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WOJ: Korver to Jazz for Burks and 2 second rounders

Some other benefit of the trade is that we prevented Korver from ending in LaLa land or Sixers:).
 
Spinoza said:
Jeff Hornacek, Paul Millsap, Mehmet Okur, Bryon Russell, Carlos Boozer, Shandon Anderson, Howard Eisley, Gordan Giricek, Raja Bell, Donyell Marshall, Mark Eaton, David Benoit, Tyrone Corbin, Mo Williams... all 2nd-rounders or below who were at least decent for us at some point; and that's just the ones that have played for the Jazz. There are tons of examples of guys who never played for us. You're not going to get an all-star out of the 2nd round, but you can definitely get solid rotation players.
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Many of these guys weren't actually Jazz picks though. And the league is different now with more talented players and shorter contracts.
 
Spinoza said:
Jeff Hornacek, Paul Millsap, Mehmet Okur, Bryon Russell, Carlos Boozer, Shandon Anderson, Howard Eisley, Gordan Giricek, Raja Bell, Donyell Marshall, Mark Eaton, David Benoit, Tyrone Corbin, Mo Williams... all 2nd-rounders or below who were at least decent for us at some point; and that's just the ones that have played for the Jazz. There are tons of examples of guys who never played for us. You're not going to get an all-star out of the 2nd round, but you can definitely get solid rotation players.
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Not to mention Kyle ****ing Korver.
 
Alfalfa said:
This mileage thing is a myth. He's 37 years old. That's what matters. Lebron is still as amazing as ever, despite having played 3 careers worth. And in a year or two, age will catch up with him, whether he played 5 minutes in his career or 5 million.

Korver will provide some spacing and hit shots here and there with his 15-20 minutes per game. Burks provided a scoring punch now and again. It's a toss up. Makes no difference whether we made this trade or not. Except we lost a bunch of assets. Albeit minor ones.
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I get it, but I'm also thinking about the actual role that Korver would be in. It's really not that taxing as compared to a LeBron.
 
Catchall said:
I think you'll see Korver play along with defensive specialists like Royce, Thabo and Dante. One gives us offense and the others compensate on the defensive side. Korver at least tries on defense, and his minutes probably will be under 20 per night.

Remember, the Jazz were a pretty competent defensive team even with Boris Diaw. You can usually cover up for one defensively limited player. And the truth is, Burks didn't play hard on defense all the time either.
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Kyle is generally in the right places on defense. He is likely a more functional defender than AB. I think AB would try he is just a space cadet... as offenses got smarter it was harder for him.

We need some help off the dribble now, but this was a great add.
 
Maybe I'm not looking at this right with some of the members who don't like this trade but this is a great trade for the Jazz...

You have Ingles and Korver park in the corners with Mitchell/Rubio with the pick and roll with Gobert. They can't crash the paint or they have to at least pick their poison. With the system offense the Jazz run this should really help. Two 3 pt shooters on the floor is a game changer the way I look at it.
 
Korver will have a few games where he hits 5+ threes and basically wins it for us. He's exactly what you'd want in a rotation player... ability to hit big, but just him being on the court helps... you can't ignore him. Quin will also use him well.

I'm shocked at how negative the reaction is here.
 
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