billyshelby
Well-Known Member
With all the S&T talk, it seems a basic primer on the Boozer situation would help. The Jazz have 3 options with Boozer: Sign him, let him walk for nothing (cap space), or work an S&T. The S&T strategy the Jazz can take differs depending on the teams they are working with.
Under The Cap teams are likely most attractive to the Jazz. Those teams can offer back a single player or assets and THEN give back the remaining portion of the deal in a TPE. Translated, that means the Jazz acquire a low salary player they like and that's the only increase in payroll. Miami, Chicago, New Jersey, New York apply.
Over The Cap teams are likely less preferable. Those teams CANNOT offer Cap relief. The Jazz would have to A) be wowed by the package of players that essentially equal Boozer's current salary or B) a 3rd team would need to be included to swallow a player the Jazz didn't want (and make finances work.) Orlando and Houston are possibilities here, as is Dallas and any other team Booze could conceivably want to go to.
Forgetting all the complexities of 3rd teams, this is the pickins':
Miami: Beasley (they also have Chalmers.) At some point, this has to be considered. Suspect head, but the best asset the Jazz could acquire and likely worth the risk as opposed to letting Booze walk.
Chicago: Johnson/Gibson. If Booze is going to sign in Chicago, these are the only two guys who could be sent back. Chicago probably happily packages Johnson. Gibson is tougher.
New Jersey: Boone/Williams/Lee/Favors. Forget Favors. Williams could intrigue the Jazz, but only Lebron could make New Jersey give him up. Lee and Boone are whatever.
Knicks: Basically nothing but Lee. Could work, but it's not a salary savings, and it's complicated as a two player S&T.
Orlando: Much discussed, but the Jazz need to take back a lot of salary (and/or involve 3rd teams). Financially, the Jazz probably want only 2 players, hard to say who, but there is talent that might make not letting Boozer just walk worth it.
Houston: Hard to see this. Scola in a separate S&T is complicated. Ariza intrigues, he's young, though he doesn't look like a starter after last year and his contract is suspect. Battier is on his last legs. Only Hill could tilt the scales, and maybe some of their lesser players (Buddinger.) In the West, not great value, poor match.
Dallas: Booze for Dampier (Damp gets cut in non-guaranteed contract.) Dallas then has to agree to a side deal that interests the Jazz. The only ones I see are an S&T with Haywood (very complicated) or Beaubouis who Dallas would agree to let us absorb with our TPE's. Possible, but not likely.
Other teams like Charlotte could be floated, but realistically Booze has definite options and thus trying to create more options by way of S&T is almost inconceivable.
So those are the players to look at. Weird variables could still be introduced. But the likelihood is the Jazz will target and/or reject one or more of these players in S&T's before they either let Booze walk or work an S&T.
Under The Cap teams are likely most attractive to the Jazz. Those teams can offer back a single player or assets and THEN give back the remaining portion of the deal in a TPE. Translated, that means the Jazz acquire a low salary player they like and that's the only increase in payroll. Miami, Chicago, New Jersey, New York apply.
Over The Cap teams are likely less preferable. Those teams CANNOT offer Cap relief. The Jazz would have to A) be wowed by the package of players that essentially equal Boozer's current salary or B) a 3rd team would need to be included to swallow a player the Jazz didn't want (and make finances work.) Orlando and Houston are possibilities here, as is Dallas and any other team Booze could conceivably want to go to.
Forgetting all the complexities of 3rd teams, this is the pickins':
Miami: Beasley (they also have Chalmers.) At some point, this has to be considered. Suspect head, but the best asset the Jazz could acquire and likely worth the risk as opposed to letting Booze walk.
Chicago: Johnson/Gibson. If Booze is going to sign in Chicago, these are the only two guys who could be sent back. Chicago probably happily packages Johnson. Gibson is tougher.
New Jersey: Boone/Williams/Lee/Favors. Forget Favors. Williams could intrigue the Jazz, but only Lebron could make New Jersey give him up. Lee and Boone are whatever.
Knicks: Basically nothing but Lee. Could work, but it's not a salary savings, and it's complicated as a two player S&T.
Orlando: Much discussed, but the Jazz need to take back a lot of salary (and/or involve 3rd teams). Financially, the Jazz probably want only 2 players, hard to say who, but there is talent that might make not letting Boozer just walk worth it.
Houston: Hard to see this. Scola in a separate S&T is complicated. Ariza intrigues, he's young, though he doesn't look like a starter after last year and his contract is suspect. Battier is on his last legs. Only Hill could tilt the scales, and maybe some of their lesser players (Buddinger.) In the West, not great value, poor match.
Dallas: Booze for Dampier (Damp gets cut in non-guaranteed contract.) Dallas then has to agree to a side deal that interests the Jazz. The only ones I see are an S&T with Haywood (very complicated) or Beaubouis who Dallas would agree to let us absorb with our TPE's. Possible, but not likely.
Other teams like Charlotte could be floated, but realistically Booze has definite options and thus trying to create more options by way of S&T is almost inconceivable.
So those are the players to look at. Weird variables could still be introduced. But the likelihood is the Jazz will target and/or reject one or more of these players in S&T's before they either let Booze walk or work an S&T.
