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General NBA Craziness and How it Applies to Utah

I guess he is still on the trade block but not something the Jazz can offer. I think Butler is most likely to go to the Celtics.

KC Johnson: That said, Bulls remain active in talks on Butler. Parameters haven’t changed: Need players and certainty on high picks to commit to rebuild
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Paul George is certainly still attainable for the Jazz

Mark Medina: I’m told Lakers + Pacers currently at standstill on Paul George trade involving either Randle or Clarkson & 27th and 28th pick. – via Twitter MarkG_Medina
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Mark Medina: Nonetheless, Pacers will continue to talk to teams. I’m told it’s “highly likely” Paul George gets traded before the draft. – via Twitter MarkG_Medina
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I only see one possible trade for the Jazz to get a All-star Caliber player in a trade and that is Paul George. It is risky but its not that big of assets that we would give up and those assets would not set us back much if at all if he leaves. The risk is pretty low and the reward is super high. This is a no brainer. We are not getting Lillard, Butler, Love or Porz. We dont have what those teams want.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I only see one possible trade for the Jazz to get a All-star Caliber player in a trade and that is Paul George. It is risky but its not that big of assets that we would give up and those assets would not set us back much if at all if he leaves. The risk is pretty low and the reward is super high. This is a no brainer. We are not getting Lillard, Butler, Love or Porz. We dont have what those teams want.
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To be fair, Phil appears to be an idiot as GM, so I'd at least look into that Porzingis one, lol. But yeah, if we can land George for late firsts we should do it.
 
We should trade for PG. Leaving the pacers is different than leaving a top 2 team in the West that has Hayward and Gobert. Even if he were to leave that season would be worth it. That team could hang w/GSW.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Relax... it came from enough sources that I believe it to be true.

Also, players lie all the damn time... maybe lie is strong... they say stuff they don't mean. What is he supposed to say? "We talked about contracts, but I'm about to get paid... 90M eff that I'm getting 130". PG was talking up how he is happy in Indiana and is a Pacer... yada yada... this week the narrative changes.

For what it is worth I though Hill would have a ton of options, but now it has shrunk... had he extended already it would help us retain Hayward.

I could see him getting less than he was offered for sure.
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Players lie all the time, but reporters are reliable. That's what you're going with?

Regardless, you believe what you want. I have zero doubts that money was part of the reason he turned down the extension, but I also have no doubts that keeping his options open on where he was going to play out the last years of his career was a key reason. I believe if Hayward had committed to Utah, there's a good chance Hill would've taken the extension.

Anyway, even if you want to assume Hill's agent advised him not to take the extension, these decisions are made on playing the odds. Had Hill not been injured and continued to play like he had to start the season, nobody can say it was a bad bet. There's always chances that other teams will make trades, or the player gets injured, but it seems kind of silly to me to blame an agent for things like that happening.

If you play the odds and the odds go against you, I just don't understand the line of thinking that someone is too blame for not having their crystal ball shined up enough to see the future.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I only see one possible trade for the Jazz to get a All-star Caliber player in a trade and that is Paul George. It is risky but its not that big of assets that we would give up and those assets would not set us back much if at all if he leaves. The risk is pretty low and the reward is super high. This is a no brainer. We are not getting Lillard, Butler, Love or Porz. We dont have what those teams want.
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I think Love is attainable by facilitating getting George to Cleveland.
 
God I hope lebron doesn't ever go to the Lakers, it's literally the only he could ever do to make me become an LBJ hater.
 
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