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Utah trades Alec Burks, #12, #60 to Toronto for DeMarre Carroll and #9. Carroll wasn't the difference maker that Toronto hoped for. He brought defense, but was injured a lot and didn't get into the offensive flow. He needs a system with less one-on-one and more passing. Coach Q knows how to...

Utah needs a versatile big off the bench. I say, bring back Big Al. He can back up both the center and power forward positions, has improved his defense in Carolina, was willing to take a veteran role off the bench late in the season, and most importantly he is reliable and consistent down the...

Celtics have their first draft workouts on Wednesday. When are Utah's?

My apologies if this was already posted, but I didn't see a thread for it. https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13994995/qa-utah-jazz-shooting-guard-gordon-hayward

I don't think Bennett is worth claiming off waivers, but as a free agent minimum signing is he better than any of the deep bench bigs on the roster? He could be a step up from Cooley and Motum. I actually hope Toronto gives him a shot. Maybe being home in Canada will help his career and...

It's amazing that 4 of the top under-the-radar free agents are all former Jazz men: Millsap, Matthews, Carroll, and Koufos!!! Credit to KOC for finding gems and sadness for the former Jazz coaching staffs for never using these guys to their fullest potential...

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/ellis-declining-option-mavs-become-free-agent-182314611--nba.html Monta Ellis is an UFA. Ellis was set to make $8.7 million in the final year of a three-year, $25 million contract. He is a scoring machine, but his biggest issue is always his size (and his...

https://www.dailynews.com/sports/20150619/how-will-ed-davis-weigh-affection-for-lakers-hope-for-lucrative-deal I don't think he is worth or will get the amount he is seeking, but he showed last season that he is valuable 3rd/4th big who can play both 4 and 5. Since he made about $1m last...

Knicks want Russell and Sixers prefer Mudiay, but will take Russell. Knicks and Sixers swap #3 and #4 and Sixers also get Tim Hardaway Jr. (who doesn't get along with Melo). Both teams get the player they want. Sixers have Starting Five of Mudiay, Hardaway, Noel, Embiid, PF TBD. That...

Lakers and Sixers swap #2 and #3; Also Lakers get Embiid and Sixers get #27. Sixers take Okafor and a starting front-court of Noel and Okafor is the perfect offense-defense combination that could dominate the East. Sixer can take Terry Rozier at #27 and get a PG who can play right away...

I thought it was always weird and wrong that Nash got compared to Stockton just because they were both white and PGs. Both great passers and tough competitors, but Stockton had superior defense and while Stockton was a very good shooter, Nash was a great shooter. More importantly their style...

As we know, DL is a specialist when it comes to salary dump trades, where Utah takes on a big contract along with picks in exchange for non-guaranteed deals. With the cap going up in 2016, this will be the last year of these cap saving trades at least for a few years. Utah has some good...

Staunch conservative Spencer Hawes has been getting some DNPs in the playoffs and is obviously not working in Doc's system. I'm sure the Clips would love to trade his remaining 3 years and $15m+. He is a career 35% 3pt shooter and had a miracle run in Cleveland shooting 45%. As a stretch 4/5...

Hopefully Conley comes back in Games 2 or 3, but if he doesn't, the Griz should consider playing Russ Smith. The Griz need offense from the backcourt to keep Curry and Thompson honest and Calathes only going 0-4 is not going to do it. Russ might be high high reward play as he can Create his...

I'll start. Nuggets are open to hitting reset (minus Jusuf Nurkic). With George Karl starting today in Sacramento, I wonder if Sac pulls the trigger on a deal with Denver. It would make total sense. I think a good trade could be: Jason Thompson/Derrick Williams + Nik Stauskas for Kenneth...

Suns need want a true stretch 4 and the likelihood of re-signing Dragic or truly moving from 8th seed to contender will be hard to do with all the money invested in their current undersized triad backcourt. Pelicans need to seriously build depth, reduce salary and build around Anthony Davis...

https://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=l7cnfg8 Toronto saves a bit of money, gets a good/European vet on a cheap contract as a 3rd string PG, and a big to replace Hayes. Knicks probably don't get their second rounder in this deal, but get an expiring deal in Hayes and more cap room...

Coach Calipari always said that if Kanter played at Kentucky, he would have been the #1 pick in the 2011 draft. Having seen him play for three seasons, I am not quite sure that is true or if he would have lived up to that #1 status. If Kanter played that one season at UK, where would he have...

Celtics and Clippers looking for a third trade partner in order to bring Rivers to play for his dad (and save his career). Should Utah be that third team? Celtics want an expiring deal and a 2nd round pick. https://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=k6wozt5 Celtics get Jeremy Evans and...

Danny Ainge is about to make Philly look good.