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Trade Rumors Involving the Jazz

Jazz really need lottery picks back in a Donovan Mitchell trade. Not maybe mid-late, 1st-rd picks, but lottery picks. We need to trade Donovan before the draft to a team with a definite lottery pick that we like.

It's too bad we couldn't get #4 from Sacramento this year. In hindsight, we should have been trying to do that. Maybe we did.
 
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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
So here's what the Memphis Grizzlies' rebuild looked like:

2017 - Grizzlies were the 7th seed in the WC with key players including Mike Conley, Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph and Tony Allen.
2018 - Grizzlies tanked it and ended up with the #4 pick Jaren Jackson Jr.
2019 - They traded Marc Gasol during the season and tanked again, ending up with the #2 pick Ja Morant and #21 Brandon Clarke. They traded Mike Conley to the Jazz right before the draft.
2020 - Their new young core of Ja Morant / Jaren Jackson Jr., along with pickups like Kyle Anderson and Jonas Valanciunas, was 9th in the WC. They traded to draft Desmond Bane at #30.
2021 - Finished 8th in the WC and lost to the Jazz in the 1st round. Core was Morant / Brooks / JJJ / Valanciunas.
2022 - Finished 3rd in the WC and lost to the Warriors in the 2nd round. Core is now Morant / Bane / JJJ.
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I think MEM and NOP should be our models. Small markets that cashed in on some all-stars, tanked for a couple years and both are in excellent positions for the next few years.

One correction though, MEM finished 2 in the west this year.
 
margodydek said:
I think MEM and NOP should be our models. Small markets that cashed in on some all-stars, tanked for a couple years and both are in excellent positions for the next few years.

One correction though, MEM finished 2 in the west this year.
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Memphis only got late 1sts from UTA for Mike Conley, picks that became Brandon Clarke and Jake Laravia. That's not good enough.
 
The obvious trade for the Jazz is still to send Mitchell to the Knicks for a massive pick haul that includes their 2023 FRP unprotected. We should even take back Julius Randle. Their team based around Brunson / Mitchell / Barrett / Toppin / Robinson might actually miss the playoffs.

Eastern Conference should be: Boston, Milwaukee, Philly, Miami, Atlanta, Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland. The Knicks' FRP could be late lottery again. Even with Mitchell, I think the Knicks are going to be more or less like the Wizards.
 
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