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You're the GM this offseason. What do you do?

Given Tony Jones comments about us not running back the same squad, is there any chance Gobert is traded?
 
Trade Gobert for another star. Retain Favors as our starting center. Let Rubio go and try and sign the biggest FA we can.


No chance the Jazz actually trade Gobert though.
 
I would trade Gobert if it returned the right player. I'm just not so sure who that would be.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I would re-visit the Conley trade. My theory has been that DM is a point guard long term. I think that is ideally where we'd play him with the right 2 or 3... we just need playmaking and defense and Conley can do that. DM has been great post AS break on catch and shoot 3s and was good last year. I think Conley may be the best high end player we could get with our "space" (opt in to Favs deal and then trade him) and 1st rounder. It sucks because he is not a big long term piece, but the NBA is different now and windows are tighter imo. So Favs/Exum 1st for Conley (send Bradley too if you need to).

If you can do a Conley deal prior to FA you now have your full MLE you can work with and BAE. You may be able to get Conley and Danny Green, Rudy Gay, on the MLE... sign a decent backup big on the BAE. This is our most realistic best case option imo.

If we do not get that deal done I would look to move Crowder on draft night for a second or package him to move up... I'd try to take back no salary or very little salary if possible. I think Jae still has some value and I'd like to move him to create more space. Not sure if Korver is going to want to come back next year, but if he wants to be back (and not retire) then I think he is still a good regular season rotation piece and vet leader. If he is ready to call it quits we can waive and stretch the $3m or so he is guaranteed and clear some additional space.

You go big game hunting for Harris, Middleton, Kemba and likely fail. I don't max out a guy like Russell. I'd look hard at Brogdon, but we can't tie up our space just to have that deal matched. If it appears you are going to be left out you pivot on the guys like Bogdonovic, Niko, Lamb/Aminu (as mentioned by @Saint Cy of JFC ), and then to guys like Thad Young, Millsap, Randle, Ross, Green, Gay... guys that may be worth a little more than MLE and see who bites. Depending on what that looks like then you address Favs guarantee and make a decision. I have a conversation with him early about "hey if we decline this option and give you 4/50 would you want to stick around" could clear just enough space to add the other guys we want.
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Why wouldn't you max Russell? Jazz need to take a risk. We're not getting of the normal "max" players. Only way we get talent is taking a risk of overpaying or trading a star player a la Gobert, which I'm not opposed to anymore.
 
l Abach l said:
Why wouldn't you max Russell? Jazz need to take a risk. We're not getting of the normal "max" players. Only way we get talent is taking a risk of overpaying or trading a star player a la Gobert, which I'm not opposed to anymore.
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I think he's an inefficient volume scorer that won't make the team a ton better. I agree you have to take shots on talent. I think he is a bit over-rated right now. I would not mind him on a more reasonable contract, but someone will give him close to the max... and likely regret it. I think Dinwiddie and Levert are both better than him but he gets all the shine for some reason... I mean Caris was hurt most of the year, so I get that. I'd be terrified to pay him what I think he will get.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think he's an inefficient volume scorer that won't make the team a ton better. I agree you have to take shots on talent. I think he is a bit over-rated right now. I would not mind him on a more reasonable contract, but someone will give him close to the max... and likely regret it. I think Dinwiddie and Levert are both better than him but he gets all the shine for some reason... I mean Caris was hurt most of the year, so I get that. I'd be terrified to pay him what I think he will get.
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The jazz will have to overpay for role players too. There's a lot of teams under cap this offseason... why would a solid role player choose Utah over say Atlanta, Brooklyn, LA, NYC, etc. They wouldn't, unless we overpay. Whoever we get in FA, we'll have to overpay.
 
Jingled said:
This should answer your question.

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If we were trading Rudy it would have to be a deal so obviously slanted in our favor that any moron would do it. Our front office is pretty conservative... I don't see the scenario where we really consider trading DM or Rudy unless they demanded it.
 
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