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Zalgiris Kaunas signs Olivier Hanlan

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BTP

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Contract is apparently 1 year guaranteed and 1 optional year(Doesn't side which side owns the option or maybe both do)
 
That's great news, let him have some experience and see how he develops, while still keeping his rights for the NBA. It's interesting that they signed Motum, too. Is it possible we might be developing some sort of a relationship with that team? Or maybe it's just a coincidence.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Not sure what the Jazz saw in him at the draft.. I didn't see anything special.
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They saw a scoring Canadian. As a 'foreign' player the Jazz retain his rights while goes off and plays internationally. It was a way to extend an asset.
 
mellow said:
They saw a scoring Canadian. As a 'foreign' player the Jazz retain his rights while goes off and plays internationally. It was a way to extend an asset.
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Exactly. What do people expect from a 2nd-rounder? Jazz aren't going to get a Paul Millsap every season. Hanlan was probably the best of the foreigners in DL's opinion. Jazz already had (or knew they would) a full roster pending the signings of Neto and Tomic or Pleiss. Was any other second round pick going to beat out either Millsap or Johnson? Perhaps it would have been close, but this way they keep all of them.
 
Keep in mind that if Hanlan never pans out that the Jazz have four 2nd round picks next year and three in 2017 so it's not like the cupboard is bare.
 
Avery said:
Keep in mind that if Hanlan never pans out that the Jazz have four 2nd round picks next year and three in 2017 so it's not like the cupboard is bare.
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And few roster spots. Most of these picks will be wasted unless DL can trade for players or future assets. But that's ok, even if he doesn't. The important thing is to have those in your back pocket just in case. Even taking on a salary dump requires giving back something in return.
 
Another nice thing about international second round picks is that if you have cap room, you can use them as 'your end' of entirely one sided picks to take first round picks and salary off of another team in cap dumps without spending any kind of real asset. We send an international player that we don't care about and they send a possible lottery pick and someones 8 mil or so aged vet who we simply let go. Bang, we have a possible lottery pick and don't really effect the current roster at all. Otherwise we have to send an actual player from the roster to make the trade work, either that or we send a future second which may be the next Paul Millsap. I'm not saying that this guy isn't worth anything, but if he does pan out before we trade him, we still have him in case of a roster opening if he turns out to be good, or he becomes a more valuable asset. It's win win.
 
BTP said:
Contract is apparently 1 year guaranteed and 1 optional year(Doesn't side which side owns the option or maybe both do)
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The guy was the leading scorer of the ACC last year (you know the league the NCAA champs played in) and the Jazz front office said he killed it in the predraft workouts. We all saw the same thing in summer so perhaps the guy gets some seasoning and confidence. I think he and Brock Motum signed with the same team.
 
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