Rubio traded to Jazz

[Bawse Dawg]

In the vacuum of getting Rubio for a 1st round non-lottery pick I think it's a great deal.

Ricky Rubio playing on the slowest paced team who starts two traditional big men, that just doesnt sound good.

When we trade Favors + more for Millsap you will understand.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

I like Rubio's value over that pick regardless what OKC does. I'm honestly super excited about the move, but I was just saying losing that asset might make it tougher to dump Burks.

Utah could easily just use their own pick to dump him, if they wanted to go that route, which I doubt. I don't think that is an issue at all.

 

[framer]

So, Who won the Kanter for Rubio trade?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

When we trade Favors + more for Millsap you will understand.

The Jazz did this move to save money. Color me surprised if we go out and pay for Paul Millsap.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Holy ****, Rubio has over 2 million twitter followers.

 

[kabenac]

If so, Jazz are really counting on slo mo joe to step it up.

He just needs to continue doing what he does - shoot a high percentage from three, hustle and play defense. If he can improve any facets of his game that's simply icing on the cake.

 

[mrob]

I doubt this trade will have any effect on Hayward staying or going. Hayward is a smart guy. Sure he wants the Jazz to make every effort to retain Hill, but he knows that having 70% of the salary cap tied up in himself, Gobert, and Hill is not winning combination. This is good move whether or not Hill stays and, honestly, whether or not Hayward stays.

If Hayward leaves, it's simply because he wants to go. Hopefully that's not the case. While everyone in the media has something to say about it, the man himself has said very little.

Hopefully, he knows that the team 1) is trying to retain Hill for a reasonable salary, and 2) is trying to improve at PG. If that's not enough, it's probably an excuse and he wanted to leave regardless.

 

[enchilada_style]

My god they had a dude come on 1280 that said IT was younger and better than Rudy.

 

[Miggs]

Wait, what? Rubio is one of the best ball distributors and ball handlers in the league. He's not a shooter, but we're not bringing him here for his shooting.

That's great. We better be starting Joe Johnson over Favors then. Because our shooting will be a joke otherwise.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

The Jazz did this move to save money. Color me surprised if we go out and pay for Paul Millsap.

Ehhh. That's not how I look at it.

Jazz did it because it was an obvious move to make.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I doubt this trade will have any effect on Hayward staying or going. Hayward is a smart guy. Sure he wants the Jazz to make every effort to retain Hill, but he knows that having 70% of the salary cap tied up in himself, Gobert, and Hill is not winning combination. This is good move whether or not Hill stays and, honestly, whether or not Hayward stays.

If Hayward leaves, it's simply because he wants to go. Hopefully that's not the case. While everyone in the media has something to say about it, the man himself has said very little.

Hopefully, he knows that the team 1) is trying to retain Hill for a reasonable salary, and 2) is trying to improve at PG. If that's not enough, it's probably an excuse and he wanted to leave regardless.

I dont see how it couldn't. How good the teams are is the primary factor in his decision. He has to make a judgement on Rubio's fit with the Jazz, which I'm sure is what Monday's meeting is going to be all about, convincing Hayward of the plan with Rubio.

 

[MTS]

Food for thought: Minnesota didn't have much in the way of shooting last year either, and their offense on a per possession basis was even better than ours.