audacious3ball
Well-Known Member
Since the Jazz are rumored to be in a 3 way with the Nets and Suns, who says no to this?
Fixes all the problems for:
1. Nets: can compete for playoffs with all-stars locked in + some picks
2. Lakers: dump Westbrook and compete for a championship with Irving playing better under his father figure
3. Suns: get Durant without giving up Booker or Paul
4. Jazz: can fully embrace the tank and be a bottom 3 team this season, building around one of the potential All-NBA/generational talents of Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson, Nick Smith, or Dariq Whitehead.
The boatload of picks (5 firsts, 2 first pick swaps, and 5 seconds) allow the Jazz to hit big on a few more players to complement whoever they get at the top of the 2023 draft (2026 and 2028 would be pick swap options with the Suns, but I couldn't figure out how to reflect that).
Westbrook can stay home. Simmons can stay in California and rehab mentally and physically for a year or two until he gets tired of playing Warzone and is ready to play for a socialite team becoming desperate to win like the Heat, Knicks, Mavs, etc.
Fixes all the problems for:
1. Nets: can compete for playoffs with all-stars locked in + some picks
2. Lakers: dump Westbrook and compete for a championship with Irving playing better under his father figure
3. Suns: get Durant without giving up Booker or Paul
4. Jazz: can fully embrace the tank and be a bottom 3 team this season, building around one of the potential All-NBA/generational talents of Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson, Nick Smith, or Dariq Whitehead.
The boatload of picks (5 firsts, 2 first pick swaps, and 5 seconds) allow the Jazz to hit big on a few more players to complement whoever they get at the top of the 2023 draft (2026 and 2028 would be pick swap options with the Suns, but I couldn't figure out how to reflect that).
Westbrook can stay home. Simmons can stay in California and rehab mentally and physically for a year or two until he gets tired of playing Warzone and is ready to play for a socialite team becoming desperate to win like the Heat, Knicks, Mavs, etc.