Grant Jarrett signed

Balkman32 · Post #1 » by **Balkman32** » Tue Apr 8, 2014 1:05 am

Looks like we signed him for the rest of the season. Basically just here to take som minutes for the rest of the regular season. It will be interesting to see if his contract is longer than one season.

Thoughts?

Post #2 » by **bondom34** » Tue Apr 8, 2014 3:02 am

Another rear end to stick on the bench behind Caron!

Post #3 » by **wizkid27** » Tue Apr 8, 2014 5:42 am

One thing that I thought... he was our 2nd round pick, right? which means that signing him means that we give up his future draft rights. I'm guessing it either is a multi-year deal or they feel like it has a very good chance to turn into one. It seems pretty worthless to "burn" his draft rights if he's going to fill the Reggie Williams "who is that guy that just checked in" role.

Post #4 » by **bondom34** » Tue Apr 8, 2014 6:32 am

Good point, it doesn't say the length of the deal in the wiretap, could be.

GREENE1148 · Post #5 » by **GREENE1148** » Wed Apr 9, 2014 12:48 am

I'd assume it's a multi-year non guaranteed deal, so that he gets a taste of the NBA this year, goes away and busts his ass all off season, then sticks around next year... or if he doesn't get in better shape, they can cut their ties, and let him go.

Post #6 » by **wizkid27** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:56 am

For what it is worth, he was out there shooting during the Thunder/Pacers pregame until about 10 min before tip. Then went into the locker room to change into his suit. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Also, somewhat related... Roberson seems to be the player than gets the inactive nod with a fully healthy roster for the first time.

ThunderCeltic · Post #7 » by **ThunderCeltic** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:12 pm

He warmed up for a bit last night then was in a suit during the game plus he was in the souvenir program for the first time.

kd 35 · Post #8 » by **kd 35** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:10 am

Thoughts on Jerrett re-upping on a multi-year deal? Presti must really like this guy since he seems intent on hanging onto him. His game seems deceptive in that he's got an unorthodox shooting stoke but the ball seems to find it's way in the bucket. He doesn't appear to be athletic and strong but shows flashes of being crafty enough to score inside. Defensively he'd have trouble manning up on bigger 4's that could bully him down low. He's clearly a project at this point but will he ever contribute?

Free agent Grant Jerrett has reached agreement on a multi-year contract to re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder, a league source told RealGM.

Jerrett, a 6-foot-10 forward, played for the Thunder’s D-League team – the Tulsa 66ers – last season and had been a development priority for the organization. The Thunder declined the 2014-15 team option on Jerrett, opting to make him a restricted free agent. Both sides came to terms on Monday afternoon.

Jerrett averaged 15.3 points and 6.1 rebounds in 27 games for Tulsa. An ankle injury in early July prevented him from playing in the NBA Summer League.

spearsy23 · Post #9 » by **spearsy23** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:18 am

kd 35 wrote:Thoughts on Jerrett re-upping on a multi-year deal? Presti must really like this guy since he seems intent on hanging onto him. His game seems deceptive in that he's got an unorthodox shooting stoke but the ball seems to find it's way in the bucket. He doesn't appear to be athletic and strong but shows flashes of being crafty enough to score inside. Defensively he'd have trouble manning up on bigger 4's that could bully him down low. He's clearly a project at this point but will he ever contribute?

Free agent Grant Jerrett has reached agreement on a multi-year contract to re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder, a league source told RealGM.

Jerrett, a 6-foot-10 forward, played for the Thunder’s D-League team – the Tulsa 66ers – last season and had been a development priority for the organization. The Thunder declined the 2014-15 team option on Jerrett, opting to make him a restricted free agent. Both sides came to terms on Monday afternoon.

Jerrett averaged 15.3 points and 6.1 rebounds in 27 games for Tulsa. An ankle injury in early July prevented him from playing in the NBA Summer League.

Poor rebounder, capable shooter, can't currently defend 4's with size or 3's, posted a 15 PER... in the D-league. I honestly don't know why he is still on the roster.

