Tyus Jones agrees to a deal with the Grizzlies (wolves can match)

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You match.

Otherwise whose gonna to cover Teague when he inevitably gets injured? What if Teague gets traded? At least Tyus can slot in pretty well. Lets not forget his record setting assist to turnover ratio. His shooting will improve.
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Minnesota needs to avoid bad contracts moving forward. They already have enough of them to cripple a rebuild. Matching Tyus Jones would be accepting another bad contract.
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I'm not paying him that much money he might develop in Memphis but what he has shown so far is not worth that amount of money.
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Camden wrote:Minnesota needs to avoid bad contracts moving forward. They already have enough of them to cripple a rebuild. Matching Tyus Jones would be accepting another bad contract.


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That's good value for a starting PG. You match, then you try and deal Teague.
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Match please! Sure, I wish we got him cheaper, but 9 mill a year over three years is not a big deal and will not really be an immovable contact like Wiggs, Dieng, Teague or as I suspect DLO's contact will turn out to be. If Tyus takes over as starter and improves his outside shooting a bit (he's younger than DLO), his contract will turn out to be a bargain.
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BizarroJerry wrote:That's good value for a starting PG. You match, then you try and deal Teague.


$24M over three years would be fantastic value for a starter, however, Tyus Jones is not a starting point guard.

Something tells me that if he was from Utah or Missouri, we likely wouldn't think twice about this.
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Camden wrote:
BizarroJerry wrote:That's good value for a starting PG. You match, then you try and deal Teague.


$24M over three years would be fantastic value for a starter, however, Tyus Jones is not a starting point guard.

Something tells me that if he was from Utah or Missouri, we likely wouldn't think twice about this.


He will be a starter. Book it!
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KG4Ever wrote:Match please! Sure, I wish we got him cheaper, but 9 mill a year over three years is not a big deal and will not really be an immovable contact like Wiggs, Dieng, Teague or as I suspect DLO's contact will turn out to be. If Tyus takes over as starter and improves his outside shooting a bit (he's younger than DLO), his contract will turn out to be a bargain.


Tyus is only like 3 months younger than Russell. Personally I'd pass on paying either guy what they got.
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KG4Ever wrote:Match please! Sure, I wish we got him cheaper, but 9 mill a year over three years is not a big deal and will not really be an immovable contact like Wiggs, Dieng, Teague or as I suspect DLO's contact will turn out to be. If Tyus takes over as starter and improves his outside shooting a bit (he's younger than DLO), his contract will turn out to be a bargain.


$9M for a backup point guard is pretty expensive, especially one that doesn't have the potential to grow into an All-Star caliber player. He might not even be worth half of that salary in all honesty.

If Jones' offer sheet was matched and he did somehow take over the starting gig, you can throw the whole season in the trash because that means Jeff Teague severely injured himself.

Lastly, Jones is a grand total of three months younger than D'Angelo Russell... and about a third as talented. We're talking about a backup point guard on a team that just won 36 games compared to an All-Star guard that took his team to the playoffs.

The Minnesota bias is real -- real frustrating.
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