2019 Trade Deadline Discussion

[fishonjazz]

Also, Favors would have been gone in that trade. Favors is so damn underrated.

No. It was just a first. Nothing more.
Favors stays

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[LoPo]

Easy enough to waive Thabo. He's pretty useless this year.

Should use his expiring not dump it.

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[jimmy eat jazz]

They wanted Exum. Like I said he better ball out when he comes back.

Two years from now, people will still be waxing on about Exum's potential disproportionate to any on-court performance.

 

[campaignist]

Here's the rest of the post trade deadline interview talking points template...

- Just want to start by saying how stressful of a time of year this is. We're talking about real people, with real families, whose lives are put on hold and want to acknowledge the stress they experience as their names are in headlines, and want to recognize them for the professional manner in which they handle themselves.

- Look, it's my job to improve the team and I've always gotta be looking at every scenario that accommodates that. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes we don't feel we're getting equal value in return. There are hard decisions, but overall we really like our guys. You look at what we did last year ... [drop some sentiments], you look at how far we've come this year [more sentiments] and the progress we've made and the terrific impact [talk about Rudy and Donovan].

- When we look at the advanced stats, we find [insert some really positive stat that shows how good this group is].

something something internal improvement

 

[LoPo]

Like when you swore Simmons would be good in Orlando and he was god awful?

That team sucks. No PG.

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[Handlogten's Heros]

What a dud of a deadline... Booo us!

I really think DL Hyper focused on Conley... that's fine but you had to know that front office was dumb. Guys we were rumored to like moved for fair prices... we continued down the path.

Favs deal was supposed to be trade bait and a look to see if his shot had developed... it didn't develop and we didn't use the contract. Last offseason there were opportunities to make long term moves to improve the the team... we passed to keep Favs and Exum in house. Now the deadline moves with no real change... most FA targets are likely to be out of reach...

 

[fishonjazz]

He just said Gortat is being waived by the Clippers.

That's the type of player who should be a backup center.

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[l Abach l]

Cue up "Sometimes, the best trade is no trade." 3, 2, 1....

Wash, rinse, repeat.

It may be legitimate. Making bad trades can absolutely kill a team, particularly a small market team that may have fewer avenues available to it to recover.

On the other hand, being overly risk averse, and making no trades, can make it hard for a team to upgrade, particularly a small market team that is not a free agent destination and is fated to remain in mid-late draft.

The upside is that I don't need to feel bad about trading away great dudes like Ricky and Derrick. So there's that.

The only way for Utah to become contenders is to trade the farm (sans rudy/donovan) + draft picks for a star, a la OKC with PG. Free agents AREN'T going to come here, yet there are so many on this board that believe we need financial flexibility for the summer lmao. To sign who? The Thabos, Udohs, and Niangs of the league? There are THIRTEEN other NBA teams that have similar / better cap space than we do going into the summer, yet this board is so disillusioned to think that we have a shot at top shelf FAs.... SMH

 

[David Stern]

Any word on if Jabari is getting bought out?

 

[campaignist]

That's the type of player who should be a backup center.

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Yep. I say go after him and waive Udoh. Udoh needs an upgrade in case of a Gobert or Favors injury.

 

[framer]

I would have given up Allen a first and second for Fultz. I think Snyder could have fixed him.

The scuttlebutt is that he has permanent nerve damage and will have to relearn to play basketball to accommodate his handicap. I'd like to think that a professional basketball team would know that and not make a deal if it were true. But then I look and see that the team involved is Orlando. . .

 

[Grimmetal]

The only way for Utah to become contenders is to trade the farm (sans rudy/donovan) + draft picks for a star, a la OKC with PG. Free agents AREN'T going to come here, yet there are so many on this board that believe we need financial flexibility for the summer lmao. To sign who? The Thabos, Udohs, and Niangs of the league? There are THIRTEEN other NBA teams that have similar / better cap space than we do going into the summer, yet this board is so disillusioned to think that we have a shot at top shelf FAs.... SMH

Preach. Preach, preach, preach. And amen.