NUMBERICA wrote:
Frist, it doesn't hurt the Jazz there.
That's your argument? That we won't have the money to regretfully blow on Kendrick Perkins? The Jazz won't have more than the MLE any way you dice it unless they try to Darius Miles Memo (which they should try to do).
If we bring back Boozer? That will cost the Jazz $30 million next year plus likely additional years to Brand's deal. And I don't know how anyone else can see this, but there will be no big available that we can run an offense through (Monroe would be the closest if he wasn't so unmotivated and a general disappointment vs. His size and talent).
Proven how? When he's good, the Jazz are great but how often has that been? Throw all of the +/- garbage you want, site small sample size where he played well, but the bottom line is the Jazz don't appreciably lose more or win less when he's gone. How does he fit in to a championship team anyway? AK's biggest value is the money he'll save a team at this stage.
I hate to be so obvious, but did Memphis need Kwame Brown? Did Washington need Ilgauskas? **** teams buried in salary sometimes try to shed it, Philly is a **** team.
If AK is gone (and in this scenrio, he would be), the Jazz have ONE WING UNDER CONTRACT for next year. They'll have Matthews' rights as well and that's it. You draft BPA, and Turner is BPA. Favors hasn't proven anything (although he might completely rule at some point) and Cousins will implode the organization.
And yes, no matter what you do or how you look at it, taking on Brands contract would hurt the team.
How exactly do you figure the Jazz will only have the MLE after AK's contract expires?
AK has more than proven his importance to this team regardless of +/- or whatever stats you want to look at. Other than D-Will, AK has the largest positive impact on the team. Also, numbers/stats don't lie and all of them prove that AK is very important to this team. Don't give me that garbage cop out of "stats/numbers mean nothing".
If the Jazz lose Boozer and add either Kendrick Perkins or Joakim Noah how much better will they be?
What are you talking about with Kwame Brown and Big-Z? I don't even understand what your point is on that one...are you trying to say bad teams try to stay bad? That makes sense...
You say take BPA yet you throw Cousins, Monroe and even Favors under the bus. I would argue that all three of those guys have a better chance of being all-star caliber players than Turner does just because of their size.
Jerry Sloan >>>>>>>> Everything else.
