What should we do in the off season?

[jjscap]

We know Burks is kind of a special player but other teams don't. So right now you can't trade him if you want.

And his rookie year might be misleading but Ingles is a quality player with a lot international experience and a few championship rings. Maybe not a starter level talent but still an above average backup SF in the league.

 

[freakazoid]

Everyone else including Booker is untouchable .

Disagree. Booker could be a good trade chip.

 

[Carbon13]

We know Burks is kind of a special player but other teams don't. So right now you can't trade him if you want.

And his rookie year might be misleading but Ingles is a quality player with a lot international experience and a few championship rings. Maybe not a starter level talent but still an above average backup SF in the league.

I like ingles passing and would bet hes a good locker room guy, but i bet he gets less playing time next year. We definitely should try to keep him if we can.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Ingles is a great glue guy. Every team needs guys like him on the bench and in the locker room. He shouldn't be out there nearly as much as he is. He'll stick around, but it will be more for his intangibles than his skill level. Plus he's still pretty cheap.

 

[ekimebirt]

Gobert, Favors, Hayward, Hood, Burks Exum, Booker, are Core 7 players who I do not expect to see traded.
Ante Tomic will be here next year to round out the front line
Draft pick will be BPA hopefully a SF or stretch 4
Burke will be traded or ride our last year hoping for improvement.
Milsap is on non-guaranteed contract could stick or be part of a trade for assets
Jingles is up in the air would love to have him back for right price. Is he an RFA or can we lose him like we lost Wes Mathews with no right to match?
Jazz let Evans and Ian Clark walk
Cotton Jarett Grant, and any other 10 day contract may be signed to non-guaranteed contract could stick or be part of a trade for assets would only be 15th man and a trade asset.
I do not see a major free agent splash. I do not see the player that fits, would come, and would sign without being matched. I do not want to over pay just to say we got a free agent.
I think that Jazz try to find an under the radar player like they did with Booker and Carroll. I would like to see an upgrade at backup point and Backup Small Forward

 

[Doublea]

Ingles is a great glue guy. Every team needs guys like him on the bench and in the locker room. He shouldn't be out there nearly as much as he is. He'll stick around, but it will be more for his intangibles than his skill level. Plus he's still pretty cheap.

Plus we know we can always plug him into the starting line up.

 

[TheStormofWar]

Aside from some player improvement and tweaking of the PG position (a 3&D pg would help immensely), there isn't much this team really needs that won't be addressed with Burks return and Tomic coming over. Assuming they keep this fire, the Jazz are a scary team next year.

 

[Justys]

Aside from some player improvement and tweaking of the PG position (a 3&D pg would help immensely), there isn't much this team really needs that won't be addressed with Burks return and Tomic coming over. Assuming they keep this fire, the Jazz are a scary team next year.

I really agree with this but, I also feel that the Jazz need to use there cap space. Because 2016 when all 30 teams have more than 30 million, there's going to be a ton of stupid contracts/expensive contracts!

If Utah can sign Danny Green ( 3 and D) 4 years @ 7-10 mill per year, then sign Barngani (stretch floor/ scorer off bench) 3-4 years at 4-6 million per year, add in Lotto pick, Healthy Burks, plus growth of all our players...watch out!!

Exum / Burke
Hood / Burk / Millsap
Hayward / Green
Favors / Booker
Gobert / Barngani

add in Lotto pick, possibly Tomic, maybe Nato, 2nd rounder. Utah would be a playoff team, with a solid Core plus a decent bench!!

 

[sgjazzfan]

I really agree with this but, I also feel that the Jazz need to use there cap space. Because 2016 when all 30 teams have more than 30 million, there's going to be a ton of stupid contracts/expensive contracts!

If Utah can sign Danny Green ( 3 and D) 4 years @ 7-10 mill per year, then sign Barngani (stretch floor/ scorer off bench) 3-4 years at 4-6 million per year, add in Lotto pick, Healthy Burks, plus growth of all our players...watch out!!

