Julie on July 02, 2009 said:

YES, YES, YES. He is a stud. Sign him already.

Jenn Sokia on July 02, 2009 said:

Thank you for giving me hope!!

Sheri on July 02, 2009 said:

Paul Millsap had a great year with his many double doubles and his offensive and defensive rebounding along with his slam dunks and great shots.

I’ts not only that he did this while Carlos Boozer was injured he proved himself out on the basketball court.

This is why and many other reasons that the Jazz need to sign and keep Millssp.

tman11 on July 02, 2009 said:

Wow every one thinks this is a bad Free agent year Please do explain that to me. Yeah it’s not liek next season with LJ, Wade and, Bosh but, how can you look passed Resheed and, Kobe I mean he signed back with LA but he was still a free agent non the less. You also have andre miller one of the most solid piont gaurds in the league. Chris anderson Boozer Okur. Yeah week free agent year riiiiiight. I strongly disagree with that. It’s just not as goo as next year and that’s the only thing every ones comparing it to.
As far as Milsap goes, if it was me i wouldn’t bother to bring him back. he doesn’t deserve 10 to 12 million dollars. He comes off the bench for crying out loud. I was just reading Odom for LA is looking to get paid 4 year 4 million a year. Paul isn’t an Odem he is close but, not an Odem yet. So if he is looking to get paid 4 million a year Pual better look for 3. I don’t know what every sees in paul and, him deserving 12 million a year it doesn’t make sense at all. But jazz fans love Paul and, want to see him back so Kevin will over pay Paul just to get him back and, make jazz fans happy. “hey Keviin it’s a bad move buddy”. he isn’t goin to do any thing more then come off the bench that is all he will ever be, a solid becnh player maybe a 6th man that’s it.
You will stil have other teams look at him OKC still can afford him. A lot of teams don’t look at the long future but, a quick fix we saw that this year when Shaq was traded to Cleveland. So I can see OKC offering him a bit of money still not looking to the next year when they have to pay Kevin and Green decent cash. They can still afford Paul though i see them makin a move to get him.

Jazzfanforever on July 02, 2009 said:

the jazz need to get a scorer, im dissapointed they didn’t go for artest or ariza, but we need to go after somebody, seriously, chris anderson, he’s a free agent and can block like crazy, that’d be nice. Somebody who can light up the nets would help the jazz and take the load off d-will a little.

donnie brown on July 02, 2009 said:

trade boozer for rip hamitton salaries are close cut harpring lose sign milsap 8 a year and get price back what so hard to do there kev!

tman11 on July 02, 2009 said:

If the jazz pay him over 8 million he would be way over paid. He isn’t that great of a player, I really don’t know what every one see’s in Paul. Please do tell me. Last year he showed me he would never be an all star player in the NBA and, every one still want’s him and, talkes about what a stud he is it doesn’t make sense at all. Why would you want to sign a guy that can’t go over 25 minutes a game to a big contract that doesn’t add up at all.
I’ll tell you what if we get Chris Anderson or even Lenis Kleza they will out shine Paul Milsap next season. As far as a big time scorer we don’t need it we rank 4 place in the whole league in scoring and, we have the same team as last year pretty much. So why does every one want anther scoring threat you peopel can explain that one to me as well.

mike on July 03, 2009 said:

Milsap is a 2-3 mill player. I also would like to see Chris Anderson on our roster. Anderson is a defensive machine something we need our guards are decent defensivly but its the bigs who need to step it up.

Betty on July 03, 2009 said:

Tman, did you watch any of the games that Millsap played in last year? The guy can be a beast. 19 straight double doubles…the longest streak since how long? Right. To say that he isn’t that great of a player just makes you sound naive. He only comes off the bench because we still have Booooooozer. He is a great player.

Trent on July 03, 2009 said:

Why does everyone want Millsap? Because he’s already a very solid player. In addition, he is only getting better and better. 2-3 million? That’s an insult. At his current skill level? I would probably pay him 5-6 million or so. But this is the NBA, and you will be pay him more because of his ability to get better. He will continue to improve, which justifies a higher paycheck.

