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JJJ Jock in and gone again Vince Lonzo What is happening? I expected a very quiet trade deadline. . . Certainly not this.

I hope so. Still think they won too many close games early when it would be nice to have a buffer to finish the season. One of Peterson, AJ or Wagler would be very nice to add to the new core of the team.

Must be. Looks like all they’re getting is the low end of a pick swap.

This was unexpected. Overall, seems like a fair price to pay. Feel bad that Hendricks is moving on, but that injury ruined his timeline here. WCJ was fun for a bit, but as an older rookie who was struggling, it’s not the end of the world. Anderson / Niang as throw-ins for salary still leave the...

Jazz should still be in asset collection mode. If they’re going to be buyers at the deadline, they’d better make sure it doesn’t cost them their draft pick. They just need top down talent and a top 8 pick this year helps with that. I’d rather see them be sellers if there’s any market for the...

I don’t disagree with that. Personally, I don’t think I would’ve given him the contract that they did.

I’m curious to see what Orlando decides to do with their salary situation. Not sure either Wagner or Black is going to be available - but I’d be open to going after one if they are.

Were Queen and/or Fears ever thought to be on the market? Strange post to include them in.

Which is great, but doesn’t help them keep the pick. Look, I’m not opposed to keeping him the rest of this season or even next year as an affordable backup. . . if there's no deal to be made. IF he has value and can net a positive asset. . . the Jazz would be stupid to pass that up. Granted. . ...

Jazz have 5 guys that they should definitely look to trade at the deadline. All vets. Nurkic, Svi, Love, Anderson and Niang. Try to pick up an asset or two in the process, force the young guys into bigger roles and start figuring out who to keep next year and beyond. The only guy I’d actually...

I think playing those types of stupid games have already hurt the Jazz. Trading Favors away for cap space to sign Rudy Gay? And then playing the stupid tanking games they did for two years - when they could’ve tanked for Wemby and then admitted the 2024 draft was garbage and let the Thunder...

I also think there’s an argument for tanking by keeping the talent pool lower to keep the pick by trading away veterans who are not in the long-term plans and overplaying young guys to get them more experience and see where they’re at in their development. I don’t consider either of those things...

That sounds more realistic. I still say eff the Thunder. Jazz don’t have to unethically tank to be just bad enough to fall into the bottom 5 this year. Reduce Lauri’s minutes to a more reasonable number (mostly to reduce his wear and tear this year), trade some of the vets for peanuts (or as...

If that’s true. . . then eff the Thunder. Those guys were terrible about tanking during their lean years. Jazz losing to the Clippers today screws the Thunder twice as hard. I’m all for it. Looking forward to Cody Williams playing 30+ minutes today.

I don’t think the Jazz are in a perpetual rebuild though. Lauri is aging, but has proven to be awesome when healthy. Keyonte has taken a huge step forward and still looks to have more upside. Kessler was looking great before he hurt his shoulder and got shut down. Ace and WCJ are both...