Trade Rumors Involving the Jazz

[NUMBERICA]

I think there's something alluring to tanking. There's no expectations that can create disappointment like last year. But at some point, we're going to realize just how good those two players were. It's still somewhat bizarre to me that a franchise like UTA traded two star players locked into long term deals in their prime, but hey....late first round picks!

If they hadn’t bungled all of the stuff on the margins and preserved any kind of assets and flexibility thereof, there’s any kind of argument for re-tooling. As it stands, the Jazz have no ways to improve and will only get worse. I honestly don’t see how one could come to a different conclusion, at which point the topic of disagreement is whether being a bottom-4 playoff team for two years, then a play-in team for two years, is worth it.

 

[Samurai]

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Honourable greeting of respect in my country of Japan

 

[homeytennis]

I remember the year the Jazz added Little Sap, Cooley and Cotton from the GLeague. The team wasn't very good, but they played hard and competed. It was kind of fun.

 

[Ineptimusprime]

I had a real strong feeling that Don was gone when he asked about the Rudy trade and was told “we are doing what is best for the franchise.”

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Post more idiots!!

 

[Elizah Huge]

Wow!! I got my first thumbs down from @kcgar cool!!

When I read this at first I could have sworn it said your first thumbs up… because I would have bet a lot of money he’s downvoted you before… who hasn’t?

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

When I read this at first I could have sworn it said your first thumbs up… because I would have bet a lot of money he’s downvoted you before… who hasn’t?

I honestly only get downgraded by one or two posters. Mostly up. And I’m pretty sure he’s never given me a thumbs down, like ever before today.

 

[KqWIN]

If they hadn’t bungled all of the stuff on the margins and preserved any kind of assets and flexibility thereof, there’s any kind of argument for re-tooling. As it stands, the Jazz have no ways to improve and will only get worse. I honestly don’t see how one could come to a different conclusion, at which point the topic of disagreement is whether being a bottom-4 playoff team for two years, then a play-in team for two years, is worth it.

Obviously you're being hyperbolic by saying "there are no ways to improve", but there are a lot of ways to improve a team. The draft isn't the only way to improve. I would feel differently about Don+Gobert if 1) I believe the roster that was just put together was optimal 2) the flawed roster played to their potential and 3) if tanking wasn't a permanently available option. The results are what they are, but by no means do I think it was representative of the potential we had. It's definitely not a "we did everything we could" type of situation.

Change the coach, make better moves on the margin, make a good trade, don't use the MLE on a guy who you have to pay to get rid of a year later. There are a lot of things you can do to get better. Basically, all the the Jazz did horribly were still able to be done better and improved the team. Tanking is permanently available option whereas having Don+Rudy at the same time is a special opportunity. I know, it all seems unlikely. But if/when we tank there's a long way to get back where we were, and there's no guarantee that when we get out of the other side it's going to be better. For as difficult as it is to retool, it is also difficult to find a Don and Rudy at the same time.

Perhaps personal issues made it impossible to continue anyways, but that makes the FO blundering even more devastating. I think the arrogance to sit on their *** for the past two years and not acknowledge any kind of weakness/failure is the biggest organizational failure I can remember as a Jazz fan. It will never sit right with me, and I cannot believe how many justified the inaction.

 

[kcgar]

I honestly only get downgraded by one or two posters. Mostly up. And I’m pretty sure he’s never given me a thumbs down, like ever before today.

It was in fact the first, but it had to be done, idiot!

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

It was in fact the first, but it had to be done, idiot!

@Elizah Huge told you!! Idiot!!

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

It was in fact the first, but it had to be done, idiot!

I don’t deny it eventually I gibberish everyone a reason.

 

[framer]

Obviously you're being hyperbolic by saying "there are no ways to improve", but there are a lot of ways to improve a team. The draft isn't the only way to improve. I would feel differently about Don+Gobert if 1) I believe the roster that was just put together was optimal 2) the flawed roster played to their potential and 3) if tanking wasn't a permanently available option. The results are what they are, but by no means do I think it was representative of the potential we had. It's definitely not a "we did everything we could" type of situation.

