Offer Pekovic a max contract, laugh at Minnesota, hope softie can stay healthy. (13.7, 14.3, 14.9, 15.6)
Can we afford to offer anyone a Max contract with the young guys coming up?
Offer Pekovic a max contract, laugh at Minnesota, hope softie can stay healthy. (13.7, 14.3, 14.9, 15.6)
Maybe but with our young core I see no reason to take on an aging player that's best days are behind him. Our chances at a championship are in the future. Not with players like Pau.He may be to high on him, but you might be too low on him.
Can we afford to offer anyone a Max contract with the young guys coming up?
You don't pass on young guys who look like future All Stars just because you have younger guys who might look like future All Stars in a few years. Pek could always be traded for "Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, two first-round picks and a second-round pick.".
Pek is the real deal. He was a sure fire lottory pick if he didn't have that overseas contract. For that, he was a lock for 1st pick in the second round (because they could offer him a better deal than rookie scale two years later).
I haven't seen him play enough to have a good opinion. If he is an all star no question you do it, but is he restricted and wouldn't Minnesota just match?
Pek the Max?!
WTF
Not to mention the fact that if they strike out on getting Okur/Boozer type players, there are plenty of guys that would sign a 1-yr deal for $8-$10M if the Jazz truly need to spend up to 90% of the cap. Dropping Millsap and Boozer will give them some cap room, but Marvin will definitely opt in...there's no way he gets an offer for much more than the MLE. He may as well take his money for 1 season and hope he's better utilized next year when the Jazz have fewer players.For the many-th time, this simply is not true. Yes, the Jazz will have to spend 90% of the cap on payroll, but they don't have to spend it on cap hit, and certainly don't have to spend it on longterm contracts. Besides, with the new LT rules coming into effect next season, extra cap space may be extremely valuable at next season's trade deadline, when underperforming teams over the LT threshold will be looking to dump players to preserve cash/flexibility. If the Jazz strike out on players they want in free agency, they should fill their roster with cheap shortterm players and wait. It also helps that the 2014 draft looks really good.