2019 off-season- Bring back the same group for more of the same?

[QUOTE]The Grizzlies are intensifying talks to potentially move franchise cornerstone Mike Conley Jr., league sources told The Athletic. Memphis has been in conversations with the Jazz and Utah is a frontrunner to acquire Conley should the Grizzlies trade the point guard during draft week, league sources said.

[QUOTE]Tony Jones: Pretweet note. The following can change at any moment. BUT. Sources are currently telling me that Derrick Favors is currently not on the table in Jazz/Conley talks. Again. That could change, but this is what I

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need a 4

[QUOTE]Marc Stein: Milwaukee is offering draft compensation this week in hopes of finding a team willing to take on the contract of Tony Snell or Ersan Ilyasova via trade, league sources say, as the Bucks seek to create added flexibility to retain elite status in the East

[QUOTE]The Suns have discussed forwards T.J. Warren and Josh Jackson in several separate trade packages, as well as the No. 6 pick, league sources said.

[QUOTE]Sean Deveney: Sources tell me Patrick Beverley

[url]https://sports.yahoo.com/lakers-could-target-derrick-favors-if-jazz-dont-bring-him-back-per-report-044609749.html[/url]

suck if he didn't go east but he has to go somewhere else!

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[QUOTE]Big picture: The Jazz are heading into free agency looking for a lead guard. Point guard Ricky Rubio’s contract is up and he's said the Jazz have told him he’s not their top priority. It's unlikely a starting point guard-caliber player will be available with the Jazz's No. 23 pick in Thursday's NBA Draft. So, the Jazz have two options: find one in free agency or get one via trade.
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Mitchell, Neto, Exum, Ingles. Could we stop expecting any draft pick to contribute right away?

[QUOTE]Conley’s contract situation: Conley would represent an upgrade for the Jazz at point guard. He averaged 21.1 points and 6.1 assists last year while shooting 43.8% from the field and 36.4% from the 3-point line. But he’s also got a pretty hefty contract.
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But is less than the 3 guys they could have and should have traded away for him. They might be NBA champs right now :rant

[QUOTE]Conley has two years left on a deal that will pay him $32,511,623 next season and $34,502,130 in 2020-21. He’d be the highest-paid Jazz player.
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and might end up being their most important

[QUOTE]How would this deal get done? In a nutshell, the Jazz would need to send enough salary back to match Conley’s hefty contract or waive enough salary to absorb Conley’s deal into cap space.
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which is doable. Hard to believe the Jazz have more assets to offer in return though

[QUOTE]Matching salaries trade: Tony Jones from The Athletic reported the Jazz are reluctant to include Derrick Favors in the deal. Without Favors, things get tricky.
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God forbid they trade a guy that needs to go :wtf:

[QUOTE]If the Jazz guarantee Favors' $16.9 million salary and use it in the deal, thoses numbers are easy to get to. If not, the Jazz would likely have to look at the likes of Jae Crowder, Joe Ingles or Dante Exum — and likely two of the three — to make the deal work.
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They don't want Exum I'm sure. Would be Bradley, Allen, Goss, picks and cap space I would think. Maybe some filler. Again hard to believe no one wants to give more.

[QUOTE]Cap space trade: The Jazz could waive Favors’ $16.9 million salary, along with some of the other nonguaranteed contracts — Korver, Raul Neto, Georges Niang and Royce O’Neale — to help open up enough cap space to take on Conley’s deal without sending as many players back. Something like Favors' waived salary plus trading Exum (or Crowder) and other minimum salaries could work.
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They aren't cutting O'Neale. Hopefully they don't have to give him up in the deal. Neto, Niang and Korver could be in the deal.

[QUOTE]Another thing to consider: If the Jazz stay above the cap following the trade (meaning they don't use cap space to take on Conley's contract), they will retain the full $9,246,000 mid-level exception. If the Jazz are under the cap, they will only get a $4,760,000 exception.
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Use the 9 million to get a decent starting modern 4 maybe? Ideally still have Crowder or Niang to back him up. Udoh/vet and/or Bradley to back-up Rudy, O'Neale to back-up Ingles/Mitchell, Exum to back-up the 1,2,3. Use the other exception for another solid vet. Vet minimums and young guys to fill out the roster. They become the favorites. Hard to imagine though :cry:

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[QUOTE]Guest commentary: Utah Jazz's search for modern-day power forward continues
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It does? Everyone seems to think Favors is just fine and they need help everywhere else. :facepalm

