So let's rehash this.

[cowhide]

The most overrated Jazz player considering the fan's love for him, his mediocre NBA career and his financial liability.

 

[cowhide]

LMAO - showing his non-NBA stats to prove AK's awesomeness.

 

[royzzz]

If he could play like he used to then imagine the defense we get with him and Hayward next to each other.

This! The AK of old plus the new Hayward .. nice!

 

[trigg3r]

Here's an idea sign someone who won't get injured every other week.

Or disappears statistically at any given time throughout a season. I voted no. It's time to move on.

 

[orangello]

I like the thought of a possible 3/4/5 line up of Hayward, Kirilenko and Favors. Sounds great to me.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Today, Hayward > AK.

 

[Jazz4ever]

just cuz i'm nerdy enough to do it, i converted to per-36 numbers. tell me you wouldn't want this guy on your team with this type of production per 36 minutes:
vtb stats per 36: 16.2-8.4-3.0-1.8-1.9
rus stats per 36: 20.1-10.3-2.7-1.8-2.3
eur stats per 36: 17.5-9.0-3.3-1.9-2.4

signed, the second* biggest non-russian-born AK-lover this board has ever seen.
* = where are you, tater?

The stats are nice but unnecessary. We know exactly who AK is and what sort of NBA numbers he would put up from his last few years here (12/5/3/1/1). Obviously his real value would be defending the big, elite SF's like Durant and Melo. If you want to make a case for him that would have to be it.

 

[Brown Notes]

AK is a much better fit on this team than the DWill Booze Jazz.

I still think he would rather be a star in Russia than a role player here though. Probably about the same odds as Deron returning.

 

[Beantown]

Well either way CJ and Howard will have to be replaced. AK is as good of an option as the Jazz will get.

 

[infection]

Well either way CJ and Howard will have to be replaced. AK is as good of an option as the Jazz will get.

They really need to be replaced? Howard isn't playing right now and the argument can be made that we could replace CJ with nobody and be fine. This is like having people come from across town to dump their trash in your garbage can right after garbage man comes because you're afraid of the wind blowing over an empty can.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

3M or less a year for less than 2 years total is the ceiling I'd go on AK. Otherwise just go with a younger guy.

 

[candrew]

I go back to Coach Phil's comment on AK early in the season when he basically said AK dogged it after he signed his max deal.

If that is the way the Jazz organization feels, then why in the world would they bring him back?