I agree. If he made like 5-10M I could see there being interest by many teams as a backup pg or co starter. The problem is at his salary they have to give up a contributor to meet the salary match.
There isn't a player on this Jazz that is untouchable with Ainge behind the wheel, but yeah I doubt their is any incentive, to try to shop a veteran leader ,who is paid a lot , so not easy to move regardless of level of play, short of rewinding father time, and actually loves being in Utah.
We do it for rebounding and athleticism. I do think Collins helps a lot and I think Vando is 3 years away from his peak. I believe Vando will get better each passing year; not the typical NBA career but my guess is that when he is 26 years old he will be an extremely good 4 with added stretch 4 capabilities.
Conley is done. The Wolves would be doing us a favor if they took Mike off our hands.
Not really. Having a vet game manager and an adult leader in the room would do them a world of good. Even if he just runs some actions and makes sure everyone is involved while spacing the floor.
Conley can't effectively play 30+ minutes every game anymore, but he still has a lot to offer.
Conley might be best as a 20 MPG type guy at this point of his career. He's 35 and his defense is obviously slipping but can still be masterful running a team in shorter spurts.
I'm better at running a team than D'Angelo Russell
He stuck with the Ricky/Favs/Rudy thing too long. When he draft Udoka the same night he salary dumped Ed Davis and Tony Bradley was the night I was done. I knew we would end up bringing in a vet on top of it and he added Favs with a decent overpay. When he also effed up the cap math on the JC/Favs deals so that we would be in the tax by a couple million dollars I thought he had completely checked out.
