My god this discussion is driving me nuts. If you’d rather have Rudy win a ring than them suck and us get high picks I’m sorry to break it to you… you’re a Rudy fan not a Jazz fan. I hope the Timberwolves implode.
Regarding Rudy’s trade value we got an absolute godfather offer and we literally couldn’t say no to that.
They valued him way higher than other teams but that is literally all you need is one team to value him like he’s supposed to. A lot of variables were in play with this deal too. We wanted McDaniels but they wanted to keep him and we’re willing to add more picks. It was likely an extra 2 picks or so which is a no brainer to me. KAT told their front office that he wants to play PF and they were willing to accommodate him plus they were literally LAST in rim protection last year. Rudy theoretically checks all of the boxes they wanted. He has huge fans in their front office.
We also got all expiring contracts which helps the cap next year as well. We got flexibility back and we refilled our empty asset cupboard all in one single deal.
Now, if we trade Donovan we need to do the same exact thing and find the team that values him the most. We likely can get a similar package and probably more.