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Kanter traded to OKC

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GVC said:
Not for the Jazz. His contract runs through the 2015/16 season. The Jazz took on his nearly $4mm 2015/16 salary for a 2nd round pick.
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Oh, re-reading your post I see that statement was in defense of it being a bad move at the time. I agree with that. DL overpaid for 2nd round pick.
 
GVC said:
1. The floor is irrelevant.

2. Novak is still on the books next season.

There was no need to get to the floor, and no need for Novak. Why let him eat up nearly $4mm in 2015 cap space for a 2nd? It was a bad trade (FWIW, I thought so at the time).
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1. Exactly, so it was kept irrelevant with the bonus of acquiring a small asset.

2. 4 M by itself is inconsequential. Can add up with other stuff, and, as shown, was an easy move.

Valid point on RFAs and offer sheets. Still, if the Jazz don't get an offer sheet signed, they could always keep Kanter. Also, since this Kanter mess has reportedly been brewing for a while, it makes sense to question what the Jazz could have acquired for Kanter earlier in the season or this past offseason. DL has a pretty consistent record of waiting to do anything until his hand is forced. Not a great sign.

Also, your numbers seem a bit off. I did a quick breakdown of the Jazz cap situation earlier in the thread.[/QUOTE]

I'll take the FO at its word that it believed in Kanter. I do think keeping Kanter over what the trade ended up being value-wise is slightly better, but not amazingly so. I remember reading reports somewhere that the market for Kanter has always been tepid.

My numbers were quick summations of Sham and Hoopshype, since neither of them have the act together fully. You should link to your post since I'm not traversing 25 pages.

Here's what I got:

Hayward: 15.5
Favors: 12
Burks: 9.2
Exum: 3.777
Burke: 2.6
Hood: 1.3
Gobert 1.1

That's 45.5.

Add 5 for Booker if you want to keep it. Cap hold on Evans and Clark is 4.5.

Kanter's cap hold is 11.4.
Novak's salary was 3.75.

Cap expectation of 66.5.
 
I just noticed what the Bucks got back for Brandon Knight---MCW, Miles Plumlee and Tyler Ennis. We can debate how good these players are, but they're all first-round picks. I guess the Bucks took advantage of the Suns being in a pickle with Dragic.
 
Catchall said:
Jazz are tanking. The only other team that made a deal similar to Utah today was Philadelphia.
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I hope so.


- We'll be thin up front.

- We'll have cap space to go out and sign FA this Summer.

- DET and Kings should be out of the tank race.


This is a perfect storm for a FINAL TANK this year. Grab D'Angelo Russell and let's go shopping!!!!
 
Despite what many Jazz fans think about Kanter, he is the best player in the trade. Now it is better to get something instead of nothing this summer. However, DL didn't deliver on what he said he was looking to get for Kanter. Where is the young promising player? This trade doesn't knock my socks off. I hope the pick has limited protection. I wish the Euro prospect was younger with more potential to make it to the NBA.

The positive is Rudy is going to start now and he will be more likely to stay. For all the Jazz fans insinuating that Kanter was a cancer in the locker room, just stop.. No one knows if that was a factor so stop acting like you have to thrash him like the GF who broke up with you in high school.

Rudy, Favors and Booker are a fine rotation but I am still wondering where the offense is going to come from. If OKC doesn't re-sign Kanter than the deal doesn't look as good for them.

Overall I have mixed emotions, I wish Kanter well but I hope Rudy blocks ten of his shots when we play them. Rudy...Rudy..Rudy...
 
Austin Horton @austinhorton
Lindsey says Hayward's jump in progression has been more than team expected, perhaps makes losing Kanter's offense easier to swallow.

"Not every young player is always going to stick around. There will be choices that have to be made." Dennis Lindsey

"We don't want to be in a perpetual rebuild, & the Millers have fully authorized us to go up to the luxury tax." Dennis Lindsey

Dennis Lindsey: "There are Free Agents in this upcoming class who we like, and moving Steve's contract will allow us to be very active."

"The haul we got was a significant haul for somebody in the last year of his contract, and that's a credit to Enes' abilities." Lindsey

"Rudy's ability to cover the rim for us...factored in to some of our decisions...going forward." Dennis Lindsey

The $$ freed up by today's Kanter/Novak trade will allow Jazz to go after some "free agents we like in this market," per Dennis Lindsey
 
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