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Marcus said:
AK, and it's not even close.
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This.

If you think CJ at free will help our team more than AK at 5m/year or less, you might be a redneck/you might have spent 4 years in 3rd grade before dropping out/you might be gregbroncs

It seems like he's trying to take up the role player mantle at this point in his career. Lets use that to our advantage.
 
Craig K. Manscill said:
AK needs to give the Jazz a discount here. The Jazz paid him WAY more than he was worth, and now he should return the favor.
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When was the last time that the Jazz overpaid on a contract just because they had been underpaying a player during his previous contract?
 
BOX said:
Can you please make sure to always sign your posts -craig? I like that.
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Leave him alone, he forgets who he is pretending to be.
 
colton said:
When was the last time that the Jazz overpaid on a contract just because they had been underpaying a player during his previous contract?
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I thought that was how AK happened?
 
If I'm KOC, this is what I do if superdeals don't work out: sign AK if the price and years are right. Bring back Miles because a guy at 3.7 in a contract year is a good, cheap bet. Most importantly, work overtime trying to dump Bell. That gives us Hayward, Miles, AK, and Evans. Evans is a spot guy even next year as his offensive game comes together, so hopefully the draft or unsigned FA's nets us another developmental wing.

My hope is we use all the assets we have, including the draft picks, and see if any legitimate NBA players can be pried loose. Add a Granger/Martin type, and the rest of the mix can vary. A starting lineup of Harris/GrangerMartin/whoever/SapFavors/Big Al would be a great base.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I thought that was how AK happened?
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I thought about that when I wrote that sentence, but it was really a different situation. They overpaid AK not because they had previously underpaid him, but because they thought he had superstar potential (top 10 in the NBA was a common opinion around here anyway) and were afraid of him walking at some point in the future.
 
colton said:
I thought about that when I wrote that sentence, but it was really a different situation. They overpaid AK not because they had previously underpaid him, but because they thought he had superstar potential (top 10 in the NBA was a common opinion around here anyway) and were afraid of him walking at some point in the future.
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What also gets forgotten in the AK negotiations is that NBA economics being what they were, he was going to get paid. He may not have gotten a MAX deal on the open market, but he would have got 2/3rds of it at a minimum. Admittedly, they could have waited a year since they gave him an extension as an RFA. But say they waited. Even injured AK would have gotten a huge offer in FA. The money "lost" on AK was still the difference between MAX and 2/3rds of it.

But in revisionist history, the Jazz were supposed to sign AK for 7 a year when tons of teams would have offered him much more.
 
billyshelby said:
What also gets forgotten in the AK negotiations is that NBA economics being what they were, he was going to get paid. He may not have gotten a MAX deal on the open market, but he would have got 2/3rds of it at a minimum. Admittedly, they could have waited a year since they gave him an extension as an RFA. But say they waited. Even injured AK would have gotten a huge offer in FA. The money "lost" on AK was still the difference between MAX and 2/3rds of it.

But in revisionist history, the Jazz were supposed to sign AK for 7 a year when tons of teams would have offered him much more.
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Revisionist history is what it's all about. Why don't you just take your reality and stuff it!

(p.s. I'm speaking for others, not me.)
 
jope said:
he thinks he has 4 good years left
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Be interesting to know how many 'good' years he thinks he's already put in.

feels more free with ty
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Well, when there are no standards, no expectations, why would he feel constrained?

I'm sure he felt much more free after getting a max contract as well. That turned out about the same, over 7 years, as Utah's season.
 
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