<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">On Friday, they made another significant move by convincing free-agent Maurice "Mo" Williams of the Utah Jazz to sign an offer sheet. "Mo's very excited about it," Mark Bartelstein, Williams' agent said in a telephone interview Friday night. "He thinks it could be a great opportunity for him.'' Williams certainly has a chance to play extended minutes for the Bucks if Ford doesn't sufficiently recover from offseason cervical spine surgery. Bucks officials are optimistic Ford will return to action during the 2004-2005 season, but they have also made it clear that they won't rush him. If Ford isn't available for action, James will step into the starting role and Williams would be his backup - if the Jazz don't match the Bucks' offer. According to Bar-telstein, the Bucks' offer sheet is $5.5 million over three years. Williams earned $770,000 last season.</div> Link
Utah had better match this offer sheet b/c if they don't then they really gave up Sasha Pavlovic for nothing. If they are willing to let Mo Williams walk then they should have put his name up for the expansion draft instead of Sasha. I don't think that Williams is worth that type of cash but Utah was willing to give up on their 2003 first round draft choice in order to keep Mo Williams. It's going to be interesting to see what they are going to do.
We have got to match this. Mo has more of an upside than Raul and Arroyo in my books. You say this is alot for a third stringer, if Milwaukee is willing to give this to him to be their 3rd PG, why not us? Sign Mo now!
Does anyone know if Utah can match him with their salary cap situation? 5.5 Million is a lot for a 3rd string PG, but if Utah can I'd match it. He is a coaches dream. He hustles all the time, and can play both the 1 and 2. There are still questions over how Arroyo/Lopez can play together. Lopez commits a lot of turnovers, and Arroyo's playmaking could do with some work. He will earn what he makes, wherever he ends up. Utah should match the offer.
I guess the Jazz let Mo Williams walk, making their decision to put Pavlovic up for the expansion draft even more puzzling. It'll be interesting who the Jazz will bring in as their third point guard. They probably would have gotten a good one had they used Sasha in a trade instead of giving him up for nothing.
