"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[Donuthole]

Yeah, I'm 99% certain it is significantly higher than 3 mill.

That's pretty disappointing, if true. Has Howard even been in the league for the last 3 years?

[LiveCoug]

I guess it is 3 mill... I coulda sworn KOC said it was higher than that.

Not a bad deal for Howard.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2006/josh-howard

[MarkGrace]

Thursday's deal also gives the Jazz a trade exception, which Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor said will "allow us to go shopping."

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/12/22/j...s=iref:nbahpt2

Will be interesting to see what happens.

[Jacob]

Basketball prospectus predicts the Jazz get 30 wins.
That would put them at #10 in the lottery.
They also rank Golden State as worst in the West, with only 25 wins. That would be the 3rd worst record in the league, and the Jazz would not get the Warriors pick this year. Not much reason to think the Ws will be better than last year (11th worst team), but not much reason to believe they will be a lot worse either (except that Mark Jackson is their coach). Jazz may have 2 reasons to tank at the end of this season to get another 2 lottery picks (W's top 7 protected 2013 pick goes to Jazz). Though I can't imagine adding another 2 rookies to this team next year.
Trading chips.

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/...articleid=1974

[Maximus]

Anyone think we should have kept Fes instead of singing Tinsley?

[UtahJazzFan88]

Anyone think we should have kept Fes instead of singing Tinsley?

We already have 5 bigs, and 3 of them are capable of playing center (Jefferson, Kanter, Favors). Jazz have a need for a 3rd PG with Harris missing games pretty frequently in the last few years. So no.

[LiveCoug]

Watching the game tonight with my Laker fan in laws... Should be fun.

Also, seems like everyone here in CA is complaining that the new CBA is way too small market friendly and it really hurts the big markets. Really quite the contrast from what I hear in the SLC market.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Basketball prospectus predicts the Jazz get 30 wins.
That would put them at #10 in the lottery.
They also rank Golden State as worst in the West, with only 25 wins. That would be the 3rd worst record in the league, and the Jazz would not get the Warriors pick this year. Not much reason to think the Ws will be better than last year (11th worst team), but not much reason to believe they will be a lot worse either (except that Mark Jackson is their coach). Jazz may have 2 reasons to tank at the end of this season to get another 2 lottery picks (W's top 7 protected 2013 pick goes to Jazz). Though I can't imagine adding another 2 rookies to this team next year.
Trading chips.

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/...articleid=1974

It will be interesting to see if near the end of the season a few extra Jazz losses would put them under Golden State with the Warriors hovering around the 7th and 8th picks.

Prospectus is saying Minnesota goes from 17-65 last year to the 8th seed in the West, ahead of Memphis and Houston?

[Blueintheface]

Watching the game tonight with my Laker fan in laws... Should be fun.

Also, seems like everyone here in CA is complaining that the new CBA is way too small market friendly and it really hurts the big markets. Really quite the contrast from what I hear in the SLC market.

That's just LA fans still fuming over the dictators latest edict. The rest of the big market teams are going to do just fine. (As will LA once they get Dwight and when Bynum returns).

[cougjunkie]

LA is not getting Dwight. Otis Smith said Dwight will be worth more come March 15th and he they see no reason to trade him before then if at all. He is posturing big time.

It seems that every other team besides the Lakers have more to offer. The trade exception is nice but I am not sure it helps all that much. One interesting scenario I heard over the weekend was Bosh, Norris Cole and a shit load of picks as well as a potential 3rd team getting involved to land Howard.

[cougjunkie]

Paul Millsap officially coming off the bench tonight and he is pissed. Said he would do what is best for the team but he is not sure that this is whats best for the team.

[smokymountainrain]

Paul Millsap officially coming off the bench tonight and he is pissed. Said he would do what is best for the team but he is not sure that this is whats best for the team.

Trade his ass

[Blueintheface]

Paul Millsap officially coming off the bench tonight and he is pissed. Said he would do what is best for the team but he is not sure that this is whats best for the team.

If you could ask him to grow 6 inches by tonight we as fans might give a shit what he thinks.

[Maximus]

Im glad Corbin is still stupid enough to start bell. It doesnt take a genius to see bell is not worth a damn.

[scottie]

Otis Smith said Dwight will be worth more come March 15th and he they see no reason to trade him before then if at all.

Did he say why that is?