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Jazz Free Agency Summer of 2018

I guess I just don’t yet buy Utah as a free agent destination in 2019.

That being said, I haven’t really seen a move or a deal that I wish Utah would have done other than maybe buying low on Hezonja or signing Bjelica to the same deal he got with Philly.

I mean, it looks like we’ve probably decided on replacing Jonas with Georges. I just think Bjelly and Hezonja were both better options and could have been had on cheap one year deals
 
Ineptimusprime said:
I guess I just don’t yet buy Utah as a free agent destination in 2019.
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And that’s understandable. Like I said, the past has forged that into all of our brains. Mine included. We have never been a free agent destination before.

But looking at this franchise and where it sits currently with a fresh perspective that is unbiased by the past it just seems like things are different and will continue to get more different from the past in the next few years. It’s seems like there is more jazz chatter and buzz than normal. I hear guys like Lillard wanting to come hear and Donovan recruiting PG and mirotic having the jazz as a preference and so on.
Even if we traded for a star that didn’t necessarily want to be here at the time of the trade I believe that this current version of the jazz can win enough and make that star like it here enough to re-sign like Paul George (even though I felt that was an outlier).

I’m probably way to optimistic and not realistic but it’s honestly how I feel.

Of course I had high hopes for the core4 as well and looked how that petered out into unfilled dreams.
 
LoPo said:
This is a pretty big deal. Smart is probably just going to sign his qualifying offer and play this next season. That means they will have Smart, Rozier and Kyrie all as unrestricted or restricted free agents next year. If somebody signed Rozier early but Kyrie and Smart take time, it's possible that Boston loses 2 or 3 of those guys.

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/smart-likely-sign-qualifying-offer-return-celtics
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Agreed. Also, Smart is going to bury his agent next to Jimmy Hoffa.
 
LoPo said:
This is a pretty big deal. Smart is probably just going to sign his qualifying offer and play this next season. That means they will have Smart, Rozier and Kyrie all as unrestricted or restricted free agents next year. If somebody signed Rozier early but Kyrie and Smart take time, it's possible that Boston loses 2 or 3 of those guys.

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/smart-likely-sign-qualifying-offer-return-celtics
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It would seem to me that signing the qualifying option is a pretty good indicator that you are gone as soon as you are contractually able. I would look to trade him if I were Boston.
 
framer said:
It would seem to me that signing the qualifying option is a pretty good indicator that you are gone as soon as you are contractually able. I would look to trade him if I were Boston.
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Problem is the QO gives him a defacto no trace clause, so S&T would need to be done, but it probably wouldn't happen due to the rules. Basically, Boston is stuck with him unless they yank it.
 
Mbah a Moute to the clippers... this is good news for the jazz... next step needs to be Melo to the Rockets...
 
Houston determined to get Carmelo... that is just great... can we start a gofundme to pay for his moving costs?
 
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