Exum / Burke
Hood / Burk / Millsap
Hayward / Green
Favors / Booker
Gobert / Barngani

add in Lotto pick, possibly Tomic, maybe Nato, 2nd rounder. Utah would be a playoff team, with a solid Core plus a decent bench!!

Problem is, Jazz don't want to sign someone for 4 years. They have Hayward, Favors, Exum and Hood all due for a new contract in 2018, this a year after Gobert getting a big contract. I say overpay for DMC for 3 years and bring him back. He like Snyder, and plays good D. Don't know if he'd come in knowing he'd be a backup, but if the money is right...

 

[mfree]

If Hood continues the emergence we have seen the past few games, the Jazz are in an enviable position. They are very good, and will be even better next year even if they didn't make any moves.

They will, however, have the opportunity to trade very good players for even better players...

Some of the guys we really like will unfortunately be gone, but as a team, if you can replace a very good player with someone even better, you do it every time.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The key decision the team has to make imo is what to do about backup pg. Do we wait and see if Trey makes the 3rd year PG leap? Do we find a veteran backup or young vet ( I really like Cory Joseph and think he'd fit well)?

I don't think we are signing a marquee 3 and D guy. I think Hood, Burks, and Hayward all need 30+ minutes per night when healthy. Our fourth wing could come through the draft or a second/third tier FA (Dunleavy, Crowder, Dudley, etc.) They are only likely to get 20ish minutes per night. If you bring in Carroll, Middleton, Green then it likely pushes Hood's minutes down and won't allow us to bring over Tomic without waiving Booker.

 

[silesian]

It's too bad the FA we want to go after are all restricted...
Green
Butler
Middleton
Leonard

especially now that the cap will increase I could see teams matching what ever these guys get offered... bummer.

Not sure I'd sing a minimax if I were one of these guys. Tis the season for qualifying offers.

 

[flex633]

Wouldn't mind bringing back demarre tbh. Also like the fit of Aminu as a bench guy, there's no way he's picking up his player option. Ditto ed davis.

 

[Nate505]

Ingles is a great glue guy. Every team needs guys like him on the bench and in the locker room. He shouldn't be out there nearly as much as he is. He'll stick around, but it will be more for his intangibles than his skill level. Plus he's still pretty cheap.

Nothing wrong with Joe being the 12th guy...hell if he's that next season I love the depth of this team

 

[Stifle Tower]

Nothing wrong with Joe being the 12th guy...hell if he's that next season I love the depth of this team

Agree. Joe and Millsap will be the 11th/12th guys. That's GREAT depth!
I think Hood is now just about untouchable. Can you get an all-star for the 12th pick and Rodney? Then you do it. But I don't see that happening. Plus the return on investment you get from Hood is phenomenal: $1.3M for a starter/6th man.

Replacing Burke is always a possibility. And Booker is nice, but that contract COULD be an asset. My guess is that both will be back, though.
Jazz have 5 roster spots up for grabs (currently Jerrett, Clark, Evans, Cotton and Cooley).
1. Stretch-4 (either FA or #12 pick)
2. Wing (either #12 pick or FA)
3. Tomic or Pleiss
4. 3rd PG or other big (Cotton, Neto, Motum, Cooley or 2nd round pick).
5. Open in case of injury.

Jazz are likely to trade their 2nd round picks or draft and stash a Euro.

 

[Lakers_Slapper]

I think in the off season we should try to improve our team in order to get closer to winning a championship.

Making the playoffs would be a hell of a start

 

[Sexual Favors]

Trade Trey and draft pick for a PG that can be a catch and shoot PG that doesn't try to do too much.
bring Neto and Tomic over

Bring Alec Burks off the bench the way Manu has done with the Spurs.
Let Rodney Hood start to spread the floor for Hayward and the bigs.

I find myself agreeing with a lot of your posts.