If a player has a ceiling and isn’t going to improve (e.g. Chris Anderson), you only pay them what they are worth. If they are going to get better, you take a gamble and you pay the extra assuming you will get your money’s worth. Every team that wants Millsap sees that he will get better and can be a 20-10 threat in the future. That’s why a team will give him a bigger paycheck.

spenser on July 03, 2009 said:

tman. kobe wasnt a free agent this year. he had an opt out clause just like boozer did, he did not exercise it just like boozer didnt with his. he’s still on his old contract that he signed a few years back. as for paul milsap my view is simple he does deserve 7-8m a year, and ill tell you why. he averaged like 14 points a game and never had a single play ran for him, every basket he gets is off of put backs and grunge work around the rim, you dont see carlos boozer doing any dirty work around the rim, he does a fade away jumper and starts running to the other end of the court make or miss. reason #2 why milsap deserves the money: he rarely misses any games and plays through a lot of injurys that any other player would be sitting in a suit behind the bench. when he started in place of boozer he pulled down starter numbers hands down. he is part of an elite class of double double machines and that my friend is a very valuable asset to have on your team.

Linda Kay on July 03, 2009 said:

I can’t imagine why you would even think of not trying to get Milsap!! When everyone else was playing mediocre ball he came out and crashed the boards ( and I do mean crash) and showed that he isn’t worried every minute that he will get a scratch on his pinkie finger or something else like that. He plays like he owns that ball and no one else is going to get it if he can help it. You say “can only play 45 minutes?” When?? Maybe I missed it but I never saw him ask to come out. He was like the energyzer bunny who keeps going and going. He plays through injuries, thinks of the whole team and not himself or just his stats and is all business on the floor. I realize Kevin has a monumental job with salaries and all but I think he is trying hard. We complain about making or not making deals but non of us know what is being delt out for a year or more down the road right now. It is all really hush hush and I think Kevin is working hard for years ahead and not just for just this year. All salaries are horrible in the NBA but that is the name of the game.

tman11 on July 03, 2009 said:

I watched Milsap get hurt after playing 19 games in a row yes. That’s why mike is right on this the guy can’t start. Bottom line he isn’t woth any where near 10 mill he is a 2-3 mill a year player. He needs to figure out a way to stay heathly for a whole wich I don’t think he can do. He is a great palyer coming off the bench and, giving ya 20 minutes a game but, as far as giving ya 40 he can’t do it he is way to small and, gets pushed around way to easy.
What’s this boozer isn’t aggressive the man has been second behind Howard in rebounds two seasons ago and, he isn’t aggressive. Wow that’s a new one. What i would do is a would write up a 2and a half million dollar contract a year for Paul, cut Matt, do not sign Collins, Bk and, I think we have one more free agent on are team but any who. Don’t sign them back on get a free agent like Chris Anderson and, if Paul takes you up on that 2 and a half million he can come back on if not cut your loses and, go on with out him .
As far as the Kobe thing goes teams were still trying to get him that’s about as close to Kobe being a free agent as you will get. So that’s why i said that one

tman11 on July 03, 2009 said:

His injuries were after 18 games. What’s goi9ng to happen after 25 or 30 . I’m glad he doesn’t ask to play that long cause he wouldn’t be able to hold up. It’s goo he palys thru injuries but, his game went down big time he sucked it up when he was injured i’m surprised you people didn’t see that. He was get like 8 piont and 5 rebounds a game when he was hurt and, you can’t have your starting powerfoward getting numbers like that. If you are goin to play you at least need 10 and 10. He also can’t run the jazz offence to well we completely stop playing pick and, role basketball as soon as he steps on the floor and, it’s because he doesn’t have any outside shot to speak of. I never said I would resign the guy I said i would throw the offer of about 2 million a year out in front of him if he takes it great if not that’s fine to. All I said is he is not even close to be worth 10 million dollars a year. He will never be an all star player in this league and, that is all star money right there. He is a great guy coming off the bench but, that is all he will ever be. If he was bigger like a Barekly back in his day then yes i would say he has potentail but the kid weight 245 250 and, Barkely was 265 270. His body just isn’t build to be a starting power foward in this league and, if you are going to pay some one that much they better start or play most of the game. All i said is i wouldn’t give Paul what he is thinking he is going to get i think it’s stupid to go that far passed the cap for some one that plays a little less then half the game.

tman11 on July 03, 2009 said:

Just ona more little thing to say also. Look at Villaneuva stats to me thay look a lot better then Pauls. His contract is I think about 4 or 5 million and, i would much rather have that kid on my team then Paul. He is taller he can shoot from the out side wich means he can run the pick and role. He had better stats in less minutes in most catagories and, he is only making half of what paul expects to make

j on July 03, 2009 said:

absolutly we have to sacrifice (money) just this season since boozer will be gone next year and we would actually be saving money since milsap is only gunna get 6-8 as opposed to boozers 12 1/2, if we lose milsap we have NO defense what so ever and i dont know if i can take that

