2019 Trade Deadline Discussion

[framer]

I think it is good for Fultz to be in Orlando where he will be out of the public eye.

Man, Orlando is going to be bad for a long, long time.

 

[campaignist]

I think it's sad how many armchair GM's there are on this board who know so much more than DL. Personally, I'm glad we still have Exum. Top five in the league in downhill speed, top five in defensive capability, and was really starting to reward Jazz brass faith when the latest injury happened. He's very young and improving. They knew when they drafted him, it would be a process. Injury/confidence issues etc, have kinda derailed his progress, but he's worth the 11m.

I'm with you on this. When Exum looks good, he looks really really good. If he stays healthy, he solves a lot of our problems.

 

[Jingled]

 

[nateboz]

I think it's sad how many armchair GM's there are on this board who know so much more than DL. Personally, I'm glad we still have Exum. Top five in the league in downhill speed, top five in defensive capability, and was really starting to reward Jazz brass faith when the latest injury happened. He's very young and improving. They knew when they drafted him, it would be a process. Injury/confidence issues etc, have kinda derailed his progress, but he's worth the 11m.

Top 10 in always hurt

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[kabenac]

Didn't DLs mama ever teach him not to waste his trade exceptions?

 

[infection]

 

[jimmy eat jazz]

I mean, at least we ain't making a trade to free up a roster spot for Melo. Lakers are going to be some "must watch" basketball for all of the wrong reasons.

Magic is flirting dangerously with Michael for title of best NBA superstar becoming worst NBA GM.

 

[LoPo]

Man, Orlando is going to be bad for a long, long time.

They gave up the OKC 2020 1st. Worth the risk

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[Jack Strop]

No

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Easy enough to waive Thabo. He's pretty useless this year.

 

[jope]

Cue up "Sometimes, the best trade is no trade." 3, 2, 1....

Wash, rinse, repeat.

It may be legitimate. Making bad trades can absolutely kill a team, particularly a small market team that may have fewer avenues available to it to recover.

On the other hand, being overly risk averse, and making no trades, can make it hard for a team to upgrade, particularly a small market team that is not a free agent destination and is fated to remain in mid-late draft.

The upside is that I don't need to feel bad about trading away great dudes like Ricky and Derrick. So there's that.

I wouldnt feel bad if Derrick got traded. He got a generous overpay of a contract for use with trades, and is more talented than a 4th or 5th option. He could have a bigger role somewhere else, and still benefit from the overpay contract we gave him.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Let's revisit this later.

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Like when you swore Simmons would be good in Orlando and he was god awful?

 

[infection]

Cue up "Sometimes, the best trade is no trade." 3, 2, 1....

Wash, rinse, repeat.

It may be legitimate. Making bad trades can absolutely kill a team, particularly a small market team that may have fewer avenues available to it to recover.

On the other hand, being overly risk averse, and making no trades, can make it hard for a team to upgrade, particularly a small market team that is not a free agent destination and is fated to remain in mid-late draft.

The upside is that I don't need to feel bad about trading away great dudes like Ricky and Derrick. So there's that.

Here's the rest of the post trade deadline interview talking points template...

- Just want to start by saying how stressful of a time of year this is. We're talking about real people, with real families, whose lives are put on hold and want to acknowledge the stress they experience as their names are in headlines, and want to recognize them for the professional manner in which they handle themselves.

- Look, it's my job to improve the team and I've always gotta be looking at every scenario that accommodates that. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes we don't feel we're getting equal value in return. There are hard decisions, but overall we really like our guys. You look at what we did last year ... [drop some sentiments], you look at how far we've come this year [more sentiments] and the progress we've made and the terrific impact [talk about Rudy and Donovan].

- When we look at the advanced stats, we find [insert some really positive stat that shows how good this group is].