While I don't disagree. I think DL and Zanik had very specific goals this offseason, and all of those moves were made towards that goal. TB did have some value, but the Jazz wanted to dump the salary without taking players back, same with Ed. They weren't looking for best return, they were looking for cheapest return.
Now we can debate making all those moves and losing value on assets just to overpay the dudes we wanted wasn't the best move. But at least