What's new
By:

Letter published in SL Tribune. Suck it Monson!

I hope "Ned Stanley' is a pseudonym. Otherwise he's likely to come home one day and find One Love sleeping in his bed.
 
I think if Jefferson and Millsap were traded for peanuts on the dollar then Monson would have complained about it as well. Your assertion is that anything greater than zero is a success - some people don't view that as a success. I know my employers don't. I doubt most do.

It has since come to light that in October The Jazz offered an extension to Kanter which amounted to a few dollars above the qualifying offer for 4 years (I think it was 8 mil per). I think the FO knew that this was a non-starter and Kanter and his agent would turn them down flat. This being the case then why didn't The Jazz FO start trade negotiations immediately thereafter? Why did they wait until the last minute thereby putting themselves in a position for a 22 year old kid to pull a punk move on them and publically state his wishes to be traded? And additionally put themselves into a position of having to settle for what is obviously a **** deal?

Just a bad job all around.
 
I'd be willing to bet the Jazz have tried to trade Kanter since Oct.

If also be willing to bet that there were few teams wanting a selfish offense only player who thinks he is a max guy.
 
candrew said:
I think if Jefferson and Millsap were traded for peanuts on the dollar then Monson would have complained about it as well. Your assertion is that anything greater than zero is a success - some people don't view that as a success. I know my employers don't. I doubt most do.

It has since come to light that in October The Jazz offered an extension to Kanter which amounted to a few dollars above the qualifying offer for 4 years (I think it was 8 mil per). I think the FO knew that this was a non-starter and Kanter and his agent would turn them down flat. This being the case then why didn't The Jazz FO start trade negotiations immediately thereafter? Why did they wait until the last minute thereby putting themselves in a position for a 22 year old kid to pull a punk move on them and publically state his wishes to be traded? And additionally put themselves into a position of having to settle for what is obviously a **** deal?

Just a bad job all around.
Click to expand...

My assertion is that you take the best that you can get. It's been widely reported that Lindsey did try to deal Millsap/Jefferson but the only offers available were ones that brought back significant non-expiring contracts that would have made the ability to resign Hayward AND Burks far more difficult.

Can you provide a link that demonstrates how the front office waited until Kanter's comments to begin trade negotiations? Just because it didn't happen until the trade deadline doesn't mean that there weren't constant negotiations and explorations before that. 37 players were dealt in the last four hours of the deadline. Ask yourself why that's the case.
 
candrew said:
I think if Jefferson and Millsap were traded for peanuts on the dollar then Monson would have complained about it as well. Your assertion is that anything greater than zero is a success - some people don't view that as a success. I know my employers don't. I doubt most do.

It has since come to light that in October The Jazz offered an extension to Kanter which amounted to a few dollars above the qualifying offer for 4 years (I think it was 8 mil per). I think the FO knew that this was a non-starter and Kanter and his agent would turn them down flat. This being the case then why didn't The Jazz FO start trade negotiations immediately thereafter? Why did they wait until the last minute thereby putting themselves in a position for a 22 year old kid to pull a punk move on them and publically state his wishes to be traded? And additionally put themselves into a position of having to settle for what is obviously a **** deal?

Just a bad job all around.
Click to expand...

You do understand that Kanter had 0 trade value going into this season right? He was benched last year ( unfairly and a bad decision from Corbin) and was coming off surgery this last of season . The Jazz had to take the time this year to both figure out if he could fit into a new system with a new coach and try to build some kind of trade value for him if he didn't fit. I would be willing to bet they got more for him during in the deal they made then they ever would have gotten offered up to a month ago.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
candrew said:
I think if Jefferson and Millsap were traded for peanuts on the dollar then Monson would have complained about it as well. Your assertion is that anything greater than zero is a success - some people don't view that as a success. I know my employers don't. I doubt most do.

It has since come to light that in October The Jazz offered an extension to Kanter which amounted to a few dollars above the qualifying offer for 4 years (I think it was 8 mil per). I think the FO knew that this was a non-starter and Kanter and his agent would turn them down flat. This being the case then why didn't The Jazz FO start trade negotiations immediately thereafter? Why did they wait until the last minute thereby putting themselves in a position for a 22 year old kid to pull a punk move on them and publically state his wishes to be traded? And additionally put themselves into a position of having to settle for what is obviously a **** deal?

Just a bad job all around.
Click to expand...

I'm willing to bet Kanters trade value in October wasn't very high. DL may have thought his value would increase as they got closer to the deadline.
 
green said:
I'd be willing to bet the Jazz have tried to trade Kanter since Oct.
Click to expand...

I was hoping that was the case when I posted this before the season even started:

https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?33445-In-depth-article-on-Burks-and-Kanter-extensions

as the season progresses it's going to become readily obvious that Kanter just doesn't fit in QS's system. I'm not thrilled about it because I've always rooted for the guy - it's just one of those things when you have a change in culture.

I think DL is trying to trade Kanter right now - definitely by the deadline. Anyway, I just don't see him coming back next year.
Click to expand...

Looking back I should have changed the word "think" to "hope". Because knowing now that the actual extension offer was so low and, I'm sure, viewed as an insult by Kanter and his agent, the fact that he and their poisoned relationship was kept around until the deadline is just ****ing ponderous to me.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page
Back
Top