3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves

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3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#1 » by slambamJazz » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:10 pm

Ike Diogu, a good offence player and rebounder to replace Boozer but no defence.
Amir Johnson, shots a very high percanage and decent rebounder.
Richard Hendrix, played great in Euro League and a MIlsap type player.

The Jazz play Milsap , Kirilenko and one of these guys could replace Boozer .
The jazz then might go for a center like Jemaine O'neil or Brandon Haywood in free agency
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#2 » by CAE15 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:17 pm

no
maybe
no

Amir is the only one i would consider and thats a long shot, if we are going the free agent route get a drew gooden or something.
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Post#3 » by UTJazzFan_Echo1 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:36 pm

Not a fan of any of those guys. Don't see how any of them would improve the team.

I wouldn't mind seeing Craig Smith here in Utah to backup Millsap.
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#4 » by kebutah » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:58 pm

I would prefer a taller PF rather the the shorter ones mentioned.
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#5 » by loserX » Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:12 pm

kebutah wrote:I would prefer a taller PF rather the the shorter ones mentioned.


I agree. And no thanks to Gooden, too. The guy is productive and deserves credit for that, but he has terrible "basketball IQ" and Sloan would annihilate him.
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Post#6 » by jazzfan1971 » Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:42 pm

Amir is a decent shot blocker though. I think he'd be a very nice backup to Milsap.
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Post#7 » by carrottop12 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:52 am

The Jazz may be able to get a guy like Chris Wilcox with some of the TPE from the Harpring trade. I would definitely be interested in him as a back up PF capable of playing 20 minutes a night. He could also start at C if needed.

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Post#8 » by Bullet » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:23 am

How about Brad Miller?
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Post#9 » by carrottop12 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:25 am

He's going to be expensive imo.
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#10 » by The Sheik » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:20 am

Not sure this is the place to post this, but I rather not start a new thread. I read that the Bulls are trying to dump James Johnson to be able to offer two max contracts. I know the Jazz were interested in him in last year's draft. As a 4/3 he really would create a log jam, but if we plan on moving AK he would be a nice prospect to give a shot to.
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Post#11 » by Bullet » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:21 am

Bat wrote:He's going to be expensive imo.


I'll take my chances on Earl Barron, then.
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#12 » by babyjax13 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:46 am

The Sheik wrote:Not sure this is the place to post this, but I rather not start a new thread. I read that the Bulls are trying to dump James Johnson to be able to offer two max contracts. I know the Jazz were interested in him in last year's draft. As a 4/3 he really would create a log jam, but if we plan on moving AK he would be a nice prospect to give a shot to.


He would be a very nice player to have.
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Post#13 » by Curtis Lemansky » Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:39 am

Amir Johnson would be a very solid addition. Considering that Toronto's focus will be on Bosh in the first days of free agency and that they have drafted Ed Davis, I think Amir is a viable free agent target for Utah.
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#14 » by Reckless » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:28 am

Amir Johsnon is a interesting player, he's been in the league a while but he's still young, i could see him having a breakthrough season in the next year or two.

I wanted the jazz to draft Richard Hendrix back in the 08 draft(he was taken a couple picks ahead of us). He's been often compared to Paul Millsap as being a 2nd round steal. Undersized PF but has a 7 ft 3 wingspan.
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#15 » by jozef » Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:25 am

Long list of intriguing free agents to fill the roster:
PG Duhon House Pargo Watson A.Daniels
SG Carney D.Brown Murray Head Stackhouse Rush Hughes Bogans R.Mason
SF Graham Pavlovic D.George R.Butler Morrison Udoka
PF Scalabrine Oberto Gooden Powell Amundson K.Thomas Diogu
C Sh.Williams Elson Nesterovic O'Bryant Gray K.Brown Ratliff J.Anthony Magloire Petro E.Thomas Skinner Mbenga May Hunter
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#16 » by Fido » Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:59 pm

That big man list is pretty sad.... lol
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Re: 3 low cost free agents if Boozer leaves 

Post#17 » by StocktonShorts » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:12 pm

He may not be really low cost, but I'd love to see the Jazz go after Udonis Haslem if Boozer leaves. He'd be a nice backup for Millsap and could probably get 30 mpg depending on the matchup.
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