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Nate Wolters is Available

My general philosophy is that teams should ALWAYS look into adding any person that can make them better. If he improves your 15th spot, or your front office, or your coaching staff, or your D-League team. . . it doesn't matter. If they make you better, you figure out how to get them. Period.

Nate Wolters makes them better. They should claim him on waivers and cut Elliot if they get him. For that matter, they should have already tried to add Mike Malone as an Assistant Coach to help the defense as well.
 
Seems like a perfect Jazz guy. At 6'4" he can play both guard spots. Wish he shot better than 29% from three.
 
Ellis269 said:
My general philosophy is that teams should ALWAYS look into adding any person that can make them better. If he improves your 15th spot, or your front office, or your coaching staff, or your D-League team. . . it doesn't matter. If they make you better, you figure out how to get them. Period.

Nate Wolters makes them better. They should claim him on waivers and cut Elliot if they get him. For that matter, they should have already tried to add Mike Malone as an Assistant Coach to help the defense as well.
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Elliott Williams is a much better prospect than Wolters. Only problem with Williams is his injury history. But he's a great defender. What skills does Wolters possess? He can't even make it as the 4th-string PG on Milwaukee. He makes Trey Burke look like Ray Allen. Does Wolters and his <30% 3PT shooting take minutes away from Burke or Exum?
 
Stifle Tower said:
Elliott Williams is a much better prospect than Wolters. Only problem with Williams is his injury history. But he's a great defender. What skills does Wolters possess? He can't even make it as the 4th-string PG on Milwaukee. He makes Trey Burke look like Ray Allen. Does Wolters and his <30% 3PT shooting take minutes away from Burke or Exum?
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Compare Nate's stats last year to Garrett's. I don't think Garrett is hideous and would have been a decent bench player for us. Nate 7.2 ppg .437 FG .290 3 .656 FT and 3.2 assists. Garrett 3.5 ppg, .381 FG, .375 3 and .833 FT with 1.5 assists. I agree that Williams is someone to watch and we will see if he gets a second 10 day. I noticed in preseason for the Sixers he averaged about 11 ppg and 2.7 assists in over 50% shooting. Make you wonder why the Sixers jettisoned him as they are so awash in talent.
 
Elliot Williams has a chance to be pretty good for the Jazz. In April last year, he averaged 25 minutes a game and scored double figures in 7 out of 8 games, averaging 11.4 ppg on 56% FGs, 37% 3pt. Over the course of the entire season, he was at 42% and 30% shooting, but he was playing sporadically most of the year.
 
"He cannot even do it @ Milwaukee" is not a good argument for they have good PG's ahead of him, very good PG's in Knight and Marshall.
Wolters will be signed definitely.
I hope Jazz will and can do it.
 
How does the waiver order work? Is it based on record if there are multiple claims? I don't think he'll clear waivers.
 
nightmare3983 said:
How does the waiver order work? Is it based on record if there are multiple claims? I don't think he'll clear waivers.
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Teams have been waiving guys like crazy this week to get around to not guaranteeing their contract. If a team claims him, his contract is guaranteed and I'm pretty sure the teams with the worse records get priority.
 
homeytennis said:
Teams have been waiving guys like crazy this week to get around to not guaranteeing their contract. If a team claims him, his contract is guaranteed and I'm pretty sure the teams with the worse records get priority.
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Yes, waiver claims go in reverse order of teams' records. If a player clears waivers, then he's an UFA.
 
homeytennis said:
Compare Nate's stats last year to Garrett's. I don't think Garrett is hideous and would have been a decent bench player for us. Nate 7.2 ppg .437 FG .290 3 .656 FT and 3.2 assists. Garrett 3.5 ppg, .381 FG, .375 3 and .833 FT with 1.5 assists. I agree that Williams is someone to watch and we will see if he gets a second 10 day. I noticed in preseason for the Sixers he averaged about 11 ppg and 2.7 assists in over 50% shooting. Make you wonder why the Sixers jettisoned him as they are so awash in talent.
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Why did Milwaukee jettison Williams? Or LAC cut Ingles?

Looking at guys like Wolters, you just have to assess against the rest of the roster. Maybe Wolters' numbers are better than Garrett. But that was last year. Is Wolters (or anyone else being waived) worth cutting a player currently on the team?

Guys at the end of the bench: Clark, Novak, Evans, Millsap, Williams.
1. It's unlikely Novak is released. Then the Jazz are stuck paying his salary for 2 years. They could still get rid of it as part of a trade either this year or next.
2. Evans? Too popular to just release, even though he's not getting a lot of chances. He might even have some trade value (2nd rounder).
3. Clark? He's the third string PG and can definitely shoot 3's (44% in limited opportunities).
4. Millsap? Just brought in. Has shown great hustle, passing ability and defense. Can't shoot. Maybe he doesn't get a second 10-day contract.
5. Williams? Just signed. Reputation as a very good defender, but injury prone. I predict the Jazz give him a second 10-day.

IMO, it comes down to, "is player X a better fit on the team than Millsap?" Also remember we have Millsap and Williams because the Jazz are thin at SG. Can't see the Jazz pursuing anyone except another SG.
 
Stifle Tower said:
But <30% on his three's. And this year not shooting a good percentage. Is he a lockdown defender? If not, really no reason to waste a roster spot on him.
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He must have worked hard on his range - if you look at his game log last year, he was actually hitting 3's at a very good percentage as the season went on. His last 20 games or so he shot about 50% from 3. Though my guess is those were a lot of garbage minutes being Mil was full on tank mode at the time.

This year it looks like he barely got off the bench.
 
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