Kanter traded to OKC

[GVC]

It's time to overpay Tomic to convince him to come in Nba!

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[Handlogten's Heros]

We could have prolonged this for another year or two or just taken what was on the table and move on. We did the right thing there just wasn't a great match out there. We almost certainly will be in the 6th or 7th spot as far as draft position goes.

We had hoped for more... it wasn't available.

 

[tleikheen]

I've already thought the same thing ,Kanter will have so much more room to operate in OKC and Durant and Westbrook are willing passers.

 

[Nate505]

Some OKC fans aren't too high on Kanter:


Don't understand the enthusiasm for Kanter

He is not a good player and will gum up the lane for Durant and Westbrook. Also, his defence is below average and he will take minutes from Adams.

I hope he fails it up and has a lousy NBA career. I haven't detested a player like Kanter in a long time.

 

[Spinoza]

Except that we now have details that show us getting draft picks, as we obviously were getting from the beginning. FO obviously wasn't trading Kanter for literally nothing.

Except that's pretty much exactly what they did. The picks are going to be well outside of the lottery, meaning they have very little value. Perkins is not on our team. The international player is not an NBA player. The only situation that could have been worse, and marginally so, is if the Jazz would have simply cut Kanter.

 

[cooldude32]

"Tibor Pleiss to be immediately available for the Jazz?"

https://www.sportando.com/en/usa/nb...to-be-immediately-available-for-the-jazz.html

That would be cool if that happened. I'm sure he would be better than any D-Leaguer.

 

[bezerkus]

He's going to miss Utah...

 

[colton]

DMC, Millsap and Wes are the only unrestricted free agents on that list. With the cap set to jump in 2016, Atlanta will almost certainly retain Millsap. I'd guess it'll take a lot to pry Wes away as well (especially with Batum's struggles this season). Max offer sheets for Kawhi and Butler will almost certainly be matched by their respective teams. After trading IT and Dragic (and Ennis), Phoenix likely matches any offer for Knight.

So...the Jazz might be able to score DMC or Khris Middleton with very aggressive offers.

Or any of the ones I didn't include on the list...

By the way, I'm pretty "meh" about the trade. I was excited when I thought it was Detroit's pick of this year, but OKC's protected pick in the future isn't too exciting. So to me it all hinges on exactly this issue--which free agent do they pick up in the summer with their cap space. And I'm willing to postpone making a decision on the merits of this trade until after I see that.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Except that's pretty much exactly what they did. The picks are going to be well outside of the lottery, meaning they have very little value. Perkins is not on our team. The international player is not an NBA player. The only situation that could have been worse, and marginally so, is if the Jazz would have simply cut Kanter.

We also got out of Novak's deal. this was 70 cents on the dollar deal... Oh well.

 

[♪alt13]

I've already thought the same thing ,Kanter will have so much more room to operate in OKC and Durant and Westbrook are willing passers.

Kanter is going to drive Durant out of OKC. KD is going to get super frustrated.

 

[Diamond77]

You're still here?

Is this forum forbidden for Middle Easterns?

 

[mhindy]

Except that's pretty much exactly what they did. The picks are going to be well outside of the lottery, meaning they have very little value. Perkins is not on our team. The international player is not an NBA player. The only situation that could have been worse, and marginally so, is if the Jazz would have simply cut Kanter.

Just because the picks aren't great doesn't mean they are worthless. They clearly decided Enes would not be back, and that was that. If that was their decision, any return is a good return.