Bogut > Pau Gasol if Bogut's healthy.
Answer to all your questions:
One, the rotation for this year is Millsap, Kanter, Favors.
Two, trade Millsap and one or both of our first round picks for a top 3 pick or an All-Star.
Three, that makes a lineup of Bogut, Kanter, Favors. Favors and Bogut start next year. Favors and Kanter start the next. Then Bogut's contract expires, he signs a backup deal (similar to Millsap's). The 4-5 is locked up for the next 3-8 years. With a three man rotation, that is 30+ mins a night for each one.
No morale hurt, Millsap can think he is the man on some other team and get eaten alive in reality.
Isn't Bogut out the rest of the year?
Isn't Bogut out the rest of the year?
Again not his fault and a serious injury.Really? What happened to him this time?
I'm a Utes fan, so my homerism says yes. But as others have said, the guy can't stay healthy. Plus, Kanter is our center of the future. I'd prefer to trade Big Al to someone like Atlanta that needs a big but has depth at PG and SF.
I love Bogut, but the injuries are a real problem. Beyond that, the Jazz need to be trading a big AWAY, not swapping. The Jazz's future can't get off the bench for any meaningful minutes because of that.
The Jazz need to get smaller. I agree with that. IF you can get Bogut (injury prone) for Jefferson (ball hog, no defense/athleticism) then you do it. You swap broken goods for broken goods. Bogut has a much higher potential for good. It's worth the risk. The money is spent either way. What this does is gives you a risk for a higher ceiling, opens up playing time for the rest of this year, allows Millsap to be "the man" and raise his stock. Now you can trade two first round picks and Millsap for an all-star level small forward. It's a no brainer.