 

[Eminence]

May sound odd, but I kind of like the idea of keeping up the youth movement instead of bringing in any vets. I think we're getting a winning culture started and I like the idea of bringing up young players in that environment. Next season still seems a little bit premature to be aiming for true contender status and but the playoffs would be a great start.

I'd like to see pretty much the same roster back next year basically, with one more young big man or possibly a last piece for the wing. And I say bring Neto over as soon as possible- no better place to develop.

Exum/Burke/Neto
Hood/Burks
Hayward/???/Ingles
Favors/Booker
Gobert/???

My top guys in the draft that I'd be willing to move a few pieces to get would be Stanley Johnson(last wing, I believe he has a great shot to develop) and Willie Caulie Stein(not huge potential, but could be a great big off the bench for years to come). I've toyed with moving Burke to help get in to position for them, but I'm not sure how I feel about Exum/Neto as our PGs. I think I'd actually be okay with it as I'd trust all of Hayward/Burks/Hood to do some ball-handling as well.

Anywho, whatever the front office decides to do I trust them moving forward, so I'm looking forward to it all

 

[karl malone]

As much as I want Russell, it's likely not happening without including Exum (& as much as I think that should be considered- depending on what would have to be included- that's likely not happening either).

As competitive as we have been recently, the focus should still be on the long-term. By acquiring the right player in the draft & signing the right veteran(s) in free-agency, this team has the opportunity to compete for the playoffs next year, while still positioning itself to be legitimate championship contenders in the future.

#1. Trade our pick (likely #12) + Trey Burke (+OKC 1st if necessary) to move up (likely #6-8) to draft Mario Hezonja.

#2. Do everything possible to bring over Ante Tomic. This may not even be an option, in which case, we would likely focus our efforts in the draft on a back-up center (WCS, Turner, Kaminsky).

#3. Sign Louis Williams to a reasonable contract (3 yrs/$18-21 mil) to start at SG & play some backup PG. This would allow Alec Burks to be our 6th man & facilitate the 2nd unit offense. He could start but his main strengths seem to be his aggression & ability to create his own shot, so rather than changing his game in order to fit him within the system, we should let him do what he is best at by coming off the bench. If we do instead decide to stay within the organization for our starting SG, Hood would be the better fit, but that is a lot to ask (for an entire season) of a 2nd year player who has dealt with injuries in a large portion of his rookie season.

PG: Exum (30)/Williams (12)/Burks (6)
SG: Williams (14)/ Burks (18)/ Hezonja (12)/Hood (4)
SF: Hayward (34)/ Hood (14)
PF: Favors (34)/ Booker (14)
C: Gobert (34)/ Tomic (14)

And this is without even factoring in Ingles or Millsap (both of whom have value as 11th/12th type guys off the bench) so the distribution of minutes could be somewhat of a problem. I would have suggested bringing over Neto as well, so as to at least have 2 full-time PG's on the roster, if I thought there would be enough minutes for him to make doing so worthwhile.

This seems to be the best combination of present/future. It would give us a decent scorer who has some experience under QS (L.Williams) & a potential future #1 scoring option in Hezonja. It would also allow us to compete next year without locking ourselves into the long-term financial commitment that would likely be required to sign a bigger name free-agent, while still potentially providing that last missing future piece (#1 scorer) in Hezonja.

 

[green]

The Jazz think Burks will be Louis Williams. I've heard this comparison a couple of times. I don't think Utah would spend money on Williams when they think they already have him for 10 million per year.

Also, I'm not sure 12 and Burke gets us to 6-8. I think we'd see Burke and 12 moved for a current NBA player before we'd see them moved to move up. Say, if Chicago cuts/amnesties/whatever-it-is-called Rose, they can then give Rose's money to Butler, bring in Burke to help their PG situation out, add a draft pick and send Snell and a future first to us. Trading for Burke also allows them to let Brooks walk, and they can go after a better PG to start for them. It also frees up money/time for McDermott to play.

Makes sense to me. lol.