Luca Brasi · Post #10 » by **Luca Brasi** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:28 am

He's a second year 6'10" power forward who can shoot 3's in the 40% range. That's why he just got a multi year deal.

spearsy23 · Post #11 » by **spearsy23** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:55 am

Luca Brasi wrote:He's a second year 6'10" power forward who can shoot 3's in the 40% range. That's why he just got a multi year deal.

He didn't manage to against inferior defenders in the d-league and was barely at 40% from the college line.

Old Man Game · Post #12 » by **Old Man Game** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:57 am

kd 35 wrote:Thoughts on Jerrett re-upping on a multi-year deal? Presti must really like this guy since he seems intent on hanging onto him. His game seems deceptive in that he's got an unorthodox shooting stoke but the ball seems to find it's way in the bucket. He doesn't appear to be athletic and strong but shows flashes of being crafty enough to score inside. Defensively he'd have trouble manning up on bigger 4's that could bully him down low. He's clearly a project at this point but will he ever contribute?

Free agent Grant Jerrett has reached agreement on a multi-year contract to re-sign with the Oklahoma City Thunder, a league source told RealGM.

Jerrett, a 6-foot-10 forward, played for the Thunder’s D-League team – the Tulsa 66ers – last season and had been a development priority for the organization. The Thunder declined the 2014-15 team option on Jerrett, opting to make him a restricted free agent. Both sides came to terms on Monday afternoon.

Jerrett averaged 15.3 points and 6.1 rebounds in 27 games for Tulsa. An ankle injury in early July prevented him from playing in the NBA Summer League.

I don't get it. Given the small ball lineups with KD playing power forward plus true pf in Serge, Mitch, and Nick I don't see the end for another power forward.

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Kizz Fastfists · Post #13 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:27 pm

He'll be in the D-league again this year. He'll take Collison's spot, but not the playing time, on the active roster next year. If he continues to develop his 3 point shot, 36% last year, while scoring 15 and grabbing 6 boards a game. He can be a solid stretch 4. He will probably be behind Adams, Ibaka, McGary and Pleiss on the big man depth chart in 2015-2016. He is probably never going to be a star, but he could be a useful bench piece.

spearsy23 · Post #14 » by **spearsy23** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 3:06 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:He'll be in the D-league again this year. He'll take Collison's spot, but not the playing time, on the active roster next year. If he continues to develop his 3 point shot, 36% last year, while scoring 15 and grabbing 6 boards a game. He can be a solid stretch 4. He will probably be behind Adams, Ibaka, McGary and Pleiss on the big man depth chart in 2015-2016. He is probably never going to be a star, but he could be a useful bench piece.

How 'useful' is a fifth big that can't do anything but shoot threes? If we want to stretch the floor perry and KD are both better options, so his one useful skill is negated. I'd rather have Hasheem.

jackson77 · Post #15 » by **jackson77** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:13 pm

spearsy23 wrote:
Kizz Fastfists wrote:He'll be in the D-league again this year. He'll take Collison's spot, but not the playing time, on the active roster next year. If he continues to develop his 3 point shot, 36% last year, while scoring 15 and grabbing 6 boards a game. He can be a solid stretch 4. He will probably be behind Adams, Ibaka, McGary and Pleiss on the big man depth chart in 2015-2016. He is probably never going to be a star, but he could be a useful bench piece.

How 'useful' is a fifth big that can't do anything but shoot threes? If we want to stretch the floor perry and KD are both better options, so his one useful skill is negated. I'd rather have Hasheem.

I agree, Hasheem is more needed

Kizz Fastfists · Post #16 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:15 pm

I'm not going to argue for Jarrett being useful this year. I do believe he could be a better defensive Ryan Anderson in another year. As a player off the bench that could be very useful. This is why the draft was so bad, in my eyes. It forces them to carry two rookies when they were already going to carry Roberson and Jarrett. That is four roster spots with only one them, McGary, someone I expect to be even semi useful this year.

