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Ummm Jazz in talks for Jimmer?

colton said:
I'm nearly certain that since the Jazz didn't have a first rounder in 2012, they MUST have a first rounder in 2013. Thus they cannot trade their own first round pick unless they have someone else's first round pick guaranteed.
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I would post the link, but it's actually the same one you just quoted from nightmare.;)

The Stepien rule applies only to future first round picks. For example, if this is the 2011-12 season, then a team can trade its 2012 first round pick without regard to whether they had traded their 2011 pick, since their 2011 pick is no longer a future pick. But they can't trade away both their 2012 and 2013 picks, since both are future picks. Teams sometimes work around this rule by trading first round picks in alternate years.
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•Teams are required to have only a first round pick, and not necessarily their own first round pick. Teams may trade away their own future picks in consecutive years if they have another team's first round pick in one of those years.
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So, just to summarize, Utah can indeed trade their 2013 1st. Also, supposing GS conveys their pick to Utah in 2013, the Jazz could actually trade both their 2013 and 2014, just as soon as the GS pick was guaranteed to come to Utah.

If GS ended up keeping their pick again, Utah could still get around the rule if they wanted to, by waiting until the draft, and then making the pick for another team. Once that happens, it is no longer a future first, so Utah could immediately trade their 2014.
 
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