Betty on July 03, 2009 said:

I’d take Paul over Boozer any day. Boozer is a wimp. He’s only played 1/3 of the games he should have played and you talk about Millsap getting injured? Nobody is more injury prone than Carlos Boozer. Why anyone would want to pay someone millions of dollars a season to sit on a bench in a pretty suit is beyond me. Paul works hard for every point he gets. Carlos just expects things to come to him. It’s ridiculous. He doesn’t work hard. His defense is terribly weak.

spenser on July 04, 2009 said:

you say milsap’s numbers arent that great as a starter. i say open your eyes, boozers stats wouldnt even be half as good as they are if he had to rely on offensive put backs and scrappy plays. boozer has the numbers he does for the simple fact that he gets plays ran for him. milsap does not get many if any at all ran for him in the offense. a starter in the nba doesnt have to play 40 mins every single game to be considered worth it. starter minutes in the nba are 32-36 minutes a game. in boozer’s last healthy season in 07-08 he played 40 mins or more 10 times. milsap went 40 mins or more 6 times last year. to say milsap can only give you 20 mins a game is complete garbage, he played 30 mins or more in 41 of the 76 games he played in. milsap played starter minutes in 33 games last year, id say he’s capable of giving you 35 mins a game quite easily which is basically all your getting from boozer. ill admit milsap gets scraped up and injured quite often, he doesnt let it stop him from playing and contributing. every time boozer gets hurt he throws on the suit. milsap at least plays thru it and gives you something.

tman on July 04, 2009 said:

TRADE KIRILENKO and millsap for tracy mcgrady. kirilenko isnt the old AK anymore and millsap pshhh he aint even near as close as boozer!!! hes only a little better at defense thats it millsap didnt do anything in the playoffs this year. he cant step it up during playoff time thats where it all comes down to. boozer had to do everything and he wanted everything!! thats the kind of attitude u need in the playoffs
so get rid of ak and millsap for tmac

mike on July 04, 2009 said:

bottom line artest gets 6 mill a year what makes milsap worth more than artest. Once again if you pay milsap 10+ mill it would be ak’s situation all over again. Remember the 16 mill to AK that was based on his potential?

Trent on July 04, 2009 said:

Yes, and AK played to his potential for two seasons. Unfortunately, he only justified his paycheck for those two seasons. The Jazz aren’t giving Millsap 10+, and even I mentioned 5-6 million a year.

Trade for T-Mac?!?!? Why in the world would anybody want T-Mac? The Rockets had a better record when T-Mac was injured, and he is the highest paid (overpaid) player in the NBA. Plus, if you read the paper, the Jazz already explored an AK for T-Mac trade. T-Mac, like A.I., is a cancer to his team and not worth the 23+ million per year on his contract. He is a glass-man. Tell you what though, if we could get him for 10 million or less, let’s do it. Until you can convince him to play for that much, forget it!

spenser on July 04, 2009 said:

trade for tmac? now thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard, the man is cursed, hexed, jinxed. do you ever want the jazz to get out of the first round? guess not if u want to trade for tmac. and tman where were you 2 years ago when boozer fell off the map in the playoffs, remember he averaged 20 and 10 but only hit that mark ONCE in the final 20 games of the regular season/playoffs. boozer cant really step it up either. and i am a firm believer that if you were to actually call plays for milsap like you do for boozer he would pull down boozer type numbers 9 games out of 10. as for artest he’s worth way more than 6 mil a year, he could go somewhere else and get way more, but he’s not playing for money anymore he is playing to win a title which is why he’s taking a pay cut.

tman11 on July 04, 2009 said:

