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Hood traded to Cleveland for Crowder; Johnson to Sacramento

MDAV28 said:
He's a RFA. Signing him to a value-deal is an asset.

I understand the thought process, and I think the Jazz did well. I did think Hood could have fetched a decent 1st but if that were the case we'd have one. But it's not like there was no value in keeping him.
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Sure. In the meantime Dante decides to take the QO because we don't have minutes for him and Hood is mucking up the locker room because he isn't happy coming off the bench.

I have been totally in the frame of mind of re-signing him and trading him later, but these other issues made it not worth it. Crowder can also fetch us that 1st in the offseason if he gets back to what he was in Boston. Not really that big of a deal.
 
freakazoid said:
Sure. In the meantime Dante decides to take the QO because we don't have minutes for him and Hood is mucking up the locker room because he isn't happy coming off the bench.

I have been totally in the frame of mind of re-signing him and trading him later, but these other issues made it not worth it. Crowder can also fetch us that 1st in the offseason if he gets back to what he was in Boston. Not really that big of a deal.
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Lol Dante would never do that and yeah the locker room sure seemed mucked up.

Let's not overthink it guys.
 
JustTheTip said:
According to Tony Jones, Hood was not going to come back to Utah. Things were apparently getting rough behind the scenes, and he wanted out. To his credit, he still did his job when asked to do so. I imagine the Jazz weren't always happy about Hood's ability to play through pain. But I think the real issue is that Hood is a starter in this league, but he's not on this team.
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This needs to be quoted many times, because some people still don't have a very good grasp on the situation.

Even though the jazz haven't said as much, it really sounds like Hood wanted out and asked for a trade. Trading him for Crowder is much better than having him take the QO just to become a UFA in one year.
 
This is the exact rational that scared Cleveland into getting fleeced out of Kyrie. Jazz are smart enough to bet on, all things considered, that Hood's contract would not be as team friendly as they would like.
 
BTP said:
This trade is horrible: Why? Because there are not a lot of teams that can offer Rodney a max contract this summer and there's more free agents than money, so Utah could've low balled him into a 15-17 mil a year deal that's cost efficient for a 2nd/3rd option on offense. Crowder is in a slump and the value of Hood should equal the Nets first provided we take back a bad contract.
I obviously don't know if Rodney wanted out or if the team wanted to get rid of him for whatever reason. I'm just not psyched about the return.
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15-17M is low-balled? I tend to disagree. Huge contracts or not the last couple years, the market is correcting itself and taking on that contract for a 6th man with a cap that barely increases the next few years would be potentially crippling for any sort of flexibility and/or ability to truly upgrade our starting lineup.
 
MDAV28 said:
This is the exact rational that scared Cleveland into getting fleeced out of Kyrie. Jazz are smart enough to bet on, all things considered, that Hood's contract would not be as team friendly as they would like.
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Lol, that's a terrible comparison. So was your comparison to Haywood. You're usually a pretty solid poster, but you're way off on this IMO. Keeping Hood wasn't anymore worth the trouble than keeping Kanter. Utah also got good value for Hood, and nothing close to any deal where someone got fleeced.
 
I would definitely not have been okay with giving Hood $15-$17 million. Jesus, like half that would’ve been closer. Lou got $8!

Rodney looks bad when he dribbles.
 
freakazoid said:
Apparently you haven't read the report from Tony Jones. There's more to this than you're taking into consideration.
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Tony Jones also laughed at somebody proposing Crowder for Hood if I remember right so take that for what it's worth
 
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