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Woj: Jazz agree to 3-team trade with Lakers and Timberwolves

Ujfanatic said:
The protections on the pick really killed it for me. There are few things I enjoy more than rooting for the Lakers to lose, but now in 2027 I have to hope they lose but don’t lose too much…
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Basically if the Lakers become too bad we lose. If they become too good we lose. We need them to stay in the middle of the pact then it should really tells you a thing or two about the value of this Lakers pick
 
Elizah Huge said:
NAW was just a salary throw-in. We also got back two guys that nobody cares about.
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Not to me he wasnt
He was supposed to be backing up sexton instead of THT

I was planning on watching and enjoying jazz games the rest of the season. There is some value in that imo


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Elizah Huge said:
You guys are acting like we traded the farm. We traded a starter and two bench players. What the **** do you expect?
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We also traded three second round picks and a third bench player. Is it too much to expect an unprotected first, or a first that doesn’t immediately turn into a second?

We won’t know for 4 years, but this literally could wind up being one of those trades that has to be included in the worst trades ever discussion. It isn’t unthinkable that it will wind up being a single second round pick.
 
I don’t care! I’m not changing my picture.
This is stupid, it’s too soon.

My first impression is we didn’t get enough. If salary and cap flexibility was useful because free agents were fighting to get here, that would mean something, but that’s not the case. We have to make trades or draft players and force them to be here. Otherwise I might be more excited.
 
My theory on why DA was okay with just getting 1 protected 1st from LAL and this is very pie in the sky thinking. I'm sure he wanted both LAL picks and for them to be unprotected but the Lakers weren't going to do that but essentially what the trade potentially did do was make the Lakers better and Minnesota worse in the short term. If DA can help the Lakers make the play-in/playoffs and possibly knock Minnesota out then why wouldn't you want to do that knowing you have Minnesota's pick?

Having 2 lottery picks in what is seen as a really good draft > Having 1 lottery pick.

Again I'm sure that's not what was DA's line of thinking but it's easier for me to cope with thinking that's the master plan knowing that LAL pick has the potential to turn into a 2nd lol
 
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