Kirelenko in Trade talks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kenwood]

As other people stated earlier in this thread, we have to get more for this trade to happen. The salaries just don't match up at all right now.

I haven't looked at the whole deal yet, but the Jazz don't have to match salaries if they are dropping. AK for Diaw works for the Jazz as long as it works for the other teams.

 

[Twin Towers]

Of course, one question would be, Are the Jazz better off with a Diaw who plays 82 games per year than with a better defender in AK who misses 1/3 of the season with injuries, and is marginally effective in about 20% more because he is still recovering from his most recent injury?

Also... Getting under or close to the Luxury tax level also opens the door for additional moves down the road that may be impossible with the AK Contract.

Better off right now?... not likely by much...

Better off later this year, and next?... Probably so.

Good post

 

[NUMBERICA]

Of course. I knew this offseason was too good to be true.

Can someone tell me how the Jazz are saving significant money if they're tied to another year of this lazy french ****'s contract (for a total that is technically more than what the Jazz are slated to pay AK)? I'd rather have AK this year and his Bird Rights than try to fathom paying $18 million for the next TWO years to the fattest players on the team.

The only way this could be swallowable is if the Jazz get a 1st rounder as well. And even still it'd be a ****-move.

We'd better hope Carmello bitches out of the extension talkes. God damn it.

 

[Archie Moses]

It would help the division. The Nuggets would definitely be getting weaker this year with a AK/Melo swap.

 

[Twin Towers]

Has Diaw EVER played all 82 more then once?

On average he plays 77 games per year.

 

[homeytennis]

If Ross is here why even bother with Ryan Thompson?

 

[InGameStrategy]

Yeah we are getting more out of this deal if the rumors are true (which odds are they are not) cause according to trade checker on realgm.com both Denver and New Jersey needs to send out more.

Probably tough to pass up the temptation to save $7 million to $9 million in salary (unless someone else needed to be included). But Utah's probably notable worse with Diaw, unless AK has been overrated all this time. Ironically, I think that most would think that resigning AK at $7 million to $9 million would be about right :|.

82games.com has Diaw having played mostly PF last season--and the season before that--with meh results (negative production +/-, good on-court/off-court +/-). But Gerald Wallace and the similarly tall Stephen Jackson were playing the 2 and the 3. He did a bit better with the Suns, which probably suggests that he would do better with us.

It's a trade that I could understand, and maybe Utah could recover from it. He's not a great shooter, but neither is Kiri. Diaw's FG% is high, but he probably has been playing closer to the basket.
https://www.82games.com/0910/09CHA13.HTM#bypos

 

[kwb]

If AK goes to Denver, what's the first tattoo he'll get?

 

[David Stern]

Neither Denver or New Jersey can take back that much salary, like somebody else posted. We absolutely HAVE to be getting somebody else.

 

[KM32MVP]

On average he plays 77 games per year.

My bad, he's played in all 82 2 outta 7 times. With an avg of 77 per year. Kirilenko's avg is 69 per year btw.

 

[David Stern]

If AK goes to Denver, what's the first tattoo he'll get?

A copy of his "free pass?" Or something that says "One Night a Year Bitches"

 

[NUMBERICA]

Of course. I knew this offseason was too good to be true.

Can someone tell me how the Jazz are saving significant money if they're tied to another year of this lazy french ****'s contract (for a total that is technically more than what the Jazz are slated to pay AK)? I'd rather have AK this year and his Bird Rights than try to fathom paying $18 million for the next TWO years to the fattest players on the team.

The only way this could be swallowable is if the Jazz get a 1st rounder as well. And even still it'd be a ****-move.

We'd better hope Carmello bitches out of the extension talkes. God damn it.

Actually, the Jazz would be paying closer to $20 million per year for a guy that might be toast and a 4 we don't need who is never in very good shape. Awesome.

If the Jazz can somehow swap Memo instead, then great. The Jazz for all of their financial wisdom don't seem to understand that they shouldn't be trading their massive expiring (and one of their best talents) for a contract that has another year and comes out as more than what AK is owed.

This makes no ****ing sense. This is way lamer and ******** than the Maynor dump.