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OFFICIAL: Trade Deadline Thread

Teams probably wanted to take advantage of the Jazz to stick them with unwanted contracts and scrubs, when losing Al or Sap for cap room might be more appealing.

True. May be they think that in the future there might be more Harden/Gay type deals out there to be had.

We don't know what's on their board. I bet they have these things all figured out before hand.
 
You know what's going to be fun? When the Clippers face us in the playoffs this year and Milsap beats them up.
 
By keeping both Millsap and Jefferson, the Jazz just made Favors' extension deadline one of the most interesting dates in Jazz history. How can they possibly determine his value?
 
Teams probably wanted to take advantage of the Jazz to stick them with unwanted contracts and scrubs, when losing Al or Sap for cap room might be more appealing.

Yes, I imagine that was the case. And obviously there was no one the Jazz were really sold on to make taking on a salary dump appealing.
I still say the Jazz want to re-sign one of the two. And owning the rights to both means they can use them as leverage against each other.
Taking on contracts may become even more important as teams look forward to next season. Additionally, there might be cheap FA's available for the Jazz to sign once most others have blown their cash. Houston made out like bandits this past summer.

And like Beantown noted, Clippers may have backed away from the Bledsoe deal because of the uncertainty over CP3 re-signing. I think they believe some other teams may try to manuever to get Paul and/or Howard. And that's also where our cap space can come in handy. We're not going to get one of those two, but a team may give us a very nice prize in order to clear salary space on their roster.
 
You can't do better than that really...

Ummmm...Parker's rookie year, 30 mins a game, 34 mins his second year.


Ginobili's rookie year, 21 mins a game. His second year? 30 minutes a game.


Leonard
25 mins a game his rookie season.
30 mins a night his second season.


That looks just like the Jazz. See:


Burks, 15 mins his rookie season, 16 his second season.
Hayward, 16 mins his rookie season, 30 his second season, 26 mins his third. Trending the Corbin way.
Favors, 20 his first season, 21 his second, 21 mins his third, 22 his fourth. By his 10th season, we might get him 30 mins a night! Think how fresh his legs will be!
Kanter, 13 mins his first season, 14 his second.


Again, this team says what you want to hear, not what they are actually doing. And you lap it up.
 
Ummmm...Parker's rookie year, 30 mins a game, 34 mins his second year.


Ginobili's rookie year, 21 mins a game. His second year? 30 minutes a game.


Leonard
25 mins a game his rookie season.
30 mins a night his second season.


That looks just like the Jazz. See:


Burks, 15 mins his rookie season, 16 his second season.
Hayward, 16 mins his rookie season, 30 his second season, 26 mins his third. Trending the Corbin way.
Favors, 20 his first season, 21 his second, 21 mins his third, 22 his fourth. By his 10th season, we might get him 30 mins a night! Think how fresh his legs will be!
Kanter, 13 mins his first season, 14 his second.


Again, this team says what you want to hear, not what they are actually doing. And you lap it up.

You're only talking about minutes. Lindsey could be referring to a whole host of other things that are behind the scene and we don't know about, i.e., player development, coaching, mental training, mentoring, etc.

I have no reason to believe that either KOC or Lindsey are liars. So the status quo is that they're telling the truth.
 
But, you will get Al on a max deal this summer.

Talk about FLEXIBILITY!

To be honest - that's what I initially thought they would do. But now it seems "flexibility" is the key word.

I'm leaning towards them trying to work out a reasonable deal for Big Al. If he wants more $ then walk.

Then try to work out a deal with Millsap.

Actually this is a good problem to have. Having them both for negotiations means that it gives us leverage to get the cost down.
 
Most people are liars, so the status quo is that they might be lying.

Wow... you really believe that? I don't. I believe that - yes we do have the tendency to sin. But at the same time, we've been given a Moral Compass inside all of us. And given the choice, we would rather not sin.

Human is the only natural beings in this world who can "do the right thing" even though it's against our nature.
 
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