Thabeet vs Jarrett is irrelevant to me as I do not see any reason either of them should see the floor unless OKC is in serious trouble or Jarrett takes a major jump in development. My issue is Huestis. There was no reason for that pick. The Thunder are sitting at 14 roster spots without Thabeet and with no 3rd PG. If Adams, Collison and Perkins all get hurt and I'm asking where is Thabeet we are already in too much trouble down low for it to matter. I have no problem with McGary being the #4 center instead of Thabeet. I consider Collison the #3 center as he, like McGary, can play both big positions.

This is the current roster-

PG- Russ, Reggie
SG- Lamb, Morrow, Roberson
SF- KD, PJ3, Huestis
PF- Ibaka, Collison, McGary, Jarrett
C- Adams, Perkins

They have Thabeet and Telfair on non-guaranteed contracts and they have the draft rights to Semaj Christon. I think Christon should be the 15th player and 3rd PG, but we'll see what they do. I also would have Christon, Roberson, Huestis and Jarrett in the d-league as 4/5 of their starting lineup. You could make a case for McGary being the 5th. A 10 man rotation would be sufficient and they could bring players up if there was an injury or they wanted to get them some NBA action in certain match-ups.

In 2015-2016 Collison and Perkins are probably both gone with Pleiss coming over. I expect them to get an extension worked out with Reggie this off-season. Assuming Christon is penciled in as 3rd PG for a while that will only leave one open roster spot, unless they decline their 3rd year option on Roberson. So they can draft a rookie to fill the roster or a draft and stash to leave them some flexibility. They could then re-sign Perkins or Collison as the end of the bench guy at around $2M/yr. They could try to use the MLE, depending on what the cap number ends up at. They could leave the spot open for a move during the season if needed.

Space Dracula · Post #17 » by **Space Dracula** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:37 pm

Why do so many people misspell Grant Jerrett's name?

Upside and Motor likes the signing, for what that is worth: http://upsidemotor.com/2014/07/14/grant ... s-thunder/

I agree with their assessment that this was a pre-arranged signing that was part of the wink-wink D-League deal and prorated minimum contract last season. I don't know about Grant Jerrett being a Ryan Anderson off the bench. Brian Cook would be my comp. Useful if he can stay healthy.

Old Man Game · Post #18 » by **Old Man Game** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:53 am

It's hard to conceive of very many lineups where this dude would actually get minutes. I wonder sometimes if Presti doesn't just like to keep an unguaranteed guy on the roster in the outside chance he needs a trade throw-in piece that the recipient team could just waive.

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spearsy23 · Post #19 » by **spearsy23** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:34 pm

Old Man Game wrote:It's hard to conceive of very many lineups where this dude would actually get minutes. I wonder sometimes if Presti doesn't just like to keep an unguaranteed guy on the roster in the outside chance he needs a trade throw-in piece that the recipient team could just waive.

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This is my thought. There's nothing he does well enough to justify having him in the game in any certain situation and he isn't a good defender. I guess we're just continuing to to see if he develops but I think it's extremely unlikely.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #20 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:05 pm

Unless you thought the Thunder were going to use a 13 man rotation, maximum active roster size, and leave the last two spots empty I do not understand having an issue with Jarrett. He takes up one of the roster spots you expect to be used for players in Tulsa. The Thunder should have a strong 10 man rotation. That leaves them a few spots for players like Jarrett that are projects and can develop in Tulsa.

Unless you think Jarrett is preventing an upgrade in the top 10 of the roster KD, Russ, Ibaka, Reggie, Adams, Lamb, Morrow, PJ3, Collison and Perkins I do not see the complaint. You can even argue McGary should be 10th over Perkins/Collison. Complaining about Jarrett being on the roster is even dumber then the idiot I heard on Sports Animal this morning crying about them not amnestying Perkins to sign Gasol, because somehow OKC could have ignored the CBA and made that work.

On the list of things to complain about the re-signing of Jarrett is really low on my list. Maybe it is because I knew it was going to happen with the way Presti made sure he maintained control of him last year. However, I have a much bigger issue with drafting Huestis then I do Jarrett taking up the 14th or 15 roster spot that can't be active unless someone better is inactive anyway.