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Utah Jazz notebook: Celtics, Spurs, Heat join bidding for Maggette

Hear ye! Hear ye! Maggette will not play in a Jazz uniform while he is a proven commodity in his prime. The Jazz will have to make due with minimal free agency activity since they have almost no draw (outside offering obscene money) to any high profile players. A lucky signing of a nobody who turns out to be somebody without loosing our own free agents (Miles, Boozer next year) is the best we can hope for. I'd love to see him in a Jazz jersey, but there's no way it's going to happen.

Yeah, with that pessimistic attitude that Jazz certainly won't EVER make a high profile signing.

I have had a gut full of all of this off-season hype about Draft, free agents and trades. Are these Primma-Donna's really worth the kind of money that is being thrown around? NO. You fans don't seem to realize that it is you who are paying the full tab for this crap. Tickets, advertising from television contracts, that reflect all consumer goods you use that are advertised, higher cable or satelite costs, NBA and player junk clothing and toys, the list goes on and on. Really are athletes or players worth tens of millions per year, and they get all expenses paid too? I say it is just like the U.S. economy- ridiculous--Nothing more than GREED. Enough is enough. I'm done.

Jimmy thinks that Boozer will move on next year. Jimmy thinks that going after Maggette makes sense since Boozer will move on. I think that Jimmy needs to treat me with talcolm powder for his thoughts.

Maggette will sign with the team who will offer him the most money. He is not looking to join a team where he can win games--he lost that incentive over the past several years with the Clippers. He should have demanded a trade years ago when the Clips matched the Jazz offer, but he didn't. He was content on staying with the lowly Clips.

The Jazz best shot is to arrange a sign-and-trade deal with LA...but who will the Clips want? I can promise you that Jason Hart will be in the deal because he is expendable.

I like Jimmy. He has insights...opinions that make sense. Boozer is going away. I like Boozer and feel he CAN improve on defense IF he wants. That is the real question though, isn't it? Does he want to with such a great offensive game? He does not need to make the all-defensive team, but he does need to learn to use his body. He is bigger than most players he faces.

Maggette needs to be looked at for the future of the franchise. Realistically speaking he can help this franchise. If the Jazz don't get him then I think we should talk Dwayne Wade into the mid-level exception to play for an opportunity for a ring in Utah. HAHAHAHA

Jazz need to get a deal with Minnesota Al Jefferson and O.J. Mayo and a future pick for Boozer, Korver and Collins this would put the Jazz over the top to achieve an NBA title

The last thing the Jazz need is another perimeter player unless they are planning to trade away...breathe deeply....Brewer, Miles, Almond, Korver...they have a glut of 2 guards...the jazz also have a glut of small fowards...Harpring, Kirilenko...exactly where does Maggette fit in unless the Jazz are planning on trading some of those players? The Jazz should be focusing on putting aside money to resign Boozer and Okur after next year...or if Boozer and Okur bolt using that money to find another POST player...not another perimeter player. Maggette makes no sense and plus he is not a strong defender. I would take Brewers defense over Maggette's....love Maggette's offense but do the Jazz even need his offense?

Your deal is impossible. OJ Mayo was traded to Memphis. Why would Minnesota want Boozer over Jefferson? Al is a better defensive player, who is taller than Boozer. They have Mike Miller now, so that eliminates any desire for Korver. Maybe you should think realistically.

It would'nt be like the Jazz to ship Boozer out before his contract ends so that they can get a decient player in return, It's more likely that they will loose him to free agency and get nothing in return ( Shandon Anderson/ Raja Bell)

The only way the jazz can consider maggette is through a sign and trade. As the previous post stated, it makes no sense for the jazz to add another guard to a team packed with guards.

RE: LetsThinkHere

Maybe for once the Jazz are thinking(miracle). The Jazz know they have a problem in that they only have one guy who can take over a game and create for his teammates(DWill). There is not one other person that can do it on the current roster. The Jazz are looking at getting some relief for Dwill so that he is not wore out and spent every game.(Happened every playoff game and many regular season games)

Your right we probably don't need his(Maggette) scoring and his defense is okay but Jazz do need another take over guy and he can definitely fill that roll.

