Letter published in SL Tribune. Suck it Monson!

[Jamezz]

Nah. My bed is saved for Jamezz and his coke-caked nostrils.

lel

 

[The Midnight]

Nice ending sentence here:

Let's hope that, in the future, you elucidate the complexities of business in the NBA with more effort than what Kanter will give Oklahoma City on defense.

 

[candrew]

Do you have any understanding at all of how the NBA works or what front office works entails?

Here's an article (albeit an old one) showing a day in the life of an NBA GM. Spoiler alert: they're hearing and discussing offers on potential trades ALL THE TIME.

https://forums.nba-live.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11203

First of all don't start getting all pissy with me just because your parents named you Ned.

Fielding offers for and actively trying to trade are two different things. If someone wanted to buy my house I'd certainly listen to what they have to offer, but that doesn't mean I listed my home for sale. I'm sure The Jazz FO fields offers for every player on the team.

I think what others said in this thread are true - The Jazz FO stood pat because they hoped Kanter's trade value might go up. And it did - Kanter played OK defense - at least the last couple of months. But whatever gains he made on the court were cancelled by his calling out the FO last week. Now the rest of the league knows The Jazz are either gonna have egg on their face by keeping a player who punked them or have to give up an asset for next to nothing. .

 

[Flc]

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?

First of all don't start getting all pissy with me just because your parents named you Ned.

Fielding offers for and actively trying to trade are two different things. If someone wanted to buy my house I'd certainly listen to what they have to offer, but that doesn't mean I listed my home for sale. I'm sure The Jazz FO fields offers for every player on the team.

I think what others said in this thread are true - The Jazz FO stood pat because they hoped Kanter's trade value might go up. And it did - Kanter played OK defense - at least the last couple of months. But whatever gains he made on the court were cancelled by his calling out the FO last week. Now the rest of the league knows The Jazz are either gonna have egg on their face by keeping a player who punked them or have to give up an asset for next to nothing. .

Glad you were able to answer your own questions. Bravo.

 

[colton]

Can you provide a link that demonstrates how the front office waited until Kanter's comments to begin trade negotiations?

Can you provide a link that proves they didn't?

For what it's worth, Locke said they had been in negotiations before Kanter's public comments, and that his public comments didn't really affect anything at all. I think that was in his interview with someone at 1280, probably DJ & PK.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Must be a hoax. Nobody names their kid "Ned".

;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwhG_y0HQg

 

[Carbon13]

For what it's worth, Locke said they had been in negotiations before Kanter's public comments, and that his public comments didn't really affect anything at all. I think that was in his interview with someone at 1280, probably DJ & PK.

Yeah i heard that too, but im not sure if i believe that they make this trade without Kanters comments. Not that i dont see the logic, just that sometimes i think Locke is basically Jazz PR and his goal is to sell tickets.

 

[colton]

Yeah i heard that too, but im not sure if i believe that they make this trade without Kanters comments. Not that i dont see the logic, just that sometimes i think Locke is basically Jazz PR and his goal is to sell tickets.

I understand what you mean. But what surprised me in his answer was that there was no hesitation. And his point seemed valid, that the Jazz had already decided that they wouldn't match likely offers because they didn't feel that he would be worth that much to them as they already had two better front court players. So I think it's plausible.

 

[Flc]

I understand what you mean. But what surprised me in his answer was that there was no hesitation. And his point seemed valid, that the Jazz had already decided that they wouldn't match likely offers because they didn't feel that he would be worth that much to them as they already had two better front court players. So I think it's plausible.

Exactly. I'm pretty confident in the assumption that Lindsey was committed at the beginning of the year to seeing what the three bigs could do. And when Favors and Gobert both emerged, and Kanter didn't, it became a pretty easy decision.