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Fesenko to Spain?

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Jeffrey32

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https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsjazznotes/52211465-62/fesenko-season-free-jazz.html.csp

This is disappointing to read, as I would like to see him on the Jazz roster again for a reasonable amount.

It is unlikely that Utah resigns Fesenko unless the Jazz free up space in a crowded frontline. Al Jefferson, Enes Kanter and Mehmet Okur are set to compete for minutes at center, while Paul Millsap, Derrick Favors and Jeremy Evans control the depth chart at power forward.
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I imagine that because of his sense of humor he is great in the locker room, and when he is on the floor he makes an impact. You can't teach 7'1" 300lbs. If he signed with a Euro-team I wouldn't care, but if he signed with another NBA team and did well (or the same) I would be upset.
 
I see this as welcome news to Jazz fans. It blows my mind that some people still want Fesenko on the team. The experiment is over. We now have 4 guys who can play the 5, so I don't see why we'd want Fez, when we already have 11players under contract and more glaring holes to fill. And plus if he goes to Spain, that's one less contract for another NBA player to snatch up overseas.
 
margodydek said:
I see this as welcome news to Jazz fans. It blows my mind that some people still want Fesenko on the team. The experiment is over. We now have 4 guys who can play the 5, so I don't see why we'd want Fez, when we already have 11players under contract and more glaring holes to fill. And plus if he goes to Spain, that's one less contract for another NBA player to snatch up overseas.
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I'm also unsure where the Fes love comes from. He's had what, about 2 games where we thought he made a decent impact for 10 mins.? Fes was an intriguing pick. I thought he had the potential to be a pretty good NBA center. But he's never put in the effort. Aleksandar Radojevic had a better stretch of games than Fesenko has had with the Jazz.
 
Maybe down the road we will reunite, I knew when David Thorpe got sour on him he wouldn't last. Sad thing is he could be insanely good.
 
The statement that he won't likely be back is simply speculation by the Trib writer that is no more or less valid than any of us saying the same thing. I won'd be surprised if he doesn't come back but the trib statement means nothing.
 
Ok. I'm officially in minority of Fes jazzfanz.
He won't have a spot in rotation now but I'm wishing him very best with other teams if Jazz failed with him.
Go ahead, negrepme, m****ers.
 
Scorpjazz said:
Fes to Spain? OH HOW I PRAY!!!!!
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While it's tough to defend Fes's stat line--last year especially--I still think that he was poorly utilized on the Jazz. At minimum, he would've been valuable as an energy guy to come in for a few possessions at a time, enforce the paint (which he usually did when he was played), and show the likes of Al Jefferson (perhaps benched during Fes's substitution because he was dogging it) of what playing with a bit of physicality is like.

Amidst the debate over the validity of the +/- stat, Fes was tops on the team in on-court/off-court point differential (nearly every year) but near the bottom of the team on individual production (vs. the opposing center), the less important of the two measures, IMHO. Coincidence? You decide.

I hope that Corbin has a more effective approach for developing Kanter than Sloan had with the youngins. Young players need 10 minutes per game on a regular basis, and Sloan did not try very hard to find that time for certain players, even when a spark was needed.
 
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I can only hope. He was a cancer. We need to rebuild with guys who are at least somewhat committed to working hard and winning. Fess was just cool with being in America, eating donuts, and getting money.
 
My problem with Fes was his low rebound rate for being 7'1", and being a 50% free throw shooter - that sorta kills what little offense you do have.
 
just got back from mallorca. didnt see Fes. i imagined him there drinking sangaria and oogling over my topless sunbathing wife on the beach.
 
The Thriller said:
I can only hope. He was a cancer. We need to rebuild with guys who are at least somewhat committed to working hard and winning. Fess was just cool with being in America, eating donuts, and getting money.
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Calling Fesenko a cancer is a gross exaggeration. Marc Jackson, on the other hand, was a cancer. And the likes of Carlos Boozer and Al Jefferson did not demonstrate working hard to playing defense, that's fo' sho.

Fes was bumbling on offense, but he usually put forth effort on D--sometimes too much so, which also often resulted in hindering the opposing offense, which helps to explain why he led the team in point differential of when he was on the court vs. when he was off (also aided by him also playing scrub minutes, although the opposing team usually played scrubs then, too, so that aspect should be a wash).
 
InGameStrategy said:
Calling Fesenko a cancer is a gross exaggeration. Marc Jackson, on the other hand, was a cancer. And the likes of Carlos Boozer and Al Jefferson did not demonstrate working hard to playing defense, that's fo' sho.

Fes was bumbling on offense, but he usually put forth effort on D--sometimes too much so, which also often resulted in hindering the opposing offense, which helps to explain why he led the team in point differential of when he was on the court vs. when he was off (also aided by him also playing scrub minutes, although the opposing team usually played scrubs then, too, so that aspect should be a wash).
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Fes definitely worked too hard. Poor guy. what the **** ever.
 
BabyPeterzz said:
Fes definitely worked too hard. Poor guy. what the **** ever.
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I never said that Fesenko worked too hard, TinyPeter; you did.

Has he given 100%? No. Did Boozer? No way. Did Big Al? Sorry again. Okur? Perhaps--if the world were in slow motion <<sigh>>. Who had the greatest net effect defensively? Fesenko--by a comfortable margin, despite the lower RBs and points. And given that the team with Fes on the court outscored the opposition, the overall effect warranted more playing time, carefully selected for matchups--and to rest and motivate the other bigs. Wasn't asking too much: 10 to 15 MPG consistently--not the 8ish MPG that he got.

Sloan was so oblivious that he rarely dabbled in such detail as matchups and strategic substituting and enforcing effort. Unfortunately, a youthful Corbin hasn't cut his teeth enough to do anything notably different (which is why strategic hiring of the right coach (e.g., Carlisle or Thibodeau) sometime during the past three years would have been a far more effective strategy than the loyalty-based approach of giving Sloan a free pass for a full 20+ years and then promoting his inexperienced assistant).
 
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