you know, Joe..."


It's almost like he was saying we're young... then realized we weren't all that young after all the moves the Jazz did.

Welcome to "the city of Utah" Mike!



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Feel bad for Bricky, but this guy is going to make us forget our high school crush. Now we've moved past that and it's time to get serious.
Really hope this is the last team Conley plays for. And I think it can be. Sounds like he feels welcome. He played in Memphis for so long, so not worried about him wanting to leave for NY or LA. Not even going to entertain that thought, although maybe the Lakers go hard after him next summer.

Nice to see him practicing with Donovan already. And we brought in some players he already knows. It's going to be such a LOOOOOOOOOONG summer. October can't come soon enough!
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Hope he kills it this year and we can re-sign him for like 3/60.
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If he truly kills it this year he will command a Max somewhere. Many don't view 31 as that old any more, and if he puts together 2 career years in a row he'll be getting large offers from teams on the fringe. I think it would be nice to get him for 3|60 but I think it'll be North of there
 
LogGrad98 said:
If he truly kills it this year he will command a Max somewhere. Many don't view 31 as that old any more, and if he puts together 2 career years in a row he'll be getting large offers from teams on the fringe. I think it would be nice to get him for 3|60 but I think it'll be North of there
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Yeah, you’re probably right but he does turn 33 before next season.
 
Engorged On Unborn Gore said:
Jazz are gonna destroy it next year. Our offense is going to be unstoppable.
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Conley and Rudy in the pick and roll is going to be so much fun. Stay back to defend Rudy, Conley will drop in a floater, stay up on Conley, and Rudy gets the alley hoop. Crash down, you leave Ingles, Bogdonovich or Mitchell open on the perimeter. DM will also be able to run it a bit as well with Conley able to punish teams that leave him open.
 
Yeah the age of "old" in the NBA is shifting. Used to turn on 30-ish, now it's moving toward mid-30's.
 
LogGrad98 said:
If he truly kills it this year he will command a Max somewhere. Many don't view 31 as that old any more, and if he puts together 2 career years in a row he'll be getting large offers from teams on the fringe. I think it would be nice to get him for 3|60 but I think it'll be North of there
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Would Utah give him the Max? They'd have one more year under the tax as Mitchell is still on his rookie contract and Rudy is signed for $25M. Year after, Rudy gets a new contract as does Mitchell. Dante will drop off, but Royce gets a significant raise, if we keep him. Not sure if Ingles will still want to play. I could see Brantley as a starter at PF in 2 years.

Probably will land Utah in the luxury tax to keep a contender together. Ownership should be willing to do it, as they shoveled a ton of profits into the bank when the Jazz were at/near the bottom of the league for several seasons.
 
Jack Strop said:
Would Utah give him the Max? They'd have one more year under the tax as Mitchell is still on his rookie contract and Rudy is signed for $25M. Year after, Rudy gets a new contract as does Mitchell. Dante will drop off, but Royce gets a significant raise, if we keep him. Not sure if Ingles will still want to play. I could see Brantley as a starter at PF in 2 years.

Probably will land Utah in the luxury tax to keep a contender together. Ownership should be willing to do it, as they shoveled a ton of profits into the bank when the Jazz were at/near the bottom of the league for several seasons.
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I would imagine that the jazz max don and super max Gobert, or close to super max

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Kyoto said:
I would imagine that the jazz max don and super max Gobert, or close to super max

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Agree. Which makes giving Conley a Max contract difficult, since they also have Bojan on the books for $18M. Just those 4 contracts might put them north of $120M. Do they then go with young guys or count on vets at/near the minimum instead of Ingles and O'Neal?
 
LogGrad98 said:
If he truly kills it this year he will command a Max somewhere. Many don't view 31 as that old any more, and if he puts together 2 career years in a row he'll be getting large offers from teams on the fringe. I think it would be nice to get him for 3|60 but I think it'll be North of there
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The good news is we can go into the LT to bring him back if that's the case. And honestly I think we'd be willing to. If he kills it to the point where he's a max guy at 33 years old, that means we're legitimately in Finals contention.
 
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