Remember when Boozer was on a contract year. It was said then that the Jazz had flexibility. Yet, how many times are we promised the world as we watch those assets expire and we bring in new ones with the promise of hope yet they get buried on the bench.
I actually fear that history will probably repeat itself here.
Folks know that Jefferson, like Boozer, is a one trick pony.
When you look back at the trade we made... We lost... While Chicago REALLY lost. But they were going to lose anyway because they were dead set at signing Booz to a very expensive deal.
I just wonder, will folks be so stupid errr desperate to offer the same for Jefferson? I doubt it.
The contending teams all seem pretty well set. I don't see any team thinking that Jefferson is their missing piece. While Chicago obviously felt like Boozer was the offensive big they needed to compete for a championship...
Personally, it will be a miracle of stupid trade proportions if there is someone stupid enough to take Jefferson and his pathetic defense, weak offense, and big contract off our shoulders without tying us up with broken goods (like what Minny did to us by yoking us with Jefferson).
it's becoming clearer and clearer to me that the (only) option we have is to let Jefferson expire.
Millsap? Different story. Now Millsap has some value. The problem is, I'd trade Jefferson 100x before I'd ever trade Millsap.