Hood traded to Cleveland for Crowder; Johnson to Sacramento

[NAOS]

At first blush this just seems like an attempt to save money this summer. Crowder's absolutely not better than Hood. What am I missing?

Roster balance
financial flexibility

 

[SCS]

I kinda get it. We'll renounce Rose, so we got rid of JJ which is nice for both parties.

Hood, in a vacuum, is a better player than Crowder. However, Hood wasn't going to get re-signed, and wasn't going to have a big role here. Hood will probably put up better stats in Cleveland just because of the role he'll have there. He's a good player.

Crowder is no slouch though. Good positional flexibility, good defender, good shooter, jack of all trade kinda guy. Great, great contract. Cleveland just wasn't a good place for him because Cleveland doesn't really run an offense. Boston, obviously did. We, obviously do. Snyder will help Crowder out a lot, imo. Last year Crowder put up 14/6/2 on 46/40/81 shooting splits. That's pretty darn good. I think last year a lot of us would have been willing to do a Crowder-Hood trade, and Hood arguably has less value now because he's a half year rental.

THIS. This is a good trade everyone. I have no doubt that Jae gets back to the success that he had in Boston in the Jazz system. Quin is a great basketball coach. He'll utilize Jae correctly unlike Tyronn Lue. What makes this even better is that Jae has one of the best contracts in the NBA. We have soooo much financial flexibility going forward with a team that is already extremely talented. We could conceivably add a max contract player to this group sometime in the next few years. I know that some people were attached to Rodney but if we kept him and re-signed him this summer then our flexibility was likely going to be gone. And we'd likely have to lose either Rubio or Exum. Because Donovan, Rubio, Exum, Hood doesn't work. It's 4 guards who all need the ball in their hands.

 

[NAOS]

Man wouldn't it be awesome if it was DRose from 6-7 years ago?

stop

 

[MDAV28]

Jazz can have a max spot open in 2019 most likely depending on how they handle Rubio's cap hold.

 

[franklin]

do we get a draft pick?
I have always like crowder so im happy with the trade but think we should get a pick as well for helping them get rid of rose.

Does this free up some minutes for AB?

Rose is on the vet minimum and expiring. He's negligible in this trade. BUT GET THAT DAMN BROOKLYN PICK DAMMIT! Send them Crowder back for it. Redo the damn trade where Utah takes that Shumpart albatross for it. SOMETHING!

 

[kabenac]

 

[MDAV28]

The switching versatility is most valuable on that end. Really slacked and seemed to develop some bad habits in his short stint with Cleveland though.

 

[Engorged On Unborn Gore]

Crowder doesn't need the ball to be effective. He's going to keep opposing 3/4s from dropping into the paint to double Mitchell, and his defensive intensity is going to fit in with our team like adding molasses to barbecue sauce. I like this trade a lot.

 

[NAOS]

Jazz can have a max spot open in 2019 most likely depending on how they handle Rubio's cap hold.

I really think it's all about ^this^

Maintaining roster and financial flexibility for 2019... and at that point being able to find and commit to the third pillar of GOBERT-MITCHELL-_________

 

[zman1527]

Can Crowder play as a 4? Only 6’6”.


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[checkbookdoc]

Jazz can have a max spot open in 2019 most likely depending on how they handle Rubio's cap hold.

I think max cap room in 2019 is not going to be useful, too many teams will have max spots and too few players that will be worth the max.

 

[MDAV28]

Can Crowder play as a 4? Only 6’6”.


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Yes I'd consider him at 4/3 in today's NBA.