Change the coach, make better moves on the margin, make a good trade, don't use the MLE on a guy who you have to pay to get rid of a year later. There are a lot of things you can do to get better. Basically, all the the Jazz did horribly were still able to be done better and improved the team. Tanking is permanently available option whereas having Don+Rudy at the same time is a special opportunity. I know, it all seems unlikely. But if/when we tank there's a long way to get back where we were, and there's no guarantee that when we get out of the other side it's going to be better. For as difficult as it is to retool, it is also difficult to find a Don and Rudy at the same time.

Perhaps personal issues made it impossible to continue anyways, but that makes the FO blundering even more devastating. I think the arrogance to sit on their *** for the past two years and not acknowledge any kind of weakness/failure is the biggest organizational failure I can remember as a Jazz fan. It will never sit right with me, and I cannot believe how many justified the inaction.

I mean yeah, but the real trick is to get a great player low in the draft. Rudy and Donovan were absolute steals but there were reasons that they didn't go top 5. Rudy's offensive limitations and Donovan's measurables. Ideally you can get a top 3 stud an get a later round steal to supplement them.

Also you can't draft Bagely when you get that shot.

 

[Ron Mexico]

I mean yeah, but the real trick is to get a great player low in the draft. Rudy and Donovan were absolute steals but there were reasons that they didn't go top 5. Rudy's offensive limitations and Donovan's measurables. Ideally you can get a top 3 stud an get a later round steal to supplement them.

Also you can't draft Bagely when you get that shot.

Looking at 2013 Gobert draft we were extremely lucky to walk away with anyone of worth. That draft sucked outside of Giannis and Gobert. Thats what sucks about the draft you can land those high picks, but that doesnt guarantee anything. Nobody drafting top 3 got a decent player and no other team would have done better that year with a top 3 pick. Every year is a crap shoot, you have players that are universally thought of us worth the pick and bust. Have the Jazz board would have traded anything to draft Jabari Parker. Right now in the NBA there are two #1 picks from not too long ago that are getting very little interest.

I wonder who we would have taken had we had the #1 pick the year of Mitchell. Tatum ended up being solid but he was not considered a #1 pick almost everyone had Fultz ahead of him. I wonder whats the highest we would have taken him. We got pretty lucky to get him, which is what it takes. Outside of a few #1 picks like Lebron, Anthony Davis, Tim Duncan, Shaq type #1 players its so far from any kind of guarantee. Even some years like that you get a Greg Oden or maybe even Zion if he doesnt get healthy. It was so much easier when players stayed 4 years in college.

 

[Jazzman12]

Looking at 2013 Gobert draft we were extremely lucky to walk away with anyone of worth. That draft sucked outside of Giannis and Gobert. Thats what sucks about the draft you can land those high picks, but that doesnt guarantee anything. Nobody drafting top 3 got a decent player and no other team would have done better that year with a top 3 pick. Every year is a crap shoot, you have players that are universally thought of us worth the pick and bust. Have the Jazz board would have traded anything to draft Jabari Parker. Right now in the NBA there are two #1 picks from not too long ago that are getting very little interest.

I wonder who we would have taken had we had the #1 pick the year of Mitchell. Tatum ended up being solid but he was not considered a #1 pick almost everyone had Fultz ahead of him. I wonder whats the highest we would have taken him. We got pretty lucky to get him, which is what it takes. Outside of a few #1 picks like Lebron, Anthony Davis, Tim Duncan, Shaq type #1 players its so far from any kind of guarantee. Even some years like that you get a Greg Oden or maybe even Zion if he doesnt get healthy. It was so much easier when players stayed 4 years in college.

Everything you just said is true. Want some more bad news? The Jazz just traded away one beloved franchise cornerstone, are in the middle of trading the other, they’re gonna walk away from both deals with an INSANE amount of picks, and a rebuild still might fail.

