We might be able to trade back and get a combo of Okobo, Simons, and or Spellman, or Antetokounmpo too....
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Okobo and Spellman would be a GREAT draft as well.....and its very possible.
Game6Conley
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@Wes Mantooth you see this Lakers trading for the 39th pick for a 2019 2nd and cash? This is the way you play the free agent market.. so you can use your core salary to pitch big name FA's, like the Jazz should've done with Harrison Barnes....
I've often been criticized for my "run up the salary cap" takes, but I am right, and you will see eventually that these are the proper tactics to put the best team on the floor... This is the the way the game is to be played.. You load the team with young restricted contracts, then run up the cap with big $$$ players, then you match your restricted guys to go skyrocketing into the lux tax... thats the move, all others pale in comparison..
Flexibility isn't **** compared to good young assets. To utah when u look back to a few years ago, Flexibility was always just a short term thing so they flaunted it while they still had the chance, they knew their assets were gonna appreciate beyond what they could retain, and be poached, thats why their hand was forced to sell Kanter and Hood for pennies on the dollar, the writing was on the wall that they needed relief...
Millsap should've been flipped for a young asset too... HAyward OMG what a fumble... LOL I'll stop. If Al Jefferson could've been moved for anything he should've been out the door. This team has been loyal to a fault over and over and over.... The calculated risks they've taken with Mitchell and Rudy have paid off in spades, why dont they take more risks?? LOL. I don't get it.... the amount of assets paid to the PG position has been an extremely costly over-allocation...
I've often been criticized for my "run up the salary cap" takes, but I am right, and you will see eventually that these are the proper tactics to put the best team on the floor... This is the the way the game is to be played.. You load the team with young restricted contracts, then run up the cap with big $$$ players, then you match your restricted guys to go skyrocketing into the lux tax... thats the move, all others pale in comparison..
Flexibility isn't **** compared to good young assets. To utah when u look back to a few years ago, Flexibility was always just a short term thing so they flaunted it while they still had the chance, they knew their assets were gonna appreciate beyond what they could retain, and be poached, thats why their hand was forced to sell Kanter and Hood for pennies on the dollar, the writing was on the wall that they needed relief...
Millsap should've been flipped for a young asset too... HAyward OMG what a fumble... LOL I'll stop. If Al Jefferson could've been moved for anything he should've been out the door. This team has been loyal to a fault over and over and over.... The calculated risks they've taken with Mitchell and Rudy have paid off in spades, why dont they take more risks?? LOL. I don't get it.... the amount of assets paid to the PG position has been an extremely costly over-allocation...
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We didn't trade Kanter or Hood because we were worried we couldn't afford them.
You are a terrible writer, I don't know what you are talking about, almost at all.
Also, Kanter and Hood weren't traded because they were too valuable, they were traded because they were a problem.
zyzz
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Been watching some more Mikal and he's better on offense than I originally gave him credit for... and maybe a bit worse on defense than I originally thought lol. Jazz have been linked to Otto Porter and Middleton is always mentioned as a FA acquisition. Mikal has a lot of those two in his game IMO. Another guy I'd be very happy with as a trade-up move and I think he could really slip on draft night if Philly passes on him. Guys like SGA and Jerome Robinson are shooting up the boards and the Bridges seem to be pretty quiet in this whole process. ****, even Sexton is getting buzz about going to the Magic at 6...apparently they're 50/50 on him and Trae Young.
Side note, it feels less relaxed in here this year than last year. Probably because we're coming off a home run draft last year and everyone is thirsty for another Mitchell steal lol.
Side note, it feels less relaxed in here this year than last year. Probably because we're coming off a home run draft last year and everyone is thirsty for another Mitchell steal lol.
Game6Conley
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they couldn't afford them... do you dispute this? Kanter is about to opt out of almost 19million in salary next season for a bigger deal..
We would probably dispute how price is determined. I say the market determines price, things are worth what people will pay for them. I bet you guys are full of yourselves enough to think that you always know better than the market.
@NUMBERICA you show up to this thread last minute pretending like you've been paying attention. who do you think you're fooling? lol put me on ignore if you don't like my writing. You're here to talk semantics lets be honest. anyone who shows up here who read their little articles and listens to podcasts, who doesn't watch any amatuer ball has no business in this thread tbpfh cluttering it with ******** hot takes and aspersions you heard from a 3rd party that also probably doesn't watch that closely LOL.
Talk to me about basketball LOL. We should have a gofundme to bring me to Utah to beat members on this forum mercilessly in a 1v1 tournament.. get someone to make a video we'll get a hot beat and make a proper mixtape.. 6'1" 175lbs single digit body fat. 30 years old my vert in the mid 30's and I dunk in halfcourt offense and shoot lights out and dribble like an and1 player. I almost guarantee that no one here can stay infront of me. I catch bodies on the basketball court regularly. I'm the best player from my neighborhood. Second I walk on the court in my local run the regulars start barking cuz they know the **** is about to go down. I know how to do all these drills and **** they put these players thru, i used to do all sorts of crazy ****. would dribble with tennis balls all day. y'all don't know this sport like I do. I'll most likely crush you 1v1 im deadly 1v1, I score at all 3 levels with ease, my floater is lights out. i wish.
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I'm just telling you that your posts are usually difficult to read, I phrased that in a more mean-spirited way than I wanted. Trying to understand what you're trying to say can be frustrating.
However, I will unapologetically say that your macho bull **** just really sucks.
Lastly, I absolutely refute that the Jazz traded Hood and Kanter because they couldn't afford them. They didn't WANT them any longer because they were toxic humans.
I can see arguments from both sides.
Tough call.
Bagley gives you 20 and 10 for the next 10 years.
Doncic is the piece that push you over the top provided you've got other pieces.
Since Kings don't have any other pieces I'm more inclined to grab Bagley first and suck for 2-3 more years, grab more talent and make a push then. Doncic won't do much with what they have currently.
If I die my spirit will spend hours in those behind closed doors meetings. I want to hear what is discussed, and who they are targeting. And what they really think about all the picks. I would also spend time behind Natalie Portmans closed doors.
I'm not convinced Bagley is a 20-10 player at all. He relied so much on his athleticism and hustle providing him easy baskets in college. It's not going to be as easy to get buckets like that on the NBA level. I question his jumper and his ability to stretch the floor. I don't think a player reliant on getting easy points around the hoop is gonna average 20. I also question his defense. I don't know who he guards. He has a skinny frame and would get bullied by 5's. I'm not sure he has the instincts to guard perimeter 4's. If I'm Sacramento I'm taking Doncic, Bamba or JJJ.
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Haha.. I used to have that dream also but then she got married.. LOL..
Keefe
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Yeah, you don’t care what we think. Lmfao.
Shockingly, what may be funnier than that is you believing that Kanter will get more money than 18M per. Though I suppose it’s not too shocking really since I’ve believed you to be a buffoon for years now.
Bawse Dawg
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I love the Bleacher Report mock.
Miles Bridges lasts until 18.
At 21 we have our pick of Brown or Okobo.
Hopefully they have a good feel for what will happen.
Miles Bridges lasts until 18.
At 21 we have our pick of Brown or Okobo.
Hopefully they have a good feel for what will happen.
RandyForRubio
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Antetokopopoo sucks. I don’t want him.
He's honestly terrible for an NBA prospect, I wouldn't bother with him as a camp invite, let alone waste a pick on him.
seattlejazzfan
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Lol. All white guys.