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Porzingis - Did Jazz try to trade up for him?

mdalby

mdalby

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I heard a lot of rumors that the jazz were trying to trade up. Was it for Porzingis or was it to draft Russell?

Porzingis is looking pretty good.
 
They probably looked at trading up for the majority of guys that went before us. But I thought it was pretty well understood by now that nobody was close to giving up their picks.
 
It crossed my mind that the Jazz might try to trade up for Porzingis based on the rumors that the Knicks were really into Lyles.
 
Porz would've been a perfect compliment next to Rudy or Favors, was actually saying that leading up to the 2014 draft. Good contrast next to Kanter too.


He's #1 pick in the draft good.. No way Okafor is better, im 100% sure. I'd go as far as saying I think he's headed to the HOF..

He's too good to bury on the bench though. Probably would've ran Favors outa town.
 
There was this tweet from Woj before the draft...

@WojYahooNBA
Knicks keep pursuing deals to move out of No. 4 spot and back in lottery, league sources tell Yahoo.
 
Porzingis and Gobert in the frontcourt would have been the tallest in NBA history and they would actually play perfectly with each other.
 
PG_AB said:
Porz would've been a perfect compliment next to Rudy or Favors, was actually saying that leading up to the 2014 draft. Good contrast next to Kanter too.


He's #1 pick in the draft good.. No way Okafor is better, im 100% sure. I'd go as far as saying I think he's headed to the HOF..

He's too good to bury on the bench though. Probably would've ran Favors outa town.
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So you'd trade Favors for Porz straight up?

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spycam1 said:
So you'd trade Favors for Porz straight up?

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Well that trade doesn't work, it sends like 6mil too much to the Knicks. Also; The Knicks would hang up the phone and laugh about it later. There's not a snowflakes chance in hell the Knicks accept that trade, so it's kinda moot, the fanbase would flip out. Kris is already co-signed by all sorts of basketball legends, Magic Johnson was tweeting about him today IIRC. 'The hood' has cosigned him already too, all they needed to see were these pictures on the frontpages of the papers.. Clyde Frazier loves him, he's always talking about Porz conserving his fouls because the team needs him.

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Part of the reason I'd do that trade hypothetically is because of the contract value though, Porz is cheaper, for an extra year, and restricted.

It also depends on what your hoping to accomplish with that trade, if its make the playoffs this year, it's not so obvious right now at 4-2..

I do think Porzingis will be better than Favors though.. I often use Favors as a comparison point and to me Kristaps is clearly beyond that, if were talking upside, he's less limited than Favors, he's clearly a better athlete, and better shooter, his ball-handling is much better, compared to Kris, Favors is kinda old-school


Porz, like Towns, is putting up Yao Ming type rookie numbers early on. Favors wasn't ever going to do that even in a best case scenario as a rookie..
 
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