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Best Playoff Outcomes for Jazz Trades

The Lakers changed the landscape of the NBA by not taking that Conley trade.
should have traded him to another team then. Give him away for nothing to anyone. Same with Clarkson. Go hard as **** for wemby.

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This video clip is nothing more than cherry picking. Fast offense leaves defenders standing. Happens in every basketball game. I like Brandon. He is obviously not enough but a good building piece or a placeholder. Not sure what his price would be though if he’d be willing to come to Utah and extend with us. Would it be too much?
 
This video clip is nothing more than cherry picking. Fast offense leaves defenders standing. Happens in every basketball game. I like Brandon. He is obviously not enough but a good building piece or a placeholder. Not sure what his price would be though if he’d be willing to come to Utah and extend with us. Would it be too much?
I agree that the clips used were misleading. Everyone has those issues at some point. Jazz should probably be out on trading for Ingram. They likely would need to pay more than what New Orleans wants to get back, and it sounds like the Pelicans think they can go star hunting to team someone up with Zion. Unless the Jazz get involved in a 3 team deal where they send out Collins and draft capital while taking back BI, I don’t see it happening.
 
I agree that the clips used were misleading. Everyone has those issues at some point. Jazz should probably be out on trading for Ingram. They likely would need to pay more than what New Orleans wants to get back, and it sounds like the Pelicans think they can go star hunting to team someone up with Zion. Unless the Jazz get involved in a 3 team deal where they send out Collins and draft capital while taking back BI, I don’t see it happening.
Yes, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Jazz were interested in Ingram. I was thinking of our cap space if we extend Lauri, but getting rid of Collins salary would obviously open up things.
 
It's going to be an interesting offseason. A lot of teams may look to do a shift and blow things up. I can see Ainge being aggressive in the trade market, then again he could pull an audible and tank for Flagg.
 
Best playoff outcome for Jazz trades would be OKC playing tough against Dallas and losing in 6 or 7 because they lack the 3pt shooting. Then maybe the Thunder would try to rectify it and, being impatient, to offer several picks for Lauri.
 
One thing I considered last night... if we are trying to be good sooner than later and are indeed going star hunting... and that is the plan. I would think having NAW and Tech would be pretty helpful. NAW was a bit of a victim of the THT experience. He was pretty good in sporadic playing time. He likely needed to be in the Wolves deal unfortunately so I won't kill them there. But those are types of dudes you keep if you are trying to make a win-now push. Maybe we are incompetent or maybe what they say and what they do just doesn't align right now.
 
Best playoff outcome for Jazz trades would be OKC playing tough against Dallas and losing in 6 or 7 because they lack the 3pt shooting. Then maybe the Thunder would try to rectify it and, being impatient, to offer several picks for Lauri.
I don’t think the jazz are that serious about trading Markkanen. They’ve already stated it would take 4-5 picks and a star player going to Utah.
 
I don’t think the jazz are that serious about trading Markkanen. They’ve already stated it would take 4-5 picks and a star player going to Utah.
In the past two years what the Jazz were are saying and what they were doing could not differ more. They have been trading their good players left and right for nothing but picks and/or young prospects. They draft a ton of young players and signed a ton of young players on non-guaranteed contracts. They traded away Fontecchio who would be ideal for any competitive team. In short, the Jazz went way out of their way to ensure that there will be no good players to help Markkanen compete in the next two years.
 
In the past two years what the Jazz were are saying and what they were doing could not differ more. They have been trading their good players left and right for nothing but picks and/or young prospects. They draft a ton of young players and signed a ton of young players on non-guaranteed contracts. They traded away Fontecchio who would be ideal for any competitive team. In short, the Jazz went way out of their way to ensure that there will be no good players to help Markkanen compete in the next two years.
It’s straight from the mouth of Tony Jones and I tend to believe him when he speaks about the jazz
 
One thing I considered last night... if we are trying to be good sooner than later and are indeed going star hunting... and that is the plan. I would think having NAW and Tech would be pretty helpful. NAW was a bit of a victim of the THT experience. He was pretty good in sporadic playing time. He likely needed to be in the Wolves deal unfortunately so I won't kill them there. But those are types of dudes you keep if you are trying to make a win-now push. Maybe we are incompetent or maybe what they say and what they do just doesn't align right now.
What concerns me deeply is that not a single thing the Jazz have done in the last couple years gives me any reason to believe they appropriately value defense.

Drafting Taylor Hendricks was maybe the closest thing, and even with that, the reports were he was 9th on their big board and they took him begrudgingly.

Trading for John Collins and playing him at the 5 all season makes me think they don't really get it. It took Kris Dunn an eternity to get adequate playing time despite having an obvious large positive impact thanks to his defense.

Feels like an FO that is happy to sacrifice a mile of defense for an inch more of offense.
 
It’s straight from the mouth of Tony Jones and I tend to believe him when he speaks about the jazz
This Tony Jones?

"The roster’s collective length and athleticism, particularly in the frontcourt, is outstanding. And the Jazz want to make the postseason. " (Tony Jones, Oct 23, 2023)

The same Tony Jones who kept saying that the Jazz want the 2024 pick to convey and will not tank ...up until the beginning of the most blatant tank in the Jazz history?
 
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