The Jazz Wonderbra
Well-Known Member
We are over 10 games into the season. There are glaring needs. If you want to retool, now we have a first look at what the team will be this year.
We need relief to chase an all star. So why no this:
Jazz Trade: Derrick Favors + 2nd round Draft Pick
Milwaukee Trade: Jabari Parker & $3 million Trade Exception
Why do the Jazz do it? The Jazz get a close look at Jabari when he comes back. Jazz get the first chance to extend/sign a potential All Star player who would compliment Hood and Mitchell. The Jazz are also in the driver seat on signing him because he will be a restricted free agent and because the Jazz will have cleared $4 million from the books that they could offer Jabari above their current state. They Jazz would have $70,000 on the books guaranteed next season before resigning Thabo, Neto, Hood, and Jabari.
Why does Milwaukee do it? I think that signing Bledsoe means they are a lot less likely to resign Jabari. The Bucks just lost Monroe ($17 million expiring) and took back Bledsoe ($14.5 Million and $15 million in 2018/2019). It already looked very difficult for the Bucks to be able to afford resigning Jabari. They didn't extend Jabari last Oct. Now it looks less likely again unless Giannis and Jabari are the highest paid two players on their roster. Picking up the player option on Jabari next year means the Bucks wouldn't be able to put much additional talent next to Giannis. They would be at $111 million with just 11 players on the books in 2018 just picking up the player option on Jabari. Then signing him for anything north of $17 million would mean that they would have $97 million tied up in 8 players. They would be paying big luxury tax assuming Jabari only accepts $17 million which is unlikely. Other teams might offer as much as $20 million for him on potential so they likely will be going north of $100 million. Instead the Bucks get an upgrade at the 4 spot NOW to replace Monroe's minutes. Plus the expiring Favors contract ($12 million) means they clear some cap space in 2018 and can partner up Giannis with another All star by 2019. The East is wide open now. The Magic are top 2 in the East right now for goodness sake! The Bucks should make the playoffs, but Monroe barely played before. Now they would have upgraded depth and two positions for an injured player and a player that didn't fit. I expect they would be able to go deeper in the playoffs with Favors and Bledsoe being 'win now' moves. A one legged Jabari possibly post all star break is still a mystery. A bonus second round pick might be required to give them something else for the deal, but it's essentially an expiring contract and guaranteed help now in exchange for a player they seem to have moved on from.
We need relief to chase an all star. So why no this:
Jazz Trade: Derrick Favors + 2nd round Draft Pick
Milwaukee Trade: Jabari Parker & $3 million Trade Exception
Why do the Jazz do it? The Jazz get a close look at Jabari when he comes back. Jazz get the first chance to extend/sign a potential All Star player who would compliment Hood and Mitchell. The Jazz are also in the driver seat on signing him because he will be a restricted free agent and because the Jazz will have cleared $4 million from the books that they could offer Jabari above their current state. They Jazz would have $70,000 on the books guaranteed next season before resigning Thabo, Neto, Hood, and Jabari.
Why does Milwaukee do it? I think that signing Bledsoe means they are a lot less likely to resign Jabari. The Bucks just lost Monroe ($17 million expiring) and took back Bledsoe ($14.5 Million and $15 million in 2018/2019). It already looked very difficult for the Bucks to be able to afford resigning Jabari. They didn't extend Jabari last Oct. Now it looks less likely again unless Giannis and Jabari are the highest paid two players on their roster. Picking up the player option on Jabari next year means the Bucks wouldn't be able to put much additional talent next to Giannis. They would be at $111 million with just 11 players on the books in 2018 just picking up the player option on Jabari. Then signing him for anything north of $17 million would mean that they would have $97 million tied up in 8 players. They would be paying big luxury tax assuming Jabari only accepts $17 million which is unlikely. Other teams might offer as much as $20 million for him on potential so they likely will be going north of $100 million. Instead the Bucks get an upgrade at the 4 spot NOW to replace Monroe's minutes. Plus the expiring Favors contract ($12 million) means they clear some cap space in 2018 and can partner up Giannis with another All star by 2019. The East is wide open now. The Magic are top 2 in the East right now for goodness sake! The Bucks should make the playoffs, but Monroe barely played before. Now they would have upgraded depth and two positions for an injured player and a player that didn't fit. I expect they would be able to go deeper in the playoffs with Favors and Bledsoe being 'win now' moves. A one legged Jabari possibly post all star break is still a mystery. A bonus second round pick might be required to give them something else for the deal, but it's essentially an expiring contract and guaranteed help now in exchange for a player they seem to have moved on from.
