Per bleacher report
We are giving them assets not specified but it is picks
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Per bleacher report
We are giving them assets not specified but it is picks
Griffin is a damn wizard.
What if he's not done? What if we can do more somehow?!
Ok can this offseason get any better? The only 2 weaknesses we really had going into next season we have filled. Needed another 3pt shooter and we got an elite one in J.J. Needed a vet big who is a 2 way player and we just landed that in Favors. We have killed it this offseason!!
We aren’t done! I’m still willing to bet Beal will be a Pelican..
I would have traded Moore for Favors in order to leave enough room to re-sign Elfrid.
I mean... can someone say playoffs next year! With this squad i see us contending for the 6th/7th seed. Maybe get out of the 1st round. What a great job by the FO.
I still see us having to move a guard. Unless someone is going back to the Jazz. However, reports are that pick are going the other way. Thats all.
Nice team so far though
PG: Ball/Moore/Jackson
SG: Holiday/Reddick/Alexander-Walker
SF: Ingram/Hart/Williams
PF: Williamson/Melli/Wood
C: Favors/Okafor/Hayes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5dy...ature=youtu.be
Christmas night at the SKC
David doing business
active 12 man roster today...
ball/jackson
jrue/jj/hart
ingram/moore
zion/niko/woods
favors/okafor
Man, if it weren't for it now having commercials or some BS, I'd buy NBA 2K19 for $2.99 or whatever it is now just to play some games with this team.
I guess still no word on what we gave up.
I love how me and DG were on the same page about short term deals. I see you fam
I knew he was not finished, but I didn't think it would be tonight.
I can’t imagine we gave up more than some 2nd rounders and/or maybe the Cavs pick
I can’t believe we added two starting caliber players in JJ Redick and Derrick Favors today to go with Jrue, Zion, Ingram, Ball, Hart, Hayes, NAW, Okafor, Jackson, Wood, Moore, & our new highly skilled traditional Euro big man, Nicola Melli (the new Nico with a C)
C: Favors, Okafor, Hayes
PF: Zion, Hayes/Wood/Melli/Favors
SF: Ingram, Hart/Moore/Redick, Kenrich
SG: Jrue, Redick, Hart/Moore/NAW
PG: Ball, Jackson, Jrue/NAW
I think we try to move Etwaun Moore due to the fact we are stacked at shooting guard. He can play as a 3rd guard in a 3 guard lineup as well like he’s done before, but I think Hart & Redick will play there a lot when Ingram is out of the game. Jrue, Jackson, & NAW can run the point, but I hope we bring back the hometown kid, Elfrid Payton to replace Moore. Not sure if I want Frank Jackson or NAW running the point for our second unit just yet and don’t think Redick, Hart, or Moore will either.
Yes exactly. Along with future assets we have enough and plenty to still keep if we want Beal. I think he is the big move in our back pocket. I love the team we have now and a fan of Lonzos game. I just have a feeling Griff isn’t done and a move like Beal for Zo+picks makes us contenders instantly. Either way I’m happy but that’s the only deal left I can see us making.
Yea I would love to bring back Elfrid as our bench PG. Frank is more of a combo guard and not someone I’m ready to hand over the keys as backup PG. I do feel good with him at the position do to the many ball handlers and creators we now have on the team. Moore is a very solid trade piece that I’m sure we are shipping for the best asset or will be using him as part of a bigger deal like Beal to help match salaries. Either way Moore is a valuable piece on this team or a good trade chip.
Another big move! David You are the Man!!
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1...272346624?s=19
Sent them a pair of warrior 2nds. Now we only have 9 2nd round picks.... Oh no. /sarcasm
This is the benefit of having accumulated all those seconds, lots of flexibility to scoop up players before they get to the open market or facilitate other teams trades.
Looking forward to watching this team, wish we didn’t have so long to wait.
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is it crazy that I'm more interested in seeing the defense this team puts up than the offense?
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Nice. I've said before that Favors as a player doesn't thrill me, but that's just my personal view on his game. As an actual player, just going by raw results, he's perfectly solid. Not an all-star, but he's a legitimate starter calibre player, and, as a couple of people have said, a plus defender.
Last season, Favors only played 23 minutes a game, but in those minutes he held people he guarded to 6.8% lower than their shooting average. Most impressively, he held them to 12.9% lower than their averages within 6 feet of the basket, and also 8.7% worse from behind the three point line.
Does some of that come from being surrounded by other good, smart, team defenders? Sure. Does some of it come from being on a team that was very well coached defensively? Sure, again. But some of it comes down to him being a smart guy who knows how to play basic defense.
Besides, this team is now full of good, smart, team defenders. Lonzo, Jrue, Zion springing immediately to mind.
Keep in mind Favors played out of position for Utah too. He's much more of a center than a PF but because of Gobert he couldn't play his natural position then once Joe Ingles started playing more at the PF position his minutes declined.
Combine that with a team that typically runs at an extremely slow pace and there's a lot of potential for Favors here. The guy is only 27 (soon to be 28) too so I expect him to have a really good year for us.
We are going to win some games and be in the playoffs baby.
Notes:
— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) June 29, 2019
- Size of the bubble correlates with the # of shots taken
- Early offense is defined as shots in the first 9 seconds
- It's really hard to be both efficient AND have high volume
- Specific player data can be found on this sheet belowhttps://t.co/WdNMNjdUDz
Just for reference, Shamit did this cool little analysis of guys who fit Gentry Ball styles
I'm inanely excited about Favors finally being on a team that runs pic.twitter.com/z7J0pR2kLG
— Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) July 1, 2019
Here's Favors' numbers. Basically: he didn't get many shots in that style due to Utah's offense, but when he got the chance he was very efficient. Hopefully we'll see some more of that.
Considering what was left available on the FA market, this is a HUGE get. Dude averaged 18/11/2BLK per 36 last season and was nearly 59% from the field. On top of all of that, he is an expiring.....so if it doesn't work out I would imagine we could flip him at the deadline to a contender for more than the 2 very low second round picks we gave up (since they are GSW). I think it's a great pickup though and him and Redick are both top notch locker room and community guys. Griff is a mad genius.
It's definitely a good pickup. My reservations with Favors' aren't because of his game or his numbers.
Everyone has some players in the league they just don't really enjoy watching, for whatever reason. Favors' is that for me. Doesn't mean he's bad or anything, I just don't get excited watching him play. Hopefully some of that is due to how Utah used him and I enjoy watching him more on our team, in our offense.
Maybe, He's not really a floor spacer and at 6'10 265 and 7'4 wingspan that falls pretty firmly in the center size range for me. Maybe the better way for me to phrase it is, he's better when not required to be paired with someone else who cannot go out onto the wings on offense.
Even if Zion doesn't have a great 3pt shot atm, he's so good initiating the offense with the ball in his hands out on the wing that he gives Favors a lot of space to work with down low. Of course defensively Zion will be able to guard just about anyone 1-4 so that just makes Favors job much easier on both sides of the court.