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Sources: Utah has expressed interest in re-acquring Deron Williams

Handlogten's Heros said:
Could still get minutes. Bench Burks... I know he needs minutes too but we can find those through inevitable injuries that will come

Here is the risk of not acquiring d will now... Hill gets hurt and now we have Exum and Mack going up against CP3 in the playoffs... D will goes to Cleveland or a contender and then doesn't want to leave. Hill walks and now we are left with Exum who has played like 3 good games and had almost zero moments that matter.

If we suck in the playoffs Hayward is less likely to stay... if we are left with Dante Exum as our starting pg next year Hayward is less likely to stay.

I guess I just see the risk of getting the guy now and sitting AB or Exum as less than letting the guy go somewhere else and assuming you have just as good of a shot later.

There is also no one else on the buyout market worth pushing ATM. So we'd have wasted our cap space... again. Just not the way to build a team. Hopefully we sign the guy.
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All good points. I certainly want to give Dante more time and have him play decent minutes, but Hill's health is a concern. If he were to go down, we'd be in serious trouble.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Could still get minutes. Bench Burks... I know he needs minutes too but we can find those through inevitable injuries that will come

Here is the risk of not acquiring d will now... Hill gets hurt and now we have Exum and Mack going up against CP3 in the playoffs... D will goes to Cleveland or a contender and then doesn't want to leave. Hill walks and now we are left with Exum who has played like 3 good games and had almost zero moments that matter.

If we suck in the playoffs Hayward is less likely to stay... if we are left with Dante Exum as our starting pg next year Hayward is less likely to stay.

I guess I just see the risk of getting the guy now and sitting AB or Exum as less than letting the guy go somewhere else and assuming you have just as good of a shot later.

There is also no one else on the buyout market worth pushing ATM. So we'd have wasted our cap space... again. Just not the way to build a team. Hopefully we sign the guy.
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Who knows, just kind of repeating what Tony Jones has been saying. He is very doubtful Jazz want D-Will this year, said .1% chance at happening.
 
akirac73 said:
The Jazz are so conservative sometimes...it makes me ill. I think there is only an upside to bring Deron on board. FO thinks Deron will destroy team chemistry? Lame.
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At press conference today, Dante listed his goals going into last 25 games as establishing himself in the rotation, continuing to grow his minutes and having a bigger role. When asked a follow-up about what he needed to do on the court to earn minutes, he said he’s already been doing that to an extent: aggressive offensively, keep scoring up in second unit, being defensively minded and pressuring the ball.

The Jazz need to find out what they have before they place their long-term bet on Exum. And since playing time is FIRST on his mind, there is a real risk that he begins harboring lasting negative feelings towards the Jazz that are hard to overcome.

The timing of Deron joining right now is not good unless he agrees to come in as third string PG/ backup SG role @15 mpg. Timing is much better to sign him in the offseason if Sixers or Spurs throw >$22M at Hill & Jazz chose to not compete for Hill.


As an aside, I Dante's answers were a bit disappointing in that his first goals were things beyond his control.
 
Jazz can easily claim him off waivers if they want.

If he clears waivers, which he probably will, then anyone can sign him.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Jazz can easily claim him off waivers if they want.

If he clears waivers, which he probably will, then anyone can sign him.
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But it sounds as if the Jazz are out either... I disapprove... like a lot.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Could still get minutes. Bench Burks... I know he needs minutes too but we can find those through inevitable injuries that will come

Here is the risk of not acquiring d will now... Hill gets hurt and now we have Exum and Mack going up against CP3 in the playoffs... D will goes to Cleveland or a contender and then doesn't want to leave. Hill walks and now we are left with Exum who has played like 3 good games and had almost zero moments that matter.

If we suck in the playoffs Hayward is less likely to stay... if we are left with Dante Exum as our starting pg next year Hayward is less likely to stay.

I guess I just see the risk of getting the guy now and sitting AB or Exum as less than letting the guy go somewhere else and assuming you have just as good of a shot later.

There is also no one else on the buyout market worth pushing ATM. So we'd have wasted our cap space... again. Just not the way to build a team. Hopefully we sign the guy.
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Exactly. The Jazz are always way too conservative. Even Lindsay came out last summer saying they should have been more proactive since we missed the playoffs last year, and now they're most likely doing it again. Jazz are **** outta luck if Hill goes down when they could of had a solid backup in Dwill. Irritating.

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Will Hayward stay if the Jazz get swept in the first round? I don't think so. Which is why we need to solidify our PG depth. We're going to play the Clippers in the 1st round, we'll either have homecourt or not, but our opponent will be the Clippers. If we make no moves at all, it will be a quick and easy sweep for the Clippers. For christsakes, they destroyed us on our homefloor WITHOUT CP3. At least we know Deron has always been the CP3 kryptonite.
Whatever, I know deep down the Jazz will do nothing...
 
Multiple teams interested in Deron Williams tell ESPN they believe Williams has already decided to join Cleveland upon clearing waivers
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) February 23, 2017
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We should claim him just to mess with the Cavs and Deron.
 
I was warming up to getting Deron who before I never even wanted to see on Jazz again. According to synergy sports, he leads in points created per possesion by his passes out of PnR at 1.15. Could be deadly with Gobert rolling and Hill, Ingles, Hay, Johnson standing outside.
 
Ostertag>Duncan said:
Exactly. The Jazz are always way too conservative. Even Lindsay came out last summer saying they should have been more proactive since we missed the playoffs last year, and now they're most likely doing it again. Jazz are **** outta luck if Hill goes down when they could of had a solid backup in Dwill. Irritating.

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DL's downfall may end up being putting too much faith into the development of his young guys and valuing flexibility too much... and balance tests... ****ing balance tests.

Flexibility does not do a lot of good if you never use it to pivot here and there.
 
stitches said:
We should claim him just to mess with the Cavs and Deron.
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Hopefully DL goes home and says you know what... Dantes dunk was awesome but it was at a point in the game that was garbage time and against the worst defensive backcourt in the league... I don't care how many boobies he has touched D will is probably a better option.
 
And Dwill has fire. Every time the Jazz have had a perceived big game they'd turned into little puppy dogs. I'm afraid they'll have that identity in the playoffs. Once again something Dwill would tremendously help.

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Ostertag>Duncan said:
And Dwill has fire. Every time the Jazz have had a perceived big game they'd turned into little puppy dogs. I'm afraid they'll have that identity in the playoffs. Once again something Dwill would tremendously help.
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Exactly. Every major test the Jazz faced this season was a big failure. Good at beating the weaklings of the league, crumble against teams that actually fight back and play hard.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
DL's downfall may end up being putting too much faith into the development of his young guys and valuing flexibility too much... and balance tests... ****ing balance tests.

Flexibility does not do a lot of good if you never use it to pivot here and there.
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He wouldn't even be giving up flexibility with a move like getting DWill. I just don't understand why the FO is sitting on their hands. There were so many options available to us. So frustrating.
 
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