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The Jazz are trading D-Will to New Jersey!?

prodigy said:
Also the timing of D-Will becoming the bad guy in a lot of people's minds they saw the opportunity to deal him now so that jazz fans wouldn't go as crazy about trading a franchise player as they would before the sloan stuff. Instead a lot of people are saying good riddance to the villain. Which I don't like personally but that's the way it is.
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Reading this and putting my conspiracy hat on, what if Sloan left because he was consulted about Greg and KOCs intention to trade Deron, knew that would basically mean rebuilding and didn't want (aka have the energy) to spend the next few years of his life trying to build another team from the ground up.
 
Gameface said:
Reading this and putting my conspiracy hat on, what if Sloan left because he was consulted about Greg and KOCs intention to trade Deron, knew that would basically mean rebuilding and didn't want (aka have the energy) to spend the next few years of his life trying to build another team from the ground up.
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I believe this to be the case. With D-Will "reformed" Jerry would stay. With D-will not reformed or traded, Jerry was truly too tired...
 
Now it all sinks in...

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This was on their front page in the early afternoon - yesterday! Ah, the wonders of Photoshop.
 
The Thriller said:
I know of someone who should be available in the mid first round, who could play PG, can shoot the hell out of the ball, a fine player to come off the bench, and a fan favorite.... He also shouldn't have a problem with the race and the main religion here...
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Kemba Walker? I think it is very good he is so open minded!
 
The Sports Guy's take on the deal:

"Meanwhile, Utah revived a trade strategy that hasn't been seen in years: the old "if we're gonna do this, let's do it right away for the best possible haul instead of dangling him around, then inadvertently killing his trade value once word gets out" tactic. Well played. The Jazz were facing a much more sordid version of the Carmelo saga (if it were a movie, you'd call it "Carmelo II: Sulkier and Angrier") in the next 16 months with Williams, who couldn't stop battling with local hero Jerry Sloan, then ended up splattered in Sloan's blood when Sloan resigned. (For some reason, it reminded me of Vincent and Jules in "Pulp Fiction" after Marvin gets shot. Only this time, The Wolf was Mikhail Prokhorov.) The thing you have to remember: Unlike the laid-back Denver fans, if Utah fans felt as though Williams had one foot out the door -- on the heels of the Sloan coup d'état -- they would have turned on him and made him miserable. Jazz fans are like Sicilians: You don't mess with them. So Utah rebuilt its team on the fly and avoided a potential clusteryouknowwhat. Even better …"

https://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/110225/part2&sportCat=nba
 
The trade seems okay. I used to like D Harris' game. Assuming he hasn't slowed down, he's a good PG, probably under-rated Then you've got 2 high picks, and a third recent high pick, any one of which could turn out to be good players, even great. The Jazz have been looking lately like they need some youth.
Was this the best trade possible? Don't know.
Was this the worst outcome possible? Definitely not.

I approve this trade.
 
The Thriller said:
I know of someone who should be available in the mid first round, who could play PG, can shoot the hell out of the ball, a fine player to come off the bench, and a fan favorite.... He also shouldn't have a problem with the race and the main religion here...
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My only problem is that his name sounds like something you get in high school from a girl under the bleachers at the football field.

"Did you go out with Annika last night?"
"Yeah dude, she even gave me a jimmer."
 
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