Would mean they are definitely getting traded lol. Since they still have a week to decide. I hope if we do player options in the future (and I hope we stop) that we move the date up before the draft.
Those trades also broke the market. Not just perceptions, either; they materially took two teams’ entire ability to trade 1sts off the board for two years. The scarcer that picks become, the more valuable they are perceived. There’s also a pendulum effect where when momentum swings it might swing too hard. The Jazz trades forced a pendulum swing such that picks might now be overvalued.
Good. Because I think the Jazz should sign Kuzma this off-season. If they have to trade him later, he’ll still be a quality asset.
This is correct. Washington needs to rebuild (no one is disputing that), but they hem-hawed about it and are now in the position. In this case, just get what you can, bail out, and pull the chute. Better late than never.
The impression I’ve gotten is they will make that pick or use it to move up… no kicking it down the road or selling it off.
I don’t want both to opt in. They are virtually the same dude. Different styles but have the same playing mentality. Both take the ball out of Markkanen’s hands. Which is why I love Agbaji so much. My hope is that he just develops into a knock down shooter and continues to develop his defense and a grittiness.
Pretty sure THT opts in while Clarkson opts out (unless we trade him). Jordan will be one of those players I will never boo.
They can’t be traded in a draft day deal if they don’t opt in. If they’re opting in it would be great if they did that today. I’m actually not sure how they benefit by having a later opt-in date.
Looking at the landscape, I think they both opt in. Jazz keep THT and trade Clarkson to a better situation (a high level contender) where he gets an extension. Similar to a sign and trade situation without the hard cap.
But opting in at the end of the month does nobody any favors rather than opting in today.
