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Aminu hits waiver wire

Trade Hughes, waive Oni and sign Aminu and Dunn. Deep AF and versatile. Hell, even see if you could salary dump Udoka and give that spot to Paschall.

Conley / Butler / Forrest
Mitchell / Clarkson / Dunn
Bojan / Ingles / Fitts
Royce / Gay / Aminu
Rudy / Hassan / Paschall
 
Yeah I think I prefer him to Dunn, Jabari, or RHJ. Seems like he satisfies all of the minimum criteria: size, defensive acumen, not a knucklehead/chucker, has any track record as a 3-pt shooter.

Jazz wing depth - especially defensively - is suspect. In both best and worst case scenarios, he’s gotta be superior to Oni, right?
 
Aminu and Bradley?
 
NUMBERICA said:
Yeah I think I prefer him to Dunn, Jabari, or RHJ. Seems like he satisfies all of the minimum criteria: size, defensive acumen, not a knucklehead/chucker, has any track record as a 3-pt shooter.

Jazz wing depth - especially defensively - is suspect. In both best and worst case scenarios, he’s gotta be superior to Oni, right?
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Unless Aminu is cooked, he what you’re hoping Oni can be. And if you asked anyone who’s not a Jazz fan, or asked any other executive, would anyone choose Oni over Dunn or Aminu? That’s not exactly the ultimate indicator of what’s good and what isn’t, but it’s an important mental exercise.
 
But the man has "Ed Davis" written all over him. He's been absolutely horrendous for three straight seasons now, may be impossible to recover from that.
 
infection said:
Unless Aminu is cooked, he what you’re hoping Oni can be. And if you asked anyone who’s not a Jazz fan, or asked any other executive, would anyone choose Oni over Dunn or Aminu? That’s not exactly the ultimate indicator of what’s good and what isn’t, but it’s an important mental exercise.
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I was wondering if there is any gas left in that tank.
 
From a defensive standpoint it makes sense: Aminu is a solid defender even at his current age.

As far as his offense goes, let's be honest: he was never very good on offense.

If the Jazz think he can guard a SF or PF on the perimeter then I'm all for tossing him or someone similar at the end of our bench as I'm tired of getting bombarded from three during the playoffs year after year.
 
infection said:
If there weren’t flaws, they wouldn’t be attainable. Find me a guy who played well and been healthy and I’ll name you a guy who isn’t coming here on a veteran minimum.
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I mean...I can give you an endless list of guys that are done in the NBA. We shouldn't use a roster spot on them either.
 
I can't believe he's only 31. I mean, if they had an open spot, I'd go for it. I just don't know if he's actually that useful that anymore, if he was the Spurs probably wouldn't have cut him, right?
 
jom2003 said:
But the man has "Ed Davis" written all over him. He's been absolutely horrendous for three straight seasons now, may be impossible to recover from that.
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Ed Davis for the vet minimum if you are lacking rebounding and positional depth (outside the standard rotation) is a good signing.
 
I've liked him for the Jazz for a couple years. I just think that with Rudy Gay on board, the big-wing-who-defends-and-rebounds role may be taken.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I've liked him for the Jazz for a couple years. I just think that with Rudy Gay on board, the big-wing-who-defends-and-rebounds role may be taken.
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1. Depth: I don’t think anyone would advocate reserving a spot in the rotation for him.
2. Rudy Gay isn’t going to play for a while. I’d actually hope it’s months before he’s on the floor because the Jazz have decent depth right now and Gay should be in tip-top shape.
 
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