Let me get this straight.
We're going to pay a fourth-tier power forward -- who has a history of injury problems -- $42 million over three years to play as a backup to Paul Millsap, who we signed to a four-year, $35 million contract just one season ago? We're going to trade away two future first-round draft picks to do so? And all of this is supposed to quell the void left by Carlos Boozer's departure?
So where is the 'deal' for Utah? Al Jefferson plays a power forward-center hybrid position, which does the Jazz zero good because Millsap was paid/slated to be the man of the future at power forward and Money is holding it down at the center position. So that means that Jefferson is probably going to get paid around $14 million per year to come off the bench. Really cost efficient there 'Kevin O'Connor'...if that's what you're calling yourself these days. You may as well be called 'Shitty At Spending Money O'Connor'. How about going after a decent shooting guard considering we're about to lose Wesley Matthews to Portland? Or a lockdown defender so that Kobe doesn't post 50 on us whenever he wants? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills over here.
I keep hearing he's the best player on the Timberwolves' roster. That's like being the most functional kid on the short bus. Or the most intelligent person in Kentucky. If you're not reading between the lines there, it doesn't mean shit.
To give away two future draft picks, one of which is a conditional pick the Jazz acquired from the Memphis Grizzlies (can't be any lower than the 10th pick in the draft), just seems ill-advised. Scratch that. It seems un-advised. Jer needs to get in there and shake some sense into O'Connor.
If I'm to scrape any positive out of this, it's that Jefferson does have an old-school white guy game so he should fit right in and contribute immediately on some level in Jerry Sloan's half-court offense. That's right. His game just might be white enough to fit in in Utah. Maybe play 25-30 minutes a game. Average 16 points and eight boards. Handle 5-6 mormon women per night. Decent numbers for a bench player, I suppose.
Whatevs. It's not like we were going to win a championship anytime soon...
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they gotta show D-Will they're trying, at least a little bit. ultimately it's a similar situation to cleveland, and d-will will probably bolt. plus, jefferson can play center, and memo is hurt to start next year. and really, jefferson is pretty close to a wash for losing boozer.
I'd be pissed if i was millsap, thinking i was getting a chance to be the man, then this happens. though he's not exactly an offensive wunderkind. plus kirilenko covers up for any defensive deficiencies. at least theoretically, provided he stay healthy.
d-will, miles, ak-47, millsap, jefferson.
bench: price, hayward, fesenko, some schlub like matthews (*not matthews cause he's clearly gone at this point*) who sloan falls for because of his effort.
then okur comes back off injury and they beat the heat for the title.
and raja bell, the kobe killer himself. boom!
What can I say? I thought the same thing as you at first, but then I broke it down mentally, Robagger-style, and now I'm on board.
1)You had to do something to make DW happy.
B)You had to do something so Fesenko wasn't your starting center for the first three months of the year.
So I'm down with it, but then...
I went to his press conference today, and the dude was sweating more than Chris Berman in a sauna. I saw the tape of him last night at the airport. Same thing. The guy sweats more than Chris Farley in Phoenix.
So if he breaks a sweat doing simple tasks, there's no way he can survive the ultra-violent Jerry Sloan training camp.
Jeremy
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