Jazz trade John collins

[The Midnight]

No thanks to Giddey.

Can’t shoot.

Can’t defend.

Would rather roll with Clayton Jr - to me he’s already a better prospect already.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I think the best pathway is to

A.) trade Markkanen for picks and/or a younger player
B.) be a salary dump spot for the next year or two to add more assets
C.) figure out which young guys are worth keeping and cut loose the rest
D.) tank one more year and get a top prospect from the 2026 draft
E.) clear out cap space and create the flexibility to either sign or trade for a star player (probably have to trade for one tbh)

 

[The Midnight]

I think the best pathway is to

A.) trade Markkanen for picks and/or a younger player
B.) be a salary dump spot for the next year or two to add more assets
C.) figure out which young guys are worth keeping and cut loose the rest
D.) tank one more year and get a top prospect from the 2026 draft
E.) clear out cap space and create the flexibility to either sign or trade for a star player (probably have to trade for one tbh)

A and E contradicts.. Lauri is a star…

 

[Coach Ellis]

A and E contradicts.. Lauri is a star…

I guess it depends on how well you think his game will hold as he gets older. If you think it bottoms out, you trade him now and then try to snag a younger guy later.

If you think he ages well, then you probably just keep him. He just barely turned 28 and is younger than most other attainable stars right now.

 

[JazzFever]

I guess it depends on how well you think his game will hold as he gets older. If you think it bottoms out, you trade him now and then try to snag a younger guy later.

If you think he ages well, then you probably just keep him. He just barely turned 28 and is younger than most other attainable stars right now.

I’m mostly concerned his back issues are chronic- if not just keep the dude since you’re unlikely to get his value in the current market.

 

[The Midnight]

I guess it depends on how well you think his game will hold as he gets older. If you think it bottoms out, you trade him now and then try to snag a younger guy later.

If you think he ages well, then you probably just keep him. He just barely turned 28 and is younger than most other attainable stars right now.

Exactly.. he’s still really young.

Also with how gutted our team is this year you could say to him “go be 2024 Lauri again” and he won’t ruin the tank.

 

[Coach Ellis]

Exactly.. he’s still really young.

Also with how gutted our team is this year you could say to him “go be 2024 Lauri again” and he won’t ruin the tank.

Depending on how much you play Cody Williams, Ace Bailey and Taylor Hendricks it might not ruin the tank anyways tbh.

 

[jom2003]

Our roster is sorta built for someone like Giddey. No shooting no prob as we can surround him with all the shooting he needs. Any combination of WCJ/Bruce/Ace/Lauri/Filip then let Giddey cook. Only prob though is it would help us win which is not our priority for this upcoming season. So the move might not happen immediately. Mayebe next summer when CHI felt they overpaid and wanted to get off his contract.

 

[Agent#00]

Imagine after all these moves jazz end up winning 45 games

Oh the horror....

 

[Coach Ellis]

Jazz should just roll out the tallest lineup they have

Keyonte - Collier - WCJ
Bailey - Williams - Procida
Markkanen - Sensabaugh - Mykhailiuk
Hendricks - Filipowski - Anderson
Kessler - Nurkic - Tshiebwa

Harkless, Luis, Tonje all on 2 way contracts

 

[The Midnight]

I just don’t see it with Giddey.

We’ll only be getting him cos he’s available not cos he’s any great talent.

It’s like getting the 2 for $10 T-shirts at the bargain bin you ended up never wearing.

 

[rippimpc]

I don’t think Rudy Gay likes Utah

 

[Basketball Novice]

I just don’t see it with Giddey.

We’ll only be getting him cos he’s available not cos he’s any great talent.

It’s like getting the 2 for $10 T-shirts at the bargain bin you ended up never wearing.

He is a 23 y/o big pass first point guard who had a great year last year 57% TS, good year shooting the 3 and can facilitate all of our score first guys and grow with whatever young core we settle on. A young player on the upswing who can be had for no additional assets. He might not be great defensively but is better on that end than either Keyonte or Brice and would slot in great with Ace and WCJ.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

No to Kuminga and Giddey. They dont change the teams trajectory. Neither of them.

 

[David Stern]

Austin confirmed on the telecast for the Summer League game that we have a $26M TPE from this trade. He also made a comment about being able to use it to take players and picks that makes me think we’ll be using it for exactly that

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Austin confirmed on the telecast for the Summer League game that we have a $26M TPE from this trade. He also made a comment about being able to use it to take players and picks that makes me think we’ll be using it for exactly that

Safe bet

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

If we pick up 1st round picks by taking on additional salary then it is as if we traded these guys for first round picks. If so, these moves make way more sense. If we dont, I am still highly disappointed in the returns.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Having said that, I would rather watch the youth play as hard as they can than watch Collins, Sexton, and JC playing every 3rd game.

 

[bigmike]

I'll just add: if the draft lottery is, in fact, rigged, I think it works in our benefit next year. AJ and Booz2 both want Utah. We got stiffed this year. There's a whole lot of suspicious eyes looking at Silver and the draft and giving Utah the top pick would be an excellent distraction. My inner conspiracy theorist believes we get #1 or #2 assuming no major roster additions.

And I think we’ll be tanking more “organically” this year.

Last year’s team was bad but should have won more sans our shameless vet benching for which we received a $100K slap on the wrist.

This team will be young, fun, play their balls off and still lose 60+ games.

Not that I think the lotto is rigged but no reason to rig it against us this year.

 

[FrenchJazzFa]

That's a good trade. Not sure Slomo and Love will wear a Jazz jersey but no matters. We are at least seriously tanking .