On December 15th about 88 players become trade eligible. I think the Jazz could be pretty active this year.
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Love scoring 20 in a game 2 days before the unofficial trade season starts could be good for the Jazz.
I think Nurkic would have decent value if his contract wasnt so large. Is there a team out there sitting on a useless 15-20 million dollar contract who needs a backup 5?
I'm guessing that Ainge will be pretty aggressive on making the team worse.
Nurkic and either Collier or Sensabaugh for Kuminga works
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Idk. That sounds kind of shenaniganny.
AA said no no to the shenanigans iirc.
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We need to acquire a bunch of sweet sweet 2nd round picks.
He said he wouldn’t create fake injuries or encourage the coach to throw games. He already dumped two players he didn’t have to.
I expect we’ll do something with the vets. Get some seconds or whatever from facilitating trades or buy them out.
Once they are gone we will pretend like we didn’t have people dying on a hill to defend their minutes and acting like we cannot develop without them.
Once they are gone we will pretend like we didn’t have people dying on a hill to defend their minutes and acting like we cannot develop without them.
Tremendous Upside
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So who are these vets who are driving all the winning?
37 year old K-Love?
Nurkic, literally unable to jump at this point and shooting 50% at the line?
Slo-Mo, the collector of DNP's?
Svi, a journeyman playing with a 9.6 PER this season?
Things are sure gonna be different when we get rid of these guys.
Did I mention winning once? If you don't have anything to say that's in my post, don't reply to it.
Yes, they will. When Cody takes Svi's minutes, and Flip becomes our designated rim protector and the primary defender of Edey, Clingan and Zubac then the Jazz will be suddenly losing way more games.
NBA coaches are wired to win. The fact that they can’t get on the court over Svi and Love says more about them than anything.
Tremendous Upside
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This.
Again, my post says nothing about winning or losing. Did either of you read my post?
My post says something about the developmental benefit of having these vets being meaningless. If/when we get rid of them for little to nothing we won't feel like we're missing out on anything by not having these guys playing minutes.
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Not sure if you're serious, but both of these are pipe dreams.
Jazz will reach a point in the season soon where it's clear we're not a playoff team, and so they'll sell vets. See if they move Niang, Anderson, Svi, etc. That should put guys like Cody, Taylor and Brice in the lineup more.
Regarding Nurkic, I think they're relying on him to help run their offense right now. I could see them keeping him for that reason.
Regarding Nurkic, I think they're relying on him to help run their offense right now. I could see them keeping him for that reason.
I don’t see people dying saying they need to protect their minutes for development. Seems like a small portion of the fan base you’ve found or seen and are clinging onto. I really don’t see it anywhere.