The Utah Jazz are having an eventful off-season thus far. First they lost Star power forward Carlos Boozer to the Chicago Bulls. Now they have used the money they saved in him leaving on power foward Al Jefferson formerly of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jefferson was considered a future star of the league two years ago after having a great season averaging 23.1 points 10.9 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game in the 07-08 season. Then last year, he battled injuries and ended up with a disappointing season. His 17.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game is not what the Timberwolves expected from their highest paid player.
In my opinion the addition of Kevin Love had more to do with his decline in statistics than a possible loss in ability. I would normally say that his departure to another team might return his stats to what they were pre-Kevin Love however this Utah team has many options and has another budding star in Paul Millsap. Jefferson is likely to split his PF/C minutes with Millsap and Mehmet Okur enough to where a repeat of last season's stats are more likely than a return to his earlier dominance. In the fantasy world this doesn't mean too much, but in the real world this is a great addition for Utah and should keep them in the thick of things in the Western Confernce
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Big 3 to have trouble filling roster?
My first thought when I heard the idea that the Miami Heat might have trouble filling out their roster, was that there is no way it's true. Players will line up to play alongside this trio. So far it appears that I'm right. Both Mike Miller and Udonis Haslem have both signed under market contracts to play with this team. There are also rumors that Zydrunas Ilgauskas is willing to sign a less than market value contract to play with them.
So far Derek Fisher has been the only player who has reportedly turned down a chance to play on this team, and he did so to stay with the two time defending champion Los Angles Lakers, so who can blame him? Other players that have been rumored to be on the list of targets for the heat are Juwan Howard, James Jones, Carlos Arroyo and Joel Anthony. Each and every one of those guys would be a good signing for the Heat and would represent a better player than analysts originally thought would sign there.
As of right now they have a starting lineup of:
C - Udonis Haslem
PF - Chris Bosh
SF - LeBron James
SG - Dewayne Wade
PG - Mario Chalmers
Their best starting lineup would probably move Lebron or Wade to the point and insert Mike Miller into the starting lineup. It is just unclear at this point as to whether or not they will have Wade or James literally be the point. Whatever their decision is, it's clear this team will be favored to come out of the east and compete for a title in their first year.
So far Derek Fisher has been the only player who has reportedly turned down a chance to play on this team, and he did so to stay with the two time defending champion Los Angles Lakers, so who can blame him? Other players that have been rumored to be on the list of targets for the heat are Juwan Howard, James Jones, Carlos Arroyo and Joel Anthony. Each and every one of those guys would be a good signing for the Heat and would represent a better player than analysts originally thought would sign there.
As of right now they have a starting lineup of:
C - Udonis Haslem
PF - Chris Bosh
SF - LeBron James
SG - Dewayne Wade
PG - Mario Chalmers
Their best starting lineup would probably move Lebron or Wade to the point and insert Mike Miller into the starting lineup. It is just unclear at this point as to whether or not they will have Wade or James literally be the point. Whatever their decision is, it's clear this team will be favored to come out of the east and compete for a title in their first year.
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