I think it's pretty clear two players are going to get traded this off-season. It's going to be Favors + one of non-Rudy/Mitchell players.
Jazz Offseason Plan
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Ineptimusprime
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Nothing really beyond what’s in the tweet.
We keep hearing how Smith and the Jazz are all in to try and win a championship next year, and now they might trade Joe for a draft pick just to save money? Doesn't make much sense.
Even if they dump Joe they’re still in the tax. They’re probably trying to avoid the repeater tax next year, but there’s plenty of time to do that and if Mike is getting $20-25 million you’re still in it. If you can dump Joe and Favs you’re just under what it’s projected to be, but you still haven’t added a draft pick or filled out the roster. I really don’t know. From local reporting it sounds like Smith plans on having a big tax bill this year, and these are the sorts of things you’d see next offseason. From national reporting it seems like they’re just looking to trade.
NAOS
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Sometimes you gotta throw some chum in the water to see what’s biting.
jom2003
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This. This summer would probably be his only chance to leave a mark on the Jazz or on any NBA franchise. He's been the "second in charge" for so long and now it's basically a do-or-die moment to show what he's truly made of.
Ineptimusprime
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It's hard to reconcile everything that's being reported, but this is two reputable sources reporting on the same thing today. Take it for what it's worth.
jom2003
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Save money with the draft first then spend it on FA/offseason trade. Moving Bogey/Favs deal makes sense in that context. Not sure about Jingles though.
If we’re serious about contending, trading pieces to get prospects is a pretty bad look/move. Trade them for other pieces? Fine.
That said, I think each individual player’s odds of being traded is low. Any of Bojan, Joe, or Clarkson I’m just skeptical that we bring back enough value of what we need that it makes it a no-go. Guys like Favors may be a bit harder to move. I lean toward market forces keeping this roster in tact and forcing us to essentially do what was common sense for DL to do last year before he decided that it was “good enough.” That said, which was each individual player may have a small chance of being dealt, if you added up everyone’s odds of moving, perhaps maybe there’s an okay likelihood that someone could get moved.
If anyone wants to wade through the business jargon (@Handlogten's Heros ?) here's a new piece in the Harvard Business Review by Ryan Smith on "reinventing an already successful business." Maybe someone can glean some clues in regard to the Jazz.
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The Founder of Qualtrics on Reinventing an Already Successful Business
“One of the hardest disciplines in business and in life is tearing down what you’ve built to build something better,” writes the founder and former CEO of Qualtrics—among the hottest tech companies of the past decade. He explains how the company grew from a family start-up in Provo, Utah, to be...
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LoPo
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Hard to believe that we need more wings and yet we are putting all our wings on the market.
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Wonder if Smith's philosophy is that rough waters (trade rumors) are a useful way to keep players motivated? (I know this sounds negative; I mean the question neither negatively nor positively, as I think more than one philosophy can be successful.)