Wow that’s all I can say about that Tmac bit, that is just crazy. The las two season he has missed over 100 games. Every says AK doesn’t earn his paycheck Tmac really doesn’t he hasn’t been good since he left Orlando. He can’t go for a whole season similar to Paul and, Boozer. That’s is with out a doubt the stupidest idea of have ever heard of. We would bring popularity to are team but, that’s about it he would hurt the jazz so bad if he was on are team.
As far as Paul goes your crazy for paying him 6 million. I’ll say it again Odem is going to get paid 4 million and, Lamar is a way better player then Milsap. We did run plays thru Paul, so the numbers he put up last season will be similiar to the number he would put up if he started. Call me crazy but, I would take the guy that can go longer in a game and actualy play that 32- 36 minutes you are talking about and, that isn’t Paul it’s Carlos. When will you guys open your eyes paul is 6′7 compared to vboozer who is 6′9 6′10 Milsap is 245 to Boozers 270. Take the man with the size and, the jump shot. Paul has neither, well maybe he can develope a jumper people say. I have one thing to say to that he hasn’t got one in 3 years he isn’t going to change. I would take Boozer any day of the week over Milsap he is a better player, Milsap is a great player but, het isn’t half the player that Boozer is. I think this year you will start to see Kosta take time away from Paul because Jerry will start to see there is better players on are team.
What’s this boozer isn’t agressive once again dude you need to explain you reasoning behind this. Because all i heard was goes goes down and takes a jumper and, walks back down the court. He also has lead the team with rebounds the last 4 years. You need to be aggressive to get rebounds in the NBA he also post guys up 80 percent of the time when he gets the ball how isn’t he aggressive. that doesn’t even make sense. O he can shot a 20 footer he must be a wuss. Yeah no that means he can actually run the pick and role, wich is anther thing Milsap can’t do and, he can spread the court on offence. Boozer not aggresive that’s a laugh

spenser on July 05, 2009 said:

paul actually does have a decent ranged jump shot, you would know that if you watched the games. and a jump shot can be taught. i would take 16 and 10 for a whole season over 20 and 10 for 75% of the season. i think milsap is very capable of giving you 16 and 10. and we rarely ran a play thru paul which is why i say his numbers can be better. and when you look at it boozer wasnt any better after 3 seasons in the league, boozer got better and so will paul.

donnie brown on July 05, 2009 said:

pauls going to be lucky to get 5 million offer and if his cousin thinks hes going to get him 10 hes going to wind up with 3 mark my words

tman11 on July 06, 2009 said:

He can’t stretch the court there yeah you can trust him from about 10 feet in but, hey i can trust myself at that range. He can’t shoot like a star power fowards can shoot. He will never be a starter in this league and, if you can’t start then you can be replace unless it’s a guy like Manu for the Spurs

spenser on July 06, 2009 said:

tman11, you act as though every player with a great jumper was born with it. thats not the case they learned and worked hard to perfect it. ive seen pauls jumper get better and better every year. as for you thinking he will never be a starter in this league. the jazz did pretty darn good with him starting while the walking injury(boozer incase you forgot) sat behind the bench. wait i take that back boozer almost never sat behind the bench supporting his team while he was hurt. look at all the class acts and good offensive players who have gotten hurt, they are behind the bench supporting their teammates.

Jenn Sokia on July 06, 2009 said:

And when Boozer actually was sitting on the bench, he was texting!!!

Linda Kay on July 07, 2009 said:

Spenser…I partially agree with your statement about being a born jumper and learning to jump. I think you have to have been born with certain atributes that help you jump. Then you practice, practice and practice to perfect them or you let them go away. There are some people who will never ( with all the coiaching and practice in the world be a jumper.) I believe Paul is a jumper and that he gets better and better because he is a hard worker and wants to develop that ability. He works hard and does so even when he knows he will not be getting any glory. We DO NEED him on the Jazz team because he is good and wants to get better.

Linda Kay on July 07, 2009 said:

Jenn…..Is that fact or fiction? I tend to believe fact and it makes me a little more disgusted in him as a player!

spenser on July 07, 2009 said:

linda i think you mis read my comment. i said jumper as in a jump shot not his ability to jump( which we all know he already has) i was pointing out that with due practice he will devolop a servicable jump shot. as for jenn’s comment, she is right even from mid upper bowl where i was at every game i seen him texting quite often.

tman11 on July 07, 2009 said:

Milsap can jump but, that’s about all he can do

Jenn Sokia on July 08, 2009 said:

Yes Linda, unfortuately it is true. I live in Colorado so had to watch all the games by t.v. and saw him MANY times. The networks focus in on the bench quite often, especially when they expect the bench to be excited about something. (Plus I love to watch the energy of the bench so I watch it a lot) It was so frustrating to see the rest of the bench jumping to their feet excited about a play and Boozer with his face in his phone not having any clue what just happened. And it wasn’t just for a portion of the game, it would be like that the entire game!!

Linda Kay on July 08, 2009 said:

Jazzbots………I need to apologize. I think I said TMac signed new 5 year deal. Sorry!!!!!! It was Birdman who signed the 5 year deal. Guess some of us from Idaho don’t read very carefully Sorry!

tman11 on July 08, 2009 said:

Yup my hopes and, dream of Anderson on the jazz shattered in an instant haha. O well I’ll get over it maybe

Colbdizz on July 13, 2009 said:

why the heck dont we get this three trade done to get rid of booz and sign millsap