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Boris Diaw Traded To Jazz (news, not just proposed trade)

colton said:
Interesting. So his contract for this coming year is $6.5 mill, plus another $0.5 mill if he hits his weight incentives.
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And next year it's non-guaranteed. So, they can move him for an asset to a team that needs cap space, cut him to create their own space, trade him for a replacement asset if he can get them anything or keep him if he fits well with the team. Jazz needed to upgrade Booker. This feels like that to me.
 
Ellis269 said:
The Jazz needed some veteran depth, so they went out and got it. Had they done this last year, they likely make the playoffs easily. Hill, Johnson and Diaw can all help the Jazz this season without handicapping he team financially in the future. Next offseason, the Jazz need to deal with Hayward and Gobert. . . but they also have the ability to create another max salary slot if they want to chase a free agent to pair with the current team. Winning makes everything look better. DL has proven that he's willing to be aggressive, and Utah is clearly a team on the rise. With the new GSW super-power, the Jazz need to transform themselves into a top 5 team in order to have a shot at landing a top target. Getting to (and showing up) in the playoffs will go a long way towards that goal. The Jazz will be better immediately, without sacrificing financial flexibility - and they still have future assets to make moves to shore things up even tighter next year.
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I think DL locks up Gobert this summer. Hayward will be the big fish next year.
 
Good moves
Now Jazz can weather some injuries and still win
Only way to beat the superteams now is with depth
Force GSW, Cavs, etc to play starters longer and maybe win by depth
Jazz now look like they have depth
 
Stoked said:
I think DL locks up Gobert this summer. Hayward will be the big fish next year.
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Agreed, but I could also see a situation like how Kawhi waited with the Spurs so they could go get LMA in free agency. If everybody knows that a 5 year max is on the way, they might plan for something like that. Contrary to popular belief, I think DL wants to win a championship (or two) and is willing to make a big move to get there. He just needs to position himself to do so, and I think these moves suggest (at least to me) that he wants the team to be good enough to attract great players, but financially capable of pulling it off. Everything they've done still screams summer of 2017 to me. Just don't want the Jazz to be the Rockets, Mavericks, Lakers or Thunder and get hurt because they mis-judged the market and/or their player.

Also, read somewhere that when it became clear Pau was an option and they needed to move Diaw that he had a list of 5 teams he wanted to go to and they were willing to try to accommodate that. Looks like the Jazz were on that list. More evidence that players are starting to look at Utah as a good option.
 
If Diaw's weight is in check than this is a great move. Hell even if he's serviceable for 10-12 minutes a game its a steal. Hanlan wasn't cracking our roster this season and we really didn't give up anything else. What we got in return however is another solid veteran with Finals experience that can do what we all hoped, help mentor and steady this team to take the next step or two.

The funny thing to me is every year we have the group of fans who hate on the Jazz for never making any moves. This year, we have a draft day trade, a free agent signing of an actual "name" player, and another trade to bolster the bench. What do the Jazz get in return, more complaints.

We can't sign every person in the world without giving up huge parts of our core. What we've done this year is strengthen every aspect of this team for very little and did it all without disrupting our core. How is that not a win?
 
Diaw and Rudy already talking on Twitter... Sounds like they are excited.
 
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