Why Did The Jazz Not Amnesty A Player?

[theonlyone]

I am just wondering why did they not take the opportunity to amnesty a player when they had the chance? Specifically Raja or Harris, for with the amnesty clause in the new CBA you could only amnesty a currently signed player. Miles is expiring anyways, and they probably could trade Jefferson or Milsap or perhaps even Harris. They were the only four players signed for more than one year with a significant contract at the time of the clause. They also knew going in that they had a wing one too many, so why did they not solve the problem then, for obviously no one else wants Raja?

 

[HipHopAnonymous]

Just because the Jazz probably over-value Raja doesn't mean nobody else wants him.

 

[mfree]

You can only do it once, and having traded Memo, there was no other contract bad enough to justify using for the one and only time.

(my understanding)

 

[theonlyone]

Perhaps, but they probably do not value him enough for Utah probably would have traded him if it was for something that made sense. Amnestying him would have solved the problem of trading and getting possibly bad contracts in return. It is only one time, but it is only for players already signed at the start of the CBA. The Jazz do not really have anyone else in candidacy for that since they are mostly a young team.

 

[jazzfan1971]

I think they can still use the amnesty if they choose. But, unless you are going to use cap created by amnesting someone it's better to just keep them on the roster as injury insurance and practice player.

You don't pay someone to not play unless there is a good reason to do so. And Raja and Harris (especially, Harris has been playing much better as of late) haven't given the Jazz enough reason to pay them to go away.

A buyout on the other hand would at least save the Jazz some cash. It's possible Raja and the Jazz comes to terms on a buyout before the playoff roster deadline if there is a team out there that wants to pay Raja.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Jazz didn't need the cap room, nor the roster spot. Not sure I'd pay Bell 6.5 mil to go away at the start of the season. Jazz have no starting quality PG outside of Harris, so it would have made no sense to amnesty him, and pay him 17 mil to go away.

 

[theonlyone]

Well it makes sense now that y'all explained it, but it has backfired on them I think. It probably would have been best to get rid of Raja, for now he is not getting along with the coach over playing time, and his playing time is also hindering Burks development. Not to mention Raja was horrible last season, so they knew what they were getting with him, and they still chose not to trade or amnesty him.

 

[jazzfan1971]

They can always just ask Raja to stay home. I believe the Pacers did that with our very own Jamaal Tinsley.

 

[theonlyone]

It is the Jazz we are talking about though, I will believe them doing that when I see it.

 

[JJ Rage]

You can only do it once, and having traded Memo, there was no other contract bad enough to justify using for the one and only time.

(my understanding)

This. Okur was the most likely amnesty player going into the season, but I imagine KOC kept him around because of his expiring. I'm sure he expected to move him at the deadline, but the Lopez injury in NJ expedited his trade.

 

[PrinceJL]

I am just wondering why did they not take the opportunity to amnesty a player when they had the chance? Specifically Raja or Harris, for with the amnesty clause in the new CBA you could only amnesty a currently signed player. Miles is expiring anyways, and they probably could trade Jefferson or Milsap or perhaps even Harris. They were the only four players signed for more than one year with a significant contract at the time of the clause. They also knew going in that they had a wing one too many, so why did they not solve the problem then, for obviously no one else wants Raja?

are you serious?? ugh...

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Amnesty? Why? Amnesty was for teams who needed to make cap room space, or rid themselves of terrible contracts.While some our players may suck, none of them are terrible contracts.

 

[Stifle Tower]

I am just wondering why did they not take the opportunity to amnesty a player when they had the chance? Specifically Raja or Harris, for with the amnesty clause in the new CBA you could only amnesty a currently signed player. Miles is expiring anyways, and they probably could trade Jefferson or Milsap or perhaps even Harris. They were the only four players signed for more than one year with a significant contract at the time of the clause. They also knew going in that they had a wing one too many, so why did they not solve the problem then, for obviously no one else wants Raja?

Amnesty only makes sense if you're over the cap and need to sign another player. If you amnesty a player, you still pay that player his full contract, it just doesn't count against your cap. Jazz can still get rid of Raja (or Miles) by waiving him. In that case, the claiming team pays the pro-rated minimum and the Jazz are on the hook for the difference.

 

[NCJazz]

If we need the cash to sign someone next offseason I could definitely see us at the very least amnestying Bell. Doubt we would do so with Harris because of how much money he makes. Afterall arent we bringing back AK.