Utah Trade Deadline Discussion

[SCS]

In terms of the odds that they'll be traded my guess is

Favors- 55-60%. The Jazz are actively shopping him but a good chance remains that they just can't find a deal they like.
Hood- 90-95%. I think he's gone.
Joe- Probably around 10%. Unless he's moved along with Favors and/or Hood in a trade he probably won't get traded. Any team who wants him will probably avoid offering assets and hope he gets bought out.

 

[SCS]

I like winning and we might not need to shake anything up too massively. We also want to keep an eye on the future. Our "trade bait" is down to these 3:

JoeJ wants out for a contender. Either trade him to Philly or buy him out.

Burks - the best business we could do this deadline is dump his 2018/19 salary. So trade him and multiple 2nd rounders to Atlanta for expirings???
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y8tv3muc

Hood - I really wish Detroit had their 1st because Stanley and their 1st for Hood and a 2nd would have been great. At this point, get me a 1st from somewhere and lets move on.

Shed Burks, lose 2nds and add a 1st.

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There's not much incentive for us to give up assets in order to trade Burks. Unless the FO is angling to be players in the 2018 free agent class instead of 2019. And I don't think that they are.

 

[LoPo]

Shedding Burks or most of Burks' contract opens up an enormous amount of opportunities this summer. Half of the league is projected in the luxury next season but many have 2019 money. We could absorb a contract in order to move up in the draft, get a good player at a bargain, use space as an asset. Dumping Burks' $11.5 would be wise business.

Atlanta is a team with $50+ million in space this summer. They also don't have a 2nd and has been on record saying they are looking to trade expirings for 2nd rounders. Burks is young enough to gamble on his $11.5 million expiring for next year.

Philly is another possibility. They have shown interest in Hood. If we could get an asset and dump Burks while bringing back expirings, that would also be good business.

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[idiot]

In terms of the odds that they'll be traded my guess is

Favors- 55-60%. The Jazz are actively shopping him but a good chance remains that they just can't find a deal they like.
Hood- 90-95%. I think he's gone.
Joe- Probably around 10%. Unless he's moved along with Favors and/or Hood in a trade he probably won't get traded. Any team who wants him will probably avoid offering assets and hope he gets bought out.

I think I'd shave 1/4 to 1/3 off those odds, but otherwise I think this is a pretty strong assessment.

 

[sgjazzfan]

Portland fan on RealGM proposed Vonleh and 1st(protected) for Hood with an option for Vonleh, Harkless and 1st for Hood and JJ. Would you do that one?

No. You take on too long of a contract for Harkless (3 more years) and bail out Portland from the cap pergetory they are currently in.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

No. You take on too long of a contract for Harkless (3 more years) and bail out Portland from the cap pergetory they are currently in.

I like Harkless as a player though. I think I’d be in on that deal.

 

[LoPo]

Switch JoeJ with Burks and I would do the Harkless deal.

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[Handlogten's Heros]

Switch JoeJ with Burks and I would do the Harkless deal.

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They wouldn’t do that though. Harkless is better than Burks. Harkless is a 5M a year player making 10M... not a huge negative. AB is basically like a minimum player honestly... I just don’t think he has enough B.B. IQ to hang in a league that is getting more intelligent.

 

[LoPo]

I'm not as big on Harkless since O'Neale has emerged and I also like how Jerekbo fits in the lockerroom. If we hang on to Favors the rest of the year, Harkless is unnecessary especially at his cost.



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[NAOS]

(A) Portland fan on RealGM proposed Vonleh and 1st(protected) for Hood with an (B) option for Vonleh, Harkless and 1st for Hood and JJ. Would you do that one?

(C) A Boston fan proposed Larkin/Nader/BOS 1st for Hood. Would you do that?

(D) What if it was the LAC 1st(which is lottery protected)?

It's very possible the LAC pick turns into 2 seconds but if it doesn't it will be much higher than Boston's pick...

(E) Which one do you value higher - BOS or LAC pick?

(A) Do it now
(B) Definitely do it... especially if JJ wants to play there. I'm concerned about his happiness and the precedent we're trying to set with FAs of his caliber
(C) Lukewarm at best... and whom are we cutting to make room for that additional player? I don't see how Larkin makes our team.
(D) Probably worth the gamble, but I'd want a shot at their 2019 1st rounder if the pick didn't convey this year.
(E) LAC, under the conditions I mentioned above.

 

[NAOS]

What do yall think about Tobias Harris's availability and what it would cost to get him?

If LAC is tearing it down, would they be interested in a swap that included Favors and some filler?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

What do yall think about Tobias Harris's availability and what it would cost to get him?

If LAC is tearing it down, would they be interested in a swap that included Favors and some filler?

I would be in if it’s a Favs and second rounder type deal.

I don’t think they’d do it but I’d make a phone call for sure. I think they are kind of trying to be competitive still.

I would be nervous getting on the phone with West... you start by callin on Harris and when you get off the phone you’ve agreed to take Gallinari and give a pick.