Rumor: Okur for Deng?

[Gyp Rosetti]

Are you ****ing serious? Are they trying to hand Chicago the title? Bayless is young and talented and Pryz, expiring or not, is another big body to come off the bench. Worst case, Chicago has cleared a ton of cap space via their trade with the Wiz and this dumping of Deng.

 

[TheMulletMutilator]

I didn't realize that Seattle still had a team.

That caught me off guard to. Maybe Paul Allen was there or something and they needed him to sign off on it. It is just another rumor among many. Just like Bulls fans are getting excited over possibly signing Wade very soon after Wade's second meeting with the Bulls. But he is still on the fence after meeting number 2. So we'll see what happens.

 

[theNBAnerd]

No, I am not...but running iso's for Deng on the wing isn't exactly my favorite offense. Other than being a better 1 on 1 player than our guys what does he do better than any of them. He's probably a better rebounder, but that's not worth $51 million.

have you ever watched deng? he's not a 1x1 guy. he'd be a GREAT system guy. again, i'm not saying i'd go gang-busters to get him, but be real... he is MUCH better than any of our wings outside of AK and would bring MUCH more to the table.

 

[Mambo]

have you ever watched deng? he's not a 1x1 guy. he'd be a GREAT system guy. again, i'm not saying i'd go gang-busters to get him, but be real... he is MUCH better than any of our wings outside of AK and would bring MUCH more to the table.

He doesnt bring 51million dollars over 4 years worth of talent.

 

[theNBAnerd]

He doesnt bring 51million dollars over 4 years worth of talent.

is memo brining 10.5M worth of talent next year? the worth of talent is relative, anyway. at the end of the day, deng is an upgrade. obviously for it to work in the real world, AK has to be ready to move to the PF spot pretty much permanently, but if they made this deal i'd at least be happy that they were trying something.

this summer has the potential to be a franchise-altering one, for better or worse. you don't get better by just sitting around and waiting for boozer to sign with miamil.

 

[Mambo]

is memo brining 10.5M worth of talent next year? the worth of talent is relative, anyway. at the end of the day, deng is an upgrade. obviously for it to work in the real world, AK has to be ready to move to the PF spot pretty much permanently, but if they made this deal i'd at least be happy that they were trying something.

this summer has the potential to be a franchise-altering one, for better or worse. you don't get better by just sitting around and waiting for boozer to sign with miamil.

And you dont get better for picking up horrible contracts.

Look im probably the biggest fan on changing the team and WINNING a championship this year, but Deng isnt going to be the piece to do that especially for the next 4 years.

 

[TheMulletMutilator]

I doubt the Jazz would want to switch the contracts of Memo in favor of Deng. JMO

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

No, no, no, no. What the Jazz need is a defensive big and shooters on the outside. We addressed getting a shooter with drafting Hayward (he is a good shooter, please dont argue) and hopefully the Jazz are working on getting a defensive big (Gortat plz). If we could sign Morrow, that would be a dream come true, if we could keep Matthews also, that would be heaven.

Dwill-Price (I know, still a weak spot)
Morrow-Matthews
AK-CJ-Hayward
Millsap-Bass or Anderson (whoever we get in the trade)
Gortat (until memo is healthy)-Memo-Fess-Koufus

I dont think the Jazz really need a super-talented wing (or someone who is paid like a super talented wing) like Deng, I think we just need athletic wings who can shoot.

 

[Jazz4ever]

If they threw in a couple picks I'd do it. Memo will be 31 or 32 and move at the speed of a pregnant tortoise the next two years. Deng is a good, long defender at SF and capable shooter.

Williams/Price
Matthews/Miles
Deng/Hayward
Milsap/AK
Fes/Koufas/Tomic(2011)

When AK leaves next year are salary would only be around 40 million even with Deng, lots of flexibility

 

[memo is money]

It's just a stupid idea for me. I'm all for a trade if it is going to adress one of our team's weaknesses. We already have Ak47, drafted Hayward and invested money on CJ Miles, and offered a contract to another guard-swingman Matthews. What's the idea? It seems as if our coach were Don Nelson. This is just crazy. No way Bulls give us Noah via a trade, he is very important for them to convince LeBrick to Chicago. So, it's over, move on.

I also do not buy the idea of Memo's career is over. If you have ever heard about the man, Travis Hansen, you, too, would be a lot more optimistic. Besides, Okur never relied on his athletic abilities. Based on the way the surgeries performed, today, you can even expect the repaired achilles to be more stronger and resistive.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

It's just a stupid idea for me. I'm all for a trade if it is going to adress one of our team's weaknesses. We already have Ak47, drafted Hayward and invested money on CJ Miles, and offered a contract to another guard-swingman Matthews. What's the idea? It seems as if our coach were Don Nelson. This is just crazy. No way Bulls give us Noah via a trade, he is very important for them to convince LeBrick to Chicago. So, it's over, move on.

I also do not buy the idea of Memo's career is over. If you have ever heard about the man, Travis Hansen, you, too, would be a lot more optimistic. Besides, Okur never relied on his athletic abilities. Based on the way the surgeries performed, today, you can even expect the repaired achilles to be more stronger and resistive.

Plus Memo's offensive game will be more needed with Sap instead of Boozer, hopefully they can co-exist and play well at the same time, something Okur and Boozer could never do.

 

[Avery]

Having started this thread, I'll chime in again by stressing that it's a rumor and nothing more. 9 out of 10 rumors during FA turn out to be bunk and it wouldn't shock me in the least to see this as a shining example of this.

Would I do this trade? Absolutely not in its current form. Deng has a toxic contract which would handcuff our team for years. They would have to sweeten the pot by throwing in Taj Gibson and future picks (which would be likely low if they score in FA). It's either that or toss a third team into the mix to give us someone back bigger than Deng as Fes/BB seeing significant minutes is sufficient cause to turn off the TV.