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I'm liking this.
But can Boozer deny this trade from happening?
And how will that Boozer/SLC dynamic be?
But can Boozer deny this trade from happening?
And how will that Boozer/SLC dynamic be?
Chicago picks are in play
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Sexual Favors
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Zach LaVine
In practice, all players own a no-trade-clause: outright ****ing refuse. If I were the Jazz and this were an option, I'd request permission to talk to Boozer before making it happen to make sure he signs off and has no illusions about what is happening.
The dynamic would be that classless tools would rain boos on him for a while. But if he just plays a lot of games and shows effort, he'll have kind of redeemed himself and I don't think that's valueless to him. Additionally, he'd have a chance to maybe play himself into a new contract (somewhere else, probably, but him as a sixth man for the right price would be a boon).
So maybe a real capologist can correct me and I'm sure that this has been hashed elsewhere many times, but the Jazz are going to have (or could very easily have) $30 million+ in cap space this offseason, right*? Saving Bulls ownership nearly $17 million on top of the cap ramifications (I say "on top of" because they can just amnesty Boozer, but they'd still have to pay him) has to be worth a lot to them and Jazz need to spend ~$25 million to get to the salary floor anyway (thus, the only expense to the Jazz is opportunity cost, unless of course, this is the best they could do).
And Boozer is really the only significant salary that they can just shed. I'm not sure how else they're supposed to responsibly save money to simultaneously stay under the LT and then also have the cap space to go after Carmelo or whoever.
* after renouncing rights on all players (why wouldn't they? They'd be below the cap and Bird Rights wouldn't matter), still picking up team options, and considering a ~$9 million cap hold on Hayward that puts them at ~$28 million in salary committed and the cap will surely be above $58 million.
And Boozer is really the only significant salary that they can just shed. I'm not sure how else they're supposed to responsibly save money to simultaneously stay under the LT and then also have the cap space to go after Carmelo or whoever.
* after renouncing rights on all players (why wouldn't they? They'd be below the cap and Bird Rights wouldn't matter), still picking up team options, and considering a ~$9 million cap hold on Hayward that puts them at ~$28 million in salary committed and the cap will surely be above $58 million.
mellow
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Boos or not he'd be getting another payday either way.
I don't consider Boozer intelligent, but I think the salary dump concept is easy enough for him to comprehend. The jazz need to meet a minimum salary threshold, the bulls are tired of paying Boozer, so the bulls give the jazz 16, 19 and the Sacramento pick they got from Cleveland via the Luol Deng trade and the jazz take Snell, Dunleavy and boozers salaries. Richard Jefferson, Rush and Biedrens figured it out, booze will too.
Fixed that for you.
But yes I support a Boozer salary dump. Also, I don't think anyone is going to boo him, unless you count people screaming "BOOOOOOOOOOZER!"
I also wouldn't mind drafting TJ Warren either. The Jazz might have to move up to get him at 16.
I don't want Boozer back under any circumstances. There is a rumor (for another jazz board) which is Utah trades Favors and Burks + a future 1st and 2nd round pick for the #1 and they get back Waiters and Varajeo and still keep the #5. Would you guys do that trade? Who would you pick? Would you take a chance on Embiid at 5 or Draft Gordon or Vonleh? Wiggins and ????.
No Mirotic, no deal. If they want to throw in all of those other guys, great, welcome the **** aboard.