Sign Joachim Noah as a FA and draft either Korkmaz or Luwawu...would that be kicka$$ good

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I'm sure there are some that will flame me for this but a very underrated player that could be picked up cheap and be willing to play a 4th big is James Johnson of Toronto.

He's a strong defender who can defend back up bigs and he's fast enough to defend wings (especially the Durants and LaBrons of the NBA).

I think this is more in line with what will actually happen.

 

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We can afford to pay Noah for next season and probably the season after that. So offer him a 20 mil one year deal. He'll get paid and get a chance to be a part of winning team. In two years we will be paying Gobert and Hayward. In 3 years the only players at old salary scale will be Burks, Trey Lyles and our new draft picks.

As for minutes, I see Gobert playing 28 minutes a game as a positive. Noah can play 20 as the backup center. This will also keep Favors minutes down around 28-30 a game. Lyles will just have learn to be effective in 20 minutes night. And given our injury histories-so one is going to be hurt. So at teams we will need everyone to step up.

In another thread I advocated going after Biyombo in a similar vein; but Noah would fill our teams veteran leadership void.

I also see a Lyles/Noah combo as being very effective off the bench together.

You want to make a big who plays less than 20 MPG our highest paid player?

 

[orangello]

I think this is more in line with what will actually happen.

If the Jazz could lock up JJ for 4 years around 20 million then that's a major win in my book.

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