Dwight's Right?

[e_blazer]

Man, it's not often that I find myself agreeing with Dwight Jaynes, but as far as I'm concerned he really nailed it in this column. Must be a blue moon or something.

http://www.csnnw.com/portland-trail...rything-possible-avoid-utahs-hayward-calamity

 

[Reep]

How optimistic and positive of him. Must have been ghost written.

 

[BonesJones]

He's wrong about us waiting to resign CJ giving us more cap space last year.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Yes, Dwight is right.... and those words don't get to share a sentence very often

 

[BBert]

OK...wait...if I click on that am I going to get Rick Rolled?

 

[KingSpeed]

He's wrong about us waiting to resign CJ giving us more cap space last year.

No he's not. If he signs CJ first, we can't get Turner.

 

[Rhal]

I disagree with this article. GH was not the player he was last year when he got that contract and Utah didn't fool around with GH they told him they would match whatever he got so go out and get an offer sheet. Utah lost GH because of Brad Stevens not because of anything else, GH doesn't go to the Celtics if Stevens isn't the coach. Utah didn't do anything wrong, GH wanted to play for the only coach who gave him a scholarship and the first one to believe in him and the guy who got him into the NBA.
You could also make an argument that since the east is so weak, GH is now the 2nd best wing the in east while he wouldn't' be in the top 6 in the west and you could argue he wouldn't even be a top 20 player in the west while he is a top 10 in the east.

 

[riverman]

This can only mean Dwight's job is on the line....brown lipstick doesn't look good on anyone...he had to get into character for this article

 

[riverman]

He took a stab at Utah for losing Hayward.....not like we've ever lost an allstar with nothing in return before

 

[riverman]

I have a hard time reading this article without his sneer and whiney voice.....if I read it and hear Morgan Freeman's voice, it's a better article

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I disagree with this article. GH was not the player he was last year when he got that contract and Utah didn't fool around with GH they told him they would match whatever he got so go out and get an offer sheet. Utah lost GH because of Brad Stevens not because of anything else, GH doesn't go to the Celtics if Stevens isn't the coach. Utah didn't do anything wrong, GH wanted to play for the only coach who gave him a scholarship and the first one to believe in him and the guy who got him into the NBA.
You could also make an argument that since the east is so weak, GH is now the 2nd best wing the in east while he wouldn't' be in the top 6 in the west and you could argue he wouldn't even be a top 20 player in the west while he is a top 10 in the east.

I personally believe that Hayward was gone regardless. If Brad Stevens wasn't at Boston then Gordon's wife just would have convinced him to go to sunny Miami instead.

 

[Pinwheel1]

I disagree with this article. GH was not the player he was last year when he got that contract and Utah didn't fool around with GH they told him they would match whatever he got so go out and get an offer sheet. Utah lost GH because of Brad Stevens not because of anything else, GH doesn't go to the Celtics if Stevens isn't the coach. Utah didn't do anything wrong, GH wanted to play for the only coach who gave him a scholarship and the first one to believe in him and the guy who got him into the NBA.
You could also make an argument that since the east is so weak, GH is now the 2nd best wing the in east while he wouldn't' be in the top 6 in the west and you could argue he wouldn't even be a top 20 player in the west while he is a top 10 in the east.

I am not so sure about that. Happy wife -happy life, and the wife did not like Utah. She did like Miami though. I agree Utah did nothing wrong, accept maybe not kiss his ass a little more a couple of years ago....

 

[BonesJones]

No he's not. If he signs CJ first, we can't get Turner.

CJ made $3M or so last year. Even if he signed before ET, that $3M he made in '16-'17 would've still applied to the summer of 2016. If we signed Nurk to an extension right now, his salary beginning in 2018 wouldn't apply to this summer.

 

[e_blazer]

I am not so sure about that. Happy wife -happy life, and the wife did not like Utah. She did like Miami though. I agree Utah did nothing wrong, accept maybe not kiss his ass a little more a couple of years ago....

By taking the "we'll match whatever offer you get" route instead of giving him a five year extension, they were forced to match a contract that gave Hayward a four year deal with a final year option. That meant that they only had him locked into a deal for three years instead of five and ended up losing him two years early, before they could complete their rebuild.

 

[tlongII]

I hate the Jazz so I'm okay with this.

 

[dviss1]

I have a hard time reading this article without his sneer and whiney voice.....if I read it and hear Morgan Freeman's voice, it's a better article

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

I agree 100% with Jaynes on this one. We could have told CJ to get an offer this offseason and we would match it. Instead, we locked him up last year. It saved money the the cap explosion and extended the year he could potentially become an FA.

You would have thought Utah learned their lesson after Milsap got away.

 

[Cippy91]

True story time. My girlfriends mom got asked on a date by him a couple years ago, she said fuck it and went. He proceeded to talk about himself a lot

No shit short story

 

[Rhal]

I am not so sure about that. Happy wife -happy life, and the wife did not like Utah. She did like Miami though. I agree Utah did nothing wrong, accept maybe not kiss his ass a little more a couple of years ago....

Where is all these reports where she disliked Utah so much? Also you only have to live in the city for half the year, really easy to move especially when you make that kind of money.

 

[riverman]

I think players who've got kids are more concerned with moving than players who just have trophy wives..it's hard to uproot a family ....easy to talk a wife into shopping for new shit and living in a new house

 

[Pinwheel1]

Where is all these reports where she disliked Utah so much? Also you only have to live in the city for half the year, really easy to move especially when you make that kind of money.

Not sure where I read it, but based on the social media hate they have gotten in the last 3 days, she hates it now.

But regardless if you or I think it is ridiculous for a player, or their wife, to have an issue about where they live a 6 months a year....many of them do. Especially when they have children.
You are preaching to the choir here.