[QUOTE]The Jazz might be the last team that hasn't fully embraced small ball. They start two bigs, with Derrick Favors playing alongside Rudy Gobert for the past four seasons. When Favors entered the league eight years ago he was the classic NBA power forward, but the league is changing fast and now his best position is as a center. The Jazz play about three-fourths of their time with a spread floor using Jae Crowder and Thabo Sefolosha at power forward. The Jazz

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[QUOTE]Okay, okay, okay, okay. I get it. You

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2019/06/17/utah-jazz-rumored-frontrunners-conley-good-bad/[/url]

[QUOTE]Utah Jazz rumored

[QUOTE]Numerous rival teams firmly believe that the Memphis Grizzlies will be trading veteran point guard Mike Conley sooner rather than later

[QUOTE]Though no further information was given, other league sources from the West told the Herald it is expected that Horford will sign a four-year contract elsewhere. With free agents unable to sign until July 6, there remains a possibility that team changes

[QUOTE]Bobby Portis is expected to draw interest from the Lakers, Clippers, Jazz, Bucks, Magic and Knicks among others, NBC Sports Washington has learned.

Tony Jones: Utah Jazz assistant Antonio Lang has accepted a job with the Cleveland Cavaliers, league sources tell The Athletic. Lang will be in the second assistant chair, according to sources

Unrestricted free-agent point guard Ricky Rubio will be a top target of the Pacers, according to multiple league sources. Rubio would replace point guards Darren Collison and Cory Joseph

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2019/06/19/utah-jazz-rumors-pacers-want-rubio-hayward-root-celtics-woes/[/url]

[QUOTE]In case you SOMEHOW missed it, as a brief reminder it

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[QUOTE]Whether there

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[QUOTE]With both the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets facing issues this summer, now is the time for the Utah Jazz to aim to strike.
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As I've been saying you have to strike when the iron is hot. GS has been vulnerable the past two seasons. Jazz might be champs right now if they'd made the Conley deal. Might never have a better opportunity :rant

[QUOTE]Even so, the current opportunity is too great of one for Utah to pass on. And they must also do all in their power to try to become the next giant to rise in the place of the former ones. Adding Conley could be a great move in the right direction, and it would likely be Utah

[QUOTE]Tony Jones: The trade will become offcial on July 6, sources say

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/46576655/report-jazz-trade-for-memphis-point-guard-mike-conley[/url]


[QUOTE]This move likely takes the Jazz out of most of the upcoming offseason drama. Utah won

[QUOTE]Tony Jones: The Jazz go into tomorrow night

[QUOTE]Jake Fischer: Oklahoma City has increased its efforts this afternoon to shed salary along with the No. 21 pick en route to dodging luxury tax, league sources say. Steven Adams, Andre Roberson, Dennis Schroeder all very available at the moment.

[url]https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900076082/brad-rock-mike-conley-trade-shows-jazz-have-some-steel-beneath-those-smiles.html[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz said they don

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[QUOTE]Will Utah-bound Mike Conley Jr. be able to convince new teammate Dante Exum to give up No. 11 or will the longtime Grizzlies guard pick a new number for his new beginning?
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that's enough reason to get rid of Exum right there

[QUOTE]That said, they do have to fill out the roster. Currently, they

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[QUOTE]The direct cost for Conley included two picks, two rotation players and a recent draftee. You don

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[QUOTE]What in Jerry Sloan

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[QUOTE]Quin Snyder

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Xiao why are you just posting in this thread by yourself?

[QUOTE=RRR3]Xiao why are you just posting in this thread by yourself?[/QUOTE]

good question. El Kabong chimes in now and again :lol

guess I could start a new topic on every little thing in the main forum like others.

[QUOTE=Xiao Yao You]good question. El Kabong chimes in now and again :lol[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that would make more sense. You’re just talking to yourself here. I’m puzzled as to why you keep doing it?

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[QUOTE]Davis will wear No. 17, Green will wear No. 22 and Mudiay will wear No. 8.
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Deron was 8 correct? That's a joke. He needs to be in the rafters

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[QUOTE]Build the statue.
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:facepalm

[QUOTE]Sloan

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[QUOTE]That said, if I were head coach Gregg Popovich, Donovan Mitchell would be locked in for the World Cup itself.
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homer

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[QUOTE]In a feature for the Swiss publication Neue Z