Look at all the teams that went ahead of us. What do they have. They have two and most have three guys on there team who can take over a game. Billups went down and they did not miss a beat. Allen has a bad night Pierce and Garnett pick up the Slack.(Spurs Ginobli,Parker,Duncan) Dwill has a bad night or goes down we got nothing. Jazz do not necessary need Maggette but they do need another take over a game type player and he is the best out there right now.

I am done as well ("BIG DEAL"). I still have interest, so I don't exactly what I am done with. I can't afford ball games that's for sure. Basically I am done with having as much fun with the game. Some of that is by choice. However, I do bond with my sons and keep my american sports fix alive. I just keep having to "SAY NO" to action figures and everything else (sports or not). Transformers underwear, gear, bedsheets, glasses, and toys are the same thing. The free market is alive and well in the USA (recession or not). BIG DEAL, I am sick of it as well. Although I won't be packing up and moving to Haiti anytime soon.

The Timberwolves have Jefferson on contract for 6 more years at a good price. He is a real solid young player. Trading him for Boozer makes no sense for Minnesota. Boozer would most likely leave Minnesota after next year as an unrestricted free agent. If by the small chance he would want to stay, the wolves would have to pay Booz the max veteran salary adding up to $136 million. Jefferson is the better buy for a young team trying to build, and Jefferson might be the better player anyway.

To Big Deal? and gdog3gtb,
The NBA, like any business run by intelligent people, charges what the market will bear. That is capitalism. Thus, the prices of everything it provides, including tickets, playoff tickets, luxury boxes, apparel, TV rights, etc., is controlled by you, the citizens who make up the American public. The NBA cannot charge more than you are willing to pay. This is a system that I fully support even if I'm not among those who can afford to pay as much as my neighbor.
So the question is, who should get the money -- the owners, many of whom have been subsidized by local governments, or the players -- or both. The NBA formula has been highly successful, and it ensures that the players get a percentage of the gross receipts, and the players have negotiated with the NBA on how their percentage is divided up among themselves (starters, subs, veterans, All Stars, etc.). Within those parameters the owners negotiate deals with different players.
If you think a player is overpaid, that is your opinion. It's not the opinion of the owner who pays him. It's not the opinion of the fans who pay to watch him.

The clippers cant sign and trade Maggette the forfeited his bird rights which means they cant sign and trade him. All he can get at this point is the mid level exception probably about 6 to 7 mil what ever the league decides. The teams with cap room are not going to pay him the big bucks because he is not an all star bring your team a championship type player. Hes more of a second or third option. I still would like to see him here in Utah but as has been stated we have a log jam in his position.

people are throwing in players who aren't involved in any trade/free agency rumours (Jefferson). I don't think Utah needs Maggette to make it to the next level, but they do need to get better defensively. Maybe they should focus more on developing these young 7 footers they have.

An anecdote that might illustrate the relative worth of players.

Yesterday I received a phone call from a man who wanted to buy three items at a certain price. His price was $1,200 each. These items have an expiration date about three months from now.

The problem is that these items are worth $4,500 to $5,500 on the open market. I would be willing to buy 60 of these items at $3,000 to $3,500 each because I know that I could sell most of them for market value. And if I had any left over, I could sell them at my cost even with one or two weeks left before the expiration.

A single buyer cannot set the price of an item. If a handful of NBA fans decide ticket prices are too high for them, they cannot call up the Jazz and buy tickets for less than the general public is willing to pay. If there weren't enough citizens willing to pay the current rates for tickets, etc., then the Jazz would have two choices: Cut the prices or move to another city. If the Jazz couldn't pare its expenses, it would haver to move.

Maggette rhymes with Spaghetti :)

I hate to break it to you, but NBA players are worth every dime they earn. Do you ever see empty arenas (minus Atlanta)? As long as people are willing to pay to see these guys, they deserve every cent they earn. Who else should get the money, the owners? If 20,000 people were willing to pay $25-$300 bucks to come watch me work 82+ days a year, you'd better believe I'd be demanding more than my current salary. NBA teams are still making money aren't they? As long as that holds true, then no, NBA players are NOT making too much money.