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Bad timing, unlucky decision, and now you have to decide to pay 9 mil for a great hustle player....$9 mil??! Crazy.....Stock didn't make that until his last contract......
I am anxious to see if they will be talking about how we were 'played' by Pritchard 2 years from now.
See since
Tim Thomas to Utah
Tyrus Thomas to OKC
Boozer to Chicago
OKC is under the cap so they could get Thomas for nothing and have to give up nothing. The Jazz get Tim Thomas and Chicago get Boozer.
The Jazz might not get something of value in return, but the Jazz are going to resign Millsap.
Think of it: They payed AK more than 17 times what they payed Sap last yer. Talk about stoooopid.
Now they are faced with the choice of either letting him go or trading Boozer. They can't afford both.
THAT alone will cause a lot of dissension in Portland.
Brandon Roy, had reconstructive knee surgery in college and he's going to have to play 2009-2010 without a max contract because his front office chose to pay the reserve PF 9.0 million per year. Roy won't even make 40% of what Millsap will.
Trade Boozer for Henrich and another player...James Johnson from Wake Forest..or Tyrus Thomas (who the Jazz can let walk after next yr)
Use whatever money to sign Glen Davis from Boston
Maybe chicago and Golden State...they can get heinrich and a players like Heinrich and Biedrens..
Miles 4 mill a yr, with Booze's 12 mil and Milsap's 8 mill comes to 24 million and players like Heinrich and Biedrens are valued at 19 mill
it all sounds like monopoly money, doesnt it?
Millsap fouls a lot. He is not particularly quick or fast. He tries to play defense but has trouble staying on the floor.
Millsap plays better as a starter but is not as effective the second time teams play him. He has limited offensive moves. He could not run Boozer's plays and required a modified offense. He can't run some of Sloan's system.
He can't guard tall athletic PFs any better than Boozer. He does try.
The Jazz can't build the future around him.
He is to expensive for what he does. He will improve but he can get more then.
Millsap needs to be replaced with a more talented PF who is the future of the Jazz.
They are stuck with Okur now. They absolutely have to have an upgrade at PF.
Thanks POR for doing the Jazz a favor. They are not smart enough to get the talent they need unless forced to do so.
Get the right players for Boozer and the Jazz will be fine.
Too bad the Jazz can't be proactive and create a better team without being force to move.
This is an obvious no brainer decision. It is easy. Let POR overpay. If the Jazz are going to pay the lux tax then get a better team with the money.
The current Jazz team with Millsap and Boozer can't do better than 4th in the West.
They will stay 4th or worse for years if they refuse to take advantage of the bad economy and the fire sales of other teams. The best players will be available in the fire sales. The Jazz already wasted Okur's ending contract.
What kool aid has Jazz management been drinking? Jr. High students are smarter than this.
Why are the Jazz so fearful of change? They seem paralyzed by the prospect of actually trying to get better.
Please Portland take some more of the Jazz mediocre players. The Jazz will be forced to at least think about getting a better player.
Simmons and Paul BOTH of them knew dang well what the Jazz financial situation was. The Jazz most likely value Paul far MORE than Simmons is willing to admit... but the financial situation really has strapped Utah to the point that they are doing about everything they can to make the numbers work. Again... the Jazz being LOYAL!
What Simmon's and Paul did was flat out disloyal and pointing out "financial security" as the reason why Paul wanted this is a flat out JOKE! People don't have jobs today and they are tossing that ... around?
What Paul and Simmon's did was nothing more than financial and team sabotage to the Jazz. They both knew of what they are doing with Boozer. They go and do this. Sorry... I don't bring back Milsap. He'll be traded in short time anyway, Portland doesn't even value him that much... not at that much money.
What is the point of freaking out over the potential loss of a backup PF (good role player, never going to be a star, might not even be a good starter)? YES, with finesse players like Koufos and Memo at center, the Jazz need a strong interior presence at PF. But are either Boozer or Millsap the answer for a championship caliber team? Probably not. Both have benefited tremendously from (1) Deron Williams; and (2) Sloan's system that highlights the PF position.
Jazz and Boozer make nice, Boozer in a contract year plays his butt off, Harpring's contract goes away, Jazz resign Price.
They are under the luxury tax, Koufas gets more minutes, AK plays more PF, Fes gets some minutes, CJ.
Maybe they come up with a guy like Drew Gooden cheap.
In 2010 Boozer goes, all sorts of contract options open up with Korver, Brewer, maybe Knicks pick turns out to be high.
Things aren't that bad after all.
He is the perfect roll player, and that is why this offer is so big becasue he is perfect for PDX. He is not meant to be a star and some All-Star the Jazz think he will be, but if he does, PDX will have him on their team.
PDX's GM owns the Jazz's GM.
Does it hurt a little bit to know that your third best player milsap will be our 7th or 8th best player.
That means the last 3 years are for 22 million 7.5 million a year. That is beyond resonable for someone in his prime. The Jazz have all week to trade Boozer. Once they do that they will resign Millsap For 2.5 Million less than Boozer. Add the 5 million salary they pick from Thomas or who ever they get brings the Jazz up to 75 to 76 million depending. The Jazz will release Harpring at the Trade Deadline and that will save them 6 million in taxes. They will recover 1 or 2 million from other teams paying the taxes.
Millsap will be playing with the Jazz soon. Millsap deserves the 10 million signing bonus.
KOC has precrastinated and mst of the talented free agents have already sighed deals. If he doesn't make a move soon he will be hard pressed to get a college kid to sit on the bench and fill out the 13 reuired players.
Some say Milsap is not worth the contract. Harprings contract pays about the same, but Harpring like booze is always siting behind the bench in stret clothes. For a tough guy he very seldom plays hurt as tough guys do. Send Harpring to the Jets or Browns. That opens up 6+ mil for getting athletes that could play at least 60 games a year.
Harpring,Miles and boozer leave, now theres some change for coming year and may help this year.
Let Portland have Paul as he and oqner have same fist name.
Pauls contract plus signing bonus plus luxury tax equal approximately 15 million that Jazz would pay out , if all things stayed the same.
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It's a Saturday, the kids are still sleeping, I'm on a mobile (not behind a computer), and it's my birthday, so if I feel like wasting some time on something I enjoy then I darn will.
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