Jazz Offer Millsap Extension

[Brown Notes]

i'm aware of the "jumped the shark" expression its origin. just wondering how it applies here. or more specifically, wondering when i suddenly became less cool.

(i'm fully cognizant that i may be less cool than i was earlier in life; i just thought it was a more gradual thing and not defined by a single jetski-tastic moment.)

Dunno. I think he just wanted to say it. Baby's been a little weird the last couple days.

 

[mrob]

I believe that this offer to Millsap means only one thing. It's the FO's way of telling him that they want him back. Everyone knows that he most likely will get a better offer than that, but at least they are putting it out there so that Paul knows that they want him back. Who knows what he'll get offered as a UFA and if the Jazz will be willing to pay what he's worth, but it does put the negotiation on the right footing by offering him every penny that the CBA allows as soon as we're able to do so.

I would like to add that I find it a little annoying that the CBA has all but guaranteed that players in this situation must become a UFA to get what they are worth. I can see a lot of players switching teams to get a little more money that probably would have settled for an extension if the money had been more competitive. Not really a big deal for large market teams, but Utah really can't afford to have all of their high profile players testing free agency every time it comes around.

 

[UGLI baby]

Ok time for me to stop being polite and start being Real.

The way this went down was a given. The biggest non-story of the off season. Thought it was funny that the thread went past 3 or 4 replies.

 

[theNBAnerd]

I would like to add that I find it a little annoying that the CBA has all but guaranteed that players in this situation must become a UFA to get what they are worth. I can see a lot of players switching teams to get a little more money that probably would have settled for an extension if the money had been more competitive. Not really a big deal for large market teams, but Utah really can't afford to have all of their high profile players testing free agency every time it comes around.

well the jazz can still offer him more $ next season than any other team can. not that it will matter because he's not a max guy -- but it's not like the extension rules remove a team's advantage in keeping its own free agent ... they just remove the advantage in terms of locking him down early.

even that seems a little weird, but i just wanted to point out, it's not like 3 yrs / 25M is all the jazz can offer paul on 7/1/13.

 

[mrob]

I'm just saying that with the amount available for an extension under the CBA, it is pretty much a given that players will not sign an extension. Locking down a player early is a good thing for the Jazz and I hate to see that option disappear due to the CBA.

 

[theNBAnerd]

yeah, you're right it's a little weird. but it's not like the jazz will be at a disadvantage in 2013, so that's all i was clarifying, in case anybody took that bolded part out of context. jazz can still offer paul more than anybody else can, but they have to wait until he's an UFA to do so.

 

[gregbroncs]

Ok time for me to stop being polite and start being Real.

The way this went down was a given. The biggest non-story of the off season. Thought it was funny that the thread went past 3 or 4 replies.

It is the off season. And this has been the only thing of any relevance to discuss in a little while.

 

[mtnbayou]

in no specific order:

top tier:

gasol, duncan, garnett, nowitzki, griffin, love

second tier:

aldridge, smith, bosh, randolph, stoudemire

third tier:

nene, odom, lee, monroe and cousins (if considered pf's), millsap, boozer, west

fourth tier:

ibaka, ilyasova, humphries, gibson, davis (has to prove something yet)

to be fair: millsap is a top 15-20 pf, never ever top 10.

Millsap is a top 10 PF in this league. Sap had a top 3 PER for PF`s most of the year, if not all. And Love is overrated because of his lack of man to man, and help defense.

I`d take Sap over Love. More of a complete basketball player. Love is a good rebounder, but i`ve watched him alot and he pads his rebounding stats - yanking balls away from teammates when not needed.