Zion Can Save the Tank

With the latest news that Zion is out for a while with a strained abductor... the Pels are kinda cooked. They likely want to save face on the dumb trade they made and get out of the Zion business.

Its not a business I want in on all that much.... BUT the price is likely almost nothing.

What if we kill two birds with one stone? Save the tank and sit Zion while offloading vets and lock in a maybe star for next year... also help boost NOP chances at passing us... MFer that's three birds in one stone.

Maybe a pick goes here or there. Zion's deal is able to be waived btw... so we could just waive him if it isn't working out. Boston gets all the way out of the tax and gets Temu Hauser and a 100% rotational center (objectively).

NOP get players they can use to maybe save face a little.

The tank gets fed... we likely are adding hopefully second rounders but maybe the lesser of our 2027 firsts.

I don't think Zion is going to fetch much more than this and NOP may just waive him this offseason.

I'd do this... Just so I dont have to watch svi start anymore

Not sure I would want Zion to spend even 5 minutes fraternizing with any Jazz player
Who knows how he will destroy them

If that’s it then I’m in. We also need something to have perennial offseason hope for when we hear something akin to “he’s working with Malone this summer.”

How much adding Zion would start the repeater tax clock for the Jazz considering the Kessler and Keyonte George extensions to come ?

If the idea is dropping Nurkic and Svi is the difference for securing the pick, but in doing this trade we have a 3 year clock to gut our roster because every year the same wage bill grows exponentially because of the repeater tax, just like the Celtics had to do with their championship team - which they at least could after winning It all, not just as they were start to win - I'd say is way better to just waive Nurkic, Anderson and trade Svi.

Not a terrible idea. I think NOP will want something even if it's not a lot.

Zion would eat our cap space (along with everything else).