Lakers_Slapper
Well-Known Member
Dennis Lindsey said that this trade will give us "flexibility for the future." Does that sound familiar? It should. Its been his key line behind any transition since he was hired as GM. In 2013 there was an interview with Lindsey regarding possible trades for Millsap or A. Jefferson. He again said that what ever happened we have enough assets that will give us flexibility for the future. In 2013 the future was now, The future for now is,,,,, anything beyond tomorrow. When will our upper management stop thinking 3 years down the road and start thinking NOW? 3 Years down the road is usually fine, but with the Jazz organization 3 years turns into 6, 6 turns into 9, so on and so forth. 40 is not the new 20 unless your 40 and your incomplete. Start seeing NOW!!
I don't think the question of whether trading Kanter was a good or a bad decision. He didn't want to play here, and the pros of the trade are obvious as far as some guys getting well-deserved minutes etc. We all should agree with that. The trade needed to happen. I think the better question is did the Jazz settle, accepting much less than they should have?? I think the answer is yes. I read the reactions to the trade and I see everyone agrees that it needed to happen. That's obvious. But its irritating that so many Jazz fans are contempt thinking that our management did everything they could to get everything they could for Kanter. I agree that you have to take the best deal before the trade deadline ends for Enes Kanter. But receiving as little as we did for him tells me that the Jazz didn't even shop him until maybe the final days leading up to the trade deadline.
There is no way that they shopped him for the last few weeks and that's the best deal that was available when all is said and done. The main piece we are getting in return is Perkins. He is not even that good of a piece for one. Second, we are releasing him from his contract so he can sign for a contender. What it boils down to is that we didn't receive any valued assets in return. You can argue that we now have cap space, but you don't trade a player who you drafted 3rd overall with a PER of 17.55 for cap space.
I know that I am going to get loads of hate for this post, but I am only saying what everyone is thinking or will think depending on when they get tired of hearing talks about the future.
I don't think the question of whether trading Kanter was a good or a bad decision. He didn't want to play here, and the pros of the trade are obvious as far as some guys getting well-deserved minutes etc. We all should agree with that. The trade needed to happen. I think the better question is did the Jazz settle, accepting much less than they should have?? I think the answer is yes. I read the reactions to the trade and I see everyone agrees that it needed to happen. That's obvious. But its irritating that so many Jazz fans are contempt thinking that our management did everything they could to get everything they could for Kanter. I agree that you have to take the best deal before the trade deadline ends for Enes Kanter. But receiving as little as we did for him tells me that the Jazz didn't even shop him until maybe the final days leading up to the trade deadline.
There is no way that they shopped him for the last few weeks and that's the best deal that was available when all is said and done. The main piece we are getting in return is Perkins. He is not even that good of a piece for one. Second, we are releasing him from his contract so he can sign for a contender. What it boils down to is that we didn't receive any valued assets in return. You can argue that we now have cap space, but you don't trade a player who you drafted 3rd overall with a PER of 17.55 for cap space.
I know that I am going to get loads of hate for this post, but I am only saying what everyone is thinking or will think depending on when they get tired of hearing talks about the future.
