I totally get that. If I had the money to do it, I’d have houses all over. We’re looking at getting into some real estate investing and we’ve looked at places in Hawaii, Texas, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin. We’ve also looked at places in Japan, Italy and France. If I had NBA money, my family would have houses all over the world.
Agree 100% and yet I hope you're right about S.A. I love the guy, I really do, he's got it all - great teammate, great competitor! With George and Sensabaugh coming in we really need to find minutes for development sake. I'd also like to think that we can keep Dunn around for awhile. But wherever Clarkson goes, I will always root for him - he's one of the good guys in my book!
Because they get scored on so much?
There's a reason they call it a Player Option homie... The team's feelings on the matter ultimately aren't of consequence. That said, you are right in that Utah would try and do right by Jordan if he wanted to get somewhere he couldn't normally and I think we'd respect that.
I believe they could play decent team defense.
As opposed to just working out an opt in and extend before the deadline to do so. My point was that I think that both sides are willing to have him test the market before committing to go their separate ways.
His Opt-in date is before the opening of FA. If it happens due to "testing the waters", someone is tampering and being stupid about it.
Everyone tampers, shut up.
I don’t doubt that tampering happens, but nobody knows what the current market is going to look like for free agents this year. JC could get squeezed, or he could find an opportunity to get paid quite a bit more than the Jazz are willing to commit. Sometimes, it’s in the best interests of both sides to let it play out and actually gauge what a players true value on the open market is before making a big decision. That’s where I think the Jazz and JC are at right now.
How can someone test the market when they are under contract?
Maybe I wasn’t clear. I think both sides have decided to put a hold on negotiations until AFTER Jordan Clarkson opts out to test the market and then see if it’s in everyone’s best interests to move on. . .or if the Jazz offer is competitive and they work out an extension.
Okay, that makes sense. Thinking it was a straight Opt-in in your scenario.
Jazz still retain his Bird Rights until they renounce them and eliminate the cap hold. There’s no point in doing that unless JC intends to sign somewhere else outright, or they have a high salary target they want to chase instead. I’m not sure how feasible that is. . . but I guess we’ll see. I think Utah wants him back, have a number in mind that they’re willing to pay and if he can get substantially more they’ll wish him well and pivot to a different strategy.