However, Danny Ainge knows something that is very hard for a lot of Jazz fans to stomach (myself included), and that is this depressing fact: The only, and I mean ONLY way the Utah Jazz are ever going to win a world championship, is by absolutely striking gold in the draft and landing a Giannis, Lebron, or Tim Duncan like player. Hell, they might need to land 2 of them.

There simply is no other way for this franchise.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Everything you just said is true. Want some more bad news? The Jazz just traded away one beloved franchise cornerstone, are in the middle of trading the other, they’re gonna walk away from both deals with an INSANE amount of picks, and a rebuild still might fail.

However, Danny Ainge knows something that is very hard for a lot of Jazz fans to stomach (myself included), and that is this depressing fact: The only, and I mean ONLY way the Utah Jazz are ever going to win a world championship, is by absolutely striking gold in the draft and landing a Giannis, Lebron, or Tim Duncan like player. Hell, they might need to land 2 of them.

There simply is no other way for this franchise.

I have no problem with tanking and grabbing a bunch of picks/young players with upside. I enjoy it. I think we could have reloaded around these guys but Mitchell and Gobert didn't like each other so it was time to move on. Gobert was getting too old to build around and too big is contract. Mitchell just doesn't seem interested in staying long enough to build around and maybe not interested in playing hard both ways. I think we had plenty of ways we could have gone but this is a decent option, maybe the best option.

We actually were very close though with this run. We just didn't quite build the support players well enough and we didn't get lucky with health and other stuff. Even with a great team you need a lot of luck!

 

[FrenchJazzFa]

Totally agree what you say. Memphis have been very lucky to land JA but even with him, they are still far from beeing a NBA winner. 2 great players are the base and you have to be clever and add good players around. This is where we failed. Don and Rudy are great but around them they did not put the right guys or have been unlucky with injuries.... going for full rebuild through draft is a long process and without any garantee of sucess. You have to get a lot of luck with your picks. RE-bluiding through FA market is for me more safe. But in this case, you need to keep Don.
Let's see what will happen in the coming weeks.

 

[Ron Mexico]

If we keep Mitchell and want to win around him we'll have to make some major trades with all the picks we have. I'm not a huge fan of that. I guess we could try to clear a ton of cap space for next off season and tank for this season. Then try to sign two big free agents and trade for some really solid players with our crappy picks. Plus still have the picks for the future. But what are the chances we sign anyone decent, fairly low from a historical perspective.

 

[Agent#00]

I think things will be clearer when KD gets traded. If we got 4 1st rd picks and 4 players for Rudy imagine how much haul the nets would get in return. Then everything will move fast. I bet DA already did his homework on this

 

[TheStormofWar]

Fun little FTW article on fans hitting the trace machines for Don.

9 wild Donovan Mitchell trades, according to Trade Machine

NBA fans had some ideas for some Donovan Mitchell trades.

ftw.usatoday.com

Is a Donovan Mitchell trade coming?

First, there was the Utah Jazz trading Royce O’Neale that sparked the Brian Windhorst memes. Then, Rudy Gobert got sent to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

It seemed quiet on the Mitchell front … but then? ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported this: “After previously shutting down inquiries on moving All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, rival teams say the Utah Jazz are showing a willingness to listen on possible trade scenarios.”

Oh boy. A full teardown? Maybe that’s the right way to go now.

With that news, NBA fans took to the Trade Machines and posted some ideas for a deal:

 

[seattlejazzfan]

I have no problem with tanking and grabbing a bunch of picks/young players with upside. I enjoy it. I think we could have reloaded around these guys but Mitchell and Gobert didn't like each other so it was time to move on. Gobert was getting too old to build around and too big is contract. Mitchell just doesn't seem interested in staying long enough to build around and maybe not interested in playing hard both ways. I think we had plenty of ways we could have gone but this is a decent option, maybe the best option.

We actually were very close though with this run. We just didn't quite build the support players well enough and we didn't get lucky with health and other stuff. Even with a great team you need a lot of luck!

the next best thing after legitimately contending is hope. all these garbage teams with good young players have hope. those teams drafting in the 13-22 range - eff that.