D West for Al Jefferson?

by villian on Feb 4, 2012 8:16 PM EST

Could it happen,should it happen?

I know we are doing well, with that being said I think Al Jefferson at the 4 spot will set us over the top. I think he's the perfect addition to Hibbert. He can score, rebound and play D. Im not sure that the Jazz want to part wit him but I truly think its worth a shot. It will give us a San Antonio twin-towers feel with two capable big men. I think we would have the BEST front court in the league. Who could we give with West to make this happen?

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Really!!!!!!!

Try again…..B/C Jefferson CANNOT play a stich of defense. He can’t move laterally and last check and last time I played (3 days ago) you need to move lateral to play any kind of defense.

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by rockguyinindy on Feb 4, 2012 11:46 PM EST reply actions

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

You should be smacked for even bringing this up .. we owe a lot of the way we’ve succeeded this season to D. West on and off the court … You wanna bring in a guy who has annually NEVER aided his team in winning or getting into the playoffs, but having decent numbers? Stop smoking please

by actionjack853 on Feb 4, 2012 11:52 PM EST reply actions

NO, thanks.

He doesn’t bring the leadership that West brings which is very important to this team.

by denggoy7 on Feb 5, 2012 3:36 AM EST reply actions

I feel like I've seen this before.

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by infinityzero.systemerror on Feb 5, 2012 3:41 AM EST reply actions

No Thanks,

I’ll keep West for the following reasons.

1. West plays away from the basket in a Chris Bosh style of PF that fits well with Roy. Jefferson plays down at the basket only, and would be in Roys way.

2. West is a good defender . . . . Jefferson is only a good defender on guys that take shots from the block so he can block them.

3. Jefferson is very injury prone.

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by daledavis on Feb 5, 2012 10:32 AM EST reply actions

Nope.

Sorry. FAIL!!!

Al Jefferson might be a slightly more talented player, and I like the fact that he might be slightly more prototypical as far as a backup 5 for Hibbert….however….for his 50% higher contract next year (versus West’s $10mil.) I’ll take West’s significantly better leadership than Al’s slightly better talent. Also think Wests skills fit slightly better with Hibbert on the court.

Plus, that just sends the wrong message to the team.

by mohawkman on Feb 5, 2012 10:55 AM EST reply actions

no

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by DrMustache on Feb 5, 2012 10:58 AM EST reply actions

Althou Jefferson would be ideal

considering he is a COMBO, West has already cemented his spot on this team.
In fact despite the stellar additions (players & coaches), West has been the anchor.

by jonjonNYC on Feb 5, 2012 6:09 PM EST reply actions

I've been moderately in favor of Al in the past

But that was before we signed a PF for a great deal, who seems to be working out well and has great chemistry with the rest of our team. I’d only want Jefferson in a salary dump, but even then, I don’t see where the minutes are going to come from without screwing up chemistry, and I don’t want to spend so much that we put re-signing Hibbert at risk.

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by LukeNukem on Feb 6, 2012 8:11 AM EST reply actions

If somehow he could be convinced to come off the bench...

…he could get starter type volume of minute, taking some of the load from Hibbert and West and relegating Tyler to 12-14mpg and Amundson to 0mpg. I’m not saying that would work. Just not as worried about the minutes (the egos on the other hand could be a concern) and I wouldn’t ask Hibbert or West to come off the bench b/c they compliment each other.

Anyway, none of that matters. I don’t think I’d risk it for the same salary concern you mentioned…though if it was really just a salary dump, I think I’d take a chance if we talked to his agent and him and they said he was willing to come off the bench and support the winning ways of the team.

However, I don’t know that Utah feels that Favors and Kanter are far enough along to justify a straight salary dump…infact I’m sure they’re not. If we have to give up something, and there’s no doubt we would, I’m not willing to risk the chemistry and cap strain.

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by trucutter on Feb 6, 2012 7:08 PM EST up reply actions