2020/2021? off season

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Eric Walden: Washington’s Jaden McDaniels had a Zoom interview with the Jazz but no workout. Said he loves the team’s history of player development, wants to utilize that, expects he will spend time in the G League. Looks up to Rudy Gobert as a guy who went thru the G League to become a star.
– via Twitter tribjazz

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not a 5

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Milwaukee Bucks center Robin Lopez is declining his $5M player option and becoming a free agent, source tells ESPN.
– via Twitter wojespn

He'd be a good option if they are determined on spending their money where they don't need it most

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Adrian Wojnarowski: The Chicago Bulls will not extend a qualifying offer to guard Shaq Harrison, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent, source tells ESPN.
– via Twitter wojespn

he's been mentioned a couple times. sounds like he might make sense assuming they already have a starting PF first!

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https://www.deseret.com/sports/2020/...niel-nba-draft

Comparatively Green would be a player who would have more of a chance to break into the Jazz’s rotation in the 2020-21 season, while McDaniels would require a bit more development and admitted he would probably spend some time in the G League to get reps in between games.

whoever they draft should be in the gleague if there is one

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In a vacuum, the Jazz would prefer to keep Clarkson around. But let’s be honest: there’s also a chance that the ultimate price tag might be higher than what a team typically pays for it’s fifth best overall creation option, or fourth rotation guard. If that happens, it might be worth seeing if there’s a team out there that’s interesting in acquiring Clarkson but that doesn’t have the means to do it without the Jazz’s help on a S&T. Doing so could yield a future asset, or a rotational piece on a more modest salary.

goodbye hopefully!

Same goes for Bogdanovic, who finished 10th in the league in 3-pointers made, fifth in free-throw percentage, 27th in scoring average and first in walk-off buzzer beaters. At $17.9 million for next season, Bogdanovic is essentially making mid-tier starter money while functioning as a borderline star for Utah (at least on offense).

He's the one that needs to be shopped hard for a 4

Bottom line: if the Jazz have an opportunity to swing some trade magic, it’s more likely that it will involve O’Neale or Bogey than Ingles or Conley. But truth be told, the safest bet is that all four are on the roster on December 22.

unless the new owner changes things that's likely. This is the Jazz. Why make changes when you can bring back the same guys that aren't good enough!

If they don’t trade him, they may just cut him and eat the $5 million. The empty roster spot might be more worth it to them than the small chance of being able to deal him later in the season. They could also stretch his remaining salary out over three seasons, paying him $1.67M per year instead, but my guess is they would rather take the hit all at once and try to keep the cap sheet as clean as possible for when Gobert’s and Mitchell’s new contracts take effect.

they won't cut him until at least after the trade deadline

2020 No. 23 draft pick — although it can only be traded after the draft, and not before Wednesday evening. (The Jazz may view this as an important time to use the 23rd pick well to add a potential rotation piece at a low salary, since their salary picture is about to get more complicated.)

6 rookies. Perfect time to trade down into the 2nd round especially if no 5 or 1 available

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https://saltcityhoops.com/trade-seas...ikely-to-move/

Pending free agents

17. Justin Wright-Foreman
16. Emmanuel Mudiay
15. Jarrell Brantley
We start with these three because they are almost literally untradable. As pending free agents, these three can’t be traded unless it’s part of a sign-and-trade transaction when free agency opens on Friday. But all three of these players are likely to be minimum-salary signees, and such players are never really part of S&T deals. Suitors wouldn’t need to engage the Jazz to add any of these three at their market rate.

I can certainly see someone try to steal Brantley which would be offering more than minimum. All Gleague. Mudiay could get more too. He showed me a lot last year. He's certainly a rotation player for the right team

Mitchell is somehow even less likely to be moved. He’s a young player still on his rookie deal, which means the Jazz have some control (via matching rights) that they don’t have with Gobert. Plus, Mitchell’s playoff leap this past summer made him look like another top-20 star in the making, if he’s not there already.

He's not. When he does it for a whole year outside a bubble get back to me

Niang probably has the most trade value here, since he has a solid NBA skill (his marksmanship) and has been the closest to rotation regular status. But I would rank Bradley as slightly more likely to be dealt. The latter’s salary is higher, making it more likely that he could mathematically help get a deal over the finish line. And it seems as though the Jazz would more willingly part with him than with Niang — especially if they go after an upgrade for that bench big man spot, something virtually everybody expects them to do.

their youngest player who fits what they do and they have much bigger needs elsewhere. Makes little sense to me

After Bradley and Niang, it gets a bit “eye of the beholder” in terms of how you’d rank the four minimum-salary dudes entering their respective second years. I listed Tucker next because he likely has more market value. Remember, he was pursued by many teams after an impressive G League start, to the point that the Jazz had to guarantee his rookie salary plus $340,000 of his upcoming year’s salary just to get him. That means there were other bidders, and some of them likely still have him on their radars. Oni has shown borderline rotation-quality defensive chops in spot minutes, and Morgan acquitted himself decently when called into postseason duty. Williams-Goss saw just 50 total NBA minutes in his rookie campaign.

might be less interest in Tucker now that they've seen him play rotation minutes in the the leage

Let’s start with the fact that both had what could statistically be described as off years. We’ve talked a lot all summer about the context and circumstances behind both guys’ statistical dips; Conley’s otherwise solid numbers were dragged down by the month or so he played hurt, and the season suspension meant Ingles never had a chance to bounce back from his habitual winter shooting funk. That’s fine. But it means that trading either guy now would be trading at a bit of a low point in terms of asset value.

