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The problem is that FAs don't come to Utah for fair value that's easy to outperform. They come for overpayment... so it's much less likely they surpass that value. Just an example... how much do you think it would take for us to get Jeremy Lamb? What about Terrence Ross?
In general IMO when it's almost guaranteed you are going to overpay for whoever comes to us, overpay for the best possible player you can get...
I'm thinking more of the JaMychal Green's of the world... trying to get him on a 3 year 20-24M deal is potentially more value than keeping Favs on a one year rental deal at $18M. I think those types of deals are out there.
Ross and Lamb are interesting anything from 10-17M per year for them wouldn't surprise me. I'm looking maybe a tier below them for value if I miss on top tier guys. I think I'd rather push for Danny Green than those guys and I think he's gettable for us at a 10-12M annual salary.
Getting JaMychal at 3/24 and Danny for 3/33ish and using our other space on a one year rental or to assume more in a trade would be better than just running it back imo. I wouldn't call it success, but not a failure either. Could also have those deals decline in annual salary to make them mildly better assets if the other cap space doesn't look like it will bring something good.