re: CJ agrees to 2 year 64 million dollar extension

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I don't understand why they needed to do this now. He has never played with Zion and this is the first season he will ever play PG full time. So much could go sideways.

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So then don't make him full time, you still get kept a 20/5/5 guard who was a net neutral to barely net negative at worst defensively.

This now gets you 3 years of figuring out contenders/pretenders instead of 1.

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At worst, he will be a solid rotational guard. So I don't believe he'll ever go negative value. But he is a number 3 on the team, will hopefully be 4-5 in two seasons.

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And that's fine. If he's #4 or 5, that means Dyson Daniels, TM3, or Herb have become extremely elite offensively. Right now he's at worst your 3rd best option, with the skillset to be the best on some nights. This isn't a Bosh situation or Love situation for Lebron/Dwade or Lebron/Kyrie.

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I don't understand drafting a guy top 10 and then signing a guy to play the same position for the next 4 years. So Dyson Daniels can never start for this team (once we extend Jones). He will get minimum minutes and we all wonder why he is a bust..

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Because this allows stability and flexibility.

You said so yourself. At worst he's never have a net negative value. This allows you to ship him off in 2 years to get something in return (if dyson is the real deal), as opposed to letting him walk and you not being able to use the money for anything.