cprej
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Utah Jazz
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Post by cprej on Mar 18, 2014 15:26:46 GMT -6
Utah gm: I would like to welcome everyone. First off I would like to thank all the players who are no longer on our team from last season. We tried to bring a few back but were unable to agree to terms. With that said we were not happy with our season. We made the playoffs, but barley. We decided to go out and get some veteran players to hopefully take this team back deep into the playoff. We grab out new starting SF Ellis, in free agency. We feel he will help bring more offense to the team and spread the floor. We also sign C Perdue who we think will be a force in the paint. The resigning of our starting PG Douglas was very important to us. We like how he and Jordan play together. Finally we traded for our starting PF Thorpe. He will bring a lil physical play to the position we felt we lacked in the past. Also he brings o-rebounding that we feel will really improve our team. Wish we had more time but we have to get back to work with our new players!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2014 15:35:02 GMT -6
Hi, Jack Philson here from the LA Times. Can you talk about the pressure of having the best player in the game on the wrong side of 30 with 0 championships ?
We've seen guys like Magic, Glen Rice, and the whole Milwakee Bucks starting lineup be traded for a a pupu platter. What has been the hold up on big splashes to help win one next to him?
What is you're plan on securing talent when next year you'll have to pay Jordan a starting salary of about 6.2 million next season alone ?
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cprej
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Utah Jazz
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Post by cprej on Mar 18, 2014 15:52:59 GMT -6
We are doing our best to get Jordan a supporting cast. We have tried to make multiple trades but the other gm are unwilling to trade. We offered future 1st round pick unprotected to obtain vets on their last year of contract but were turn down multiples times. We do feel the pressure, Jordan is happy we are trying to help him. On the same note we feel like we to a certain degree have let him down. Only time will tell what our plans will be for Jordan and the rest of the team. Come all-star break (or before) the Jazz trade block could become very interesting.
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