Your ‘elite’ comment is most salient to all this- you don’t trade young NBA talent that have elite skills unless you’re getting elite back or a guaranteed top 3ish pick, even if it’s just a center with limited offensive skills. It’s too hard to acquire elite skills to give it away.
2024-25 Trade Rumors Thread
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When Cody has been on the roster he has played, so it's Danny so far who has limited his minutes more than Hardy.
HadAnEffectHere
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Kessler is a little weird to not trade in that his main value is that he's a league average starting center while making almost none of the cap which is wildly valuable to like the Suns.
He'll get a 5 year extension between $125m and $150m next year and his value will then be back to neutral.
It's tough because we're so far away that none of these guys are probably going to provide any benefit to the next Jazz playoff team and they'll all be on different teams or out of the league when the Jazz can compete in five years.
You do need quality starters at each position so the Jazz keeping Kessler means they need one fewer piece in the rebuild, but the team is so far away that he may be gone by the time the Jazz can compete.
But it does remind me of how we basically wasted all of Lauri's great contract on basically nothing.
He'll get a 5 year extension between $125m and $150m next year and his value will then be back to neutral.
It's tough because we're so far away that none of these guys are probably going to provide any benefit to the next Jazz playoff team and they'll all be on different teams or out of the league when the Jazz can compete in five years.
You do need quality starters at each position so the Jazz keeping Kessler means they need one fewer piece in the rebuild, but the team is so far away that he may be gone by the time the Jazz can compete.
But it does remind me of how we basically wasted all of Lauri's great contract on basically nothing.
Would the Nuggets do this?
Zeke Nnaji is terrible. Losing MPJ's elite shooting would be tough, but they get two players for one while saving money and getting off a bad long term contract. Pickett is there to make the money work. Would be waived. Both Sexton and Collins are shooting above 40% from 3. Sexton would be lethal on offense next to Joker.
Give MPJ a bigger role in Utah and see what he can do.
Feel like the Nuggets have to do something to give them another starting level body. You can probably argue no first round pick should be involved, but the Nuggest dont have any 2nds to trade.
Tremendous Upside
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Moses Brown is available??!?
Moses ****ing Brown of all players is the one that makes you nut??? lol
Thee Jazz Fan
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Still way to early on Danny’s draftees
Thee Jazz Fan
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Nah you don’t need to trade Kessler to tank. Hes a guy far more valuable to a team that is winning with a more complete roster
He’s a guy that is the lynchpin to the entire defense.
HadAnEffectHere
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I mean, hopefully, but the Jazz are 29th in defense this year after being 30th in defense last year.
I would guess most of that is on Keyonte, Sexton, and Hardy, but still.
The Cody pick is a pretty big indictment on his record, especially given the talk that Cody would have been in the mix if they landed a top 5 pick.