Conley Officially a Jazzman

[FalseFlagg K]

Yes. I think we could nab him for Favors + DedEx. Especially when we’re sure DedEx duds (after another 4 years of patience), we’ll wish we had something else. Kevin Love gives us a good shot at a title. I wouldn’t ball at that because of irrational love for Favors and DedEx, and I’m willing to swallow that contract with our chances of a title in the next 2-3 years.

Toronto didn’t sit pat with Kawhi. They went out and got Gasol’s corpse, too.

i'm all for doing that to get Love. I think he'd be super good for us.

 

[Miggs]

Yes. I think we could nab him for Favors + DedEx. Especially when we’re sure DedEx duds (after another 4 years of patience), we’ll wish we had something else. Kevin Love gives us a good shot at a title. I wouldn’t ball at that because of irrational love for Favors and DedEx, and I’m willing to swallow that contract with our chances of a title in the next 2-3 years.

Toronto didn’t sit pat with Kawhi. They went out and got Gasol’s corpse, too.

I’m down for it.

We’d be thin with just O’Neale as a legit bench option. How could we fill out the roster?

 

[infection]

i'm all for doing that to get Love. I think he'd be super good for us.

It’s sitting there waiting for us. Not only a huge missed opportunity, we don’t even view it as an opportunity.

 

[infection]

I’m down for it.

We’d be thin with just O’Neale as a legit bench option. How could we fill out the roster?

Use the exception on DMC. Sign Vince Carter (a title in his record setting season?), bring back Booker on a minimum deal, other vets will sign for minimum with that team. Just need to drop the DedEx/Favors worship.

 

[homeytennis]

I’m down for it.

We’d be thin with just O’Neale as a legit bench option. How could we fill out the roster?

GLeague dudes.

 

[Ellipse]

By all accounts DL has sworn a blood oath that he will never let Favors go. So many people cool with this. I feel like I’m in an episode of the Twighlight Zone or in some alternate universe with how many people are totally cool with keeping Favors now that we’ve fixed one problem in the starting unit.

Am I ****ing crazy?

I hope we can somehow use Favors and Exum in a trade for another piece. But keep in mind that trading Favors for a stretch-4 means that we also need to get a backup center; from what I gather, we haven't the cap space to get a quality stretch 4, center, and wing.

Can we find a better 4 than Favors? Very likely.
Can we find a better backup 5 than Favors? Nope.

 

[Jingled]

This trade has been pretty much universally praised by the national media, everyone thinks it was a great move for us that will make us significantly better.

 

[infection]

I hope we can somehow use Favors and Exum in a trade for another piece. But keep in mind that trading Favors for a stretch-4 means that we also need to get a backup center; from what I gather, we haven't the cap space to get a quality stretch 4, center, and wing.

Can we find a better 4 than Favors? Very likely.
Can we find a better backup 5 than Favors? Nope.

Ed Davis. Dewayne Dedmon. Even Bogut.

 

[Miggs]

Use the exception on DMC. Sign Vince Carter (a title in his record setting season?), bring back Booker on a minimum deal, other vets will sign for minimum with that team. Just need to drop the DedEx/Favors worship.

Tyson Chandler as the backup C on vet minimum might work. Really good defender and efficient on offense. Great leader.

 

[LogGrad98]

He’s instant offense which we could use. He moves the needle more than Exum imo.

Right now a ham sandwich moves the needle more than DedEx

 

[Nate505]

I love this trade. Well, I would have rather they just gave up one draft pick for it, but other than that I'm thrilled. Even if Conley bolts next year I'm glad they took a swing for a player who is a real talent. Conley is so underrated and will fit this system perfectly.

There's some risk here for sure, either of him bolting after a year or getting hurt, but I don't care. It's a huge upgrade.

And at the very very least, he won't be on Memphis to torch the Jazz 3-4 times a year.

EDIT: Actually I'm a little bummed Crowder is gone, but mostly because of the toughness he brought to the team. Still a worthy price to pay.

 

[Ellipse]

A lot of stretch 4 options out there should we trade Favors.

Marcus Morris, Ariza, Millsap, JaMychael Green, Portis, Mrotic, Randle, Gay, Aminu. Probably forgetting some too.

The problem is Favors is also our backup 5.

I wonder if there’s anyway we can trade Bradley to free up space. Or maybe sign Sef to get over the cap. He can be one stretch 4 option.

Then use a partial MLE on Caruso and a partial on Green.

Is this far-fetched?

Conley-Caruso-Neto
Mitchell-Exum
Ingles-O’Neale
Favors-Green-Sef-Niang
Gobert

We’d have solid depth and still have Favors and Exum as assets.

Hadn't read your post before I posted.