Ingles game has dropped off the past two years. He's not going to get more valuable.

Now that Conley is reportedly NOT opting to terminate his contract early, you could argue that it makes some sense for the Jazz to see what his expiring $34.5 million could get them on the open market. But the same Jazz execs who were giddy last summer after finally landing their longtime basketball crush are unlikely to give up after a single year in which Conley’s health was the main culprit behind his ups and downs. Once he was healthy enough to be himself, Conley gave the Jazz nearly 20 points per game in the playoffs, and on 48-53-86 shooting splits. From what I gather, the Jazz are excited to see what he could look like more fully deployed in year two in the Jazz ecosystem.

they should be shopped

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https://www.slcdunk.com/nba-offseaso...e-agency-trade

On top of that, trading Mike Conley for a 3 and D type player so that Mitchell could be the point guard would have some really negative effects on the rest of the roster. With Conley out of the equation, the Jazz are left with two real playmakers: Donovan Mitchell and an aging Joe Ingles. While players like Bojan Bogdanovic and Jordan Clarkson have the ability to put the ball in the hole, they can’t really create for others. In the modern day NBA, only having two playmakers on an entire roster just won't cut it (that is unless you have Lebron James on your roster, which unfortunately, the Jazz do not). If age and minutes weren't and issue for Ingles, he could very well be a starting point guard for a team himself. However, father time gets everyone and we can’t expect Ingles to take an even larger playmaking role in his last few years of his career.

Bring Conley off the bench with starter minutes. Start someone bigger. Stagger to start the game

With a player like Mike Conley in the mix, the Jazz don't only have a starting point guard, but also have a backup one. Throughout the year, Quin Snyder subbed out Conley early in the 1st quarter so that he and Mitchell had their minutes staggered. This meant that when Conley was healthy, he was able to control the second unit and keep the ball out of the hands of players like Emmanuel Mudiay. The bench last year was already razor thin, leading to it hemorrhaging points and losing games for the Jazz. Making your playmaking depth even thinner would only compound on that issue. Come playoff time, teams are going to force Mitchell and Ingles to have to do all the playmaking. While they are both fantastic players, that offense would become too predictable and good teams would find ways to match up against it. Outside of Lebron James, none of the teams in the Eastern and Western Conference Finals had a player who averaged over a 30% usage rating in the regular season. Winning teams have multiple playmaking threats (or again, Lebron), and the Jazz don’t want to sacrifice one of their own.

Mudiay was good while Conley was out. Ingles as well

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Nnaji is receiving interest from teams in the late teens and 20s, according to multiple league sources. Rudy Gobert’s future with Utah is up in the air, so it makes logical sense to target a rookie big man with upside such as Nnaji, who league sources say is drilling 3-pointers in predraft workouts.
– via nbadraft.theringer.com

He's not a center. Not even great length for a 4. Next

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Portland Trail Blazers F Rodney Hood is declining his $6M player option and becoming a free agent, sources tell ESPN. Hood’s had nearly a full year to recover from a torn Achilles injury and can play right away with a new team.
– via Twitter wojespn

Rather have him than Clarkson and I don't want him!

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Eric Walden: Stanford guard Tyrell Terry has done multiple Zoom interviews with the Utah Jazz; said his agent has been in contact: “I know there’s interest there. My camp has been in close contact.” No workout with Utah; said he’s only done 2 workouts because of COVID restrictions in Indy.
– via Twitter tribjazz

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trex arms. Next

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Eric Walden: Texas Tech’s Jahmi’us Ramsey said he has not done a workout specifically for the Jazz. He did a Zoom workout that drew 22 times; not sure if the Jazz were on it. Said other than that, he’s not had any contact with the team.
– via Twitter tribjazz

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not a 1 nor great length Next

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https://www.ksl.com/article/50050760...-be-a-good-fit

First off, he'd have a teammate from his home country of Australia in Joe Ingles — Green spoke with Ingles on the day he worked out for the Jazz last week. It looks like he'd be able to get playing time early, too, with the Jazz lacking depth on the wing.

Mitchell, Bojan, Ingles, O'Neale, Clarkson, Niang, Oni, Tucker, Brantley and Wright Forman is lacking depth?

Mo centers once again. Next...