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2019 Trade Deadline Discussion

Catchall said:
Exum isn't qualified to be a starting PG on a good team. He's a back-up, sparkplug type like a Leandro Barbosa, except that he's also a versatile switchable defender.
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I get that. But we probably have to trade Exum or Rubio to make the improvement we need. Right?

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LoPo said:
I get that. But we probably have to trade Exum or Rubio to make the improvement we need. Right?

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I think we need to take advantage of a team in distress, like Washington, assuming their situation doesn't improve. Or we need to help Cleveland get out from under the LT. I'm just not sure we want Kevin Love or Otto Porter on their current contracts.
 
Rubio and Exum have some redundancy to me but the problem is more about their similar limitations.

If we are allocating cap resources it’s tough to give say 18-20% of our cap to those two.

Ricky’s market value could swing wildly... if we got him for the bottom of what I think his market is then I think it’s a good value for us because we will use him better than almost any team in the league... like I think he’s be more valuable to us than another team but because of inconsistency and the well known flaws I wouldn’t want to pay a premium to retain him.
 
For a team that wants to hang their hat on defense and ball movement, Rubio sets the tone. I just don't know who we're going to get. Jazz are going to want to get a veteran who can step right in, make reads and feed Gobert at the rim. Who's going to do that?
 
To me, we can keep either Rubio or Favors long term but we can't keep both. We're going to have to choose because the starting lineup with three non shooters in Rubio, Favors and Gobert all on the floor together just isn't good enough. Having said that, I definitely wouldn't be opposed to letting both go if we could upgrade.
 
Jingled said:
To me, we can keep either Rubio or Favors long term but we can't keep both. We're going to have to choose because the starting lineup with three non shooters in Rubio, Favors and Gobert all on the floor together just isn't good enough. Having said that, I definitely wouldn't be opposed to letting both go if we could upgrade.
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Rubio’s at 52.8%/45.5%/100% this month.

Christmas came a month early. Let’s go bitches!
 
LoPo said:
I agree, but we have to try right? My biggest fear is that we don't do anything before the deadline. If we do nothing now, I have every expectation that we just pick up Favors' option and re-sign Rubio because we either feel like we can't do better or we simply try not to do better. By the time we hit 2020, Mitchell will be established yet Crowder, Korver, Ingles and Gobert are either gone or going to start to plummet.

We are too good and have too much potential to just cross our fingers and hope that Rubio plays awesome.
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No trade before the deadline certainly doesn't mean the Jazz didn't try. I see fans fall into this logic with the Jazz far too often.

Same thing with FA. I fully expect Jazz to keep money open for 2019 FA, and pursue big names in the hope they'd like the Mitch/Gobert complimentary players and situation. If they strike out, then of course they aren't going to let key pieces in Favors and Rubio walk. Unless Rubio were to get a larger offer than they are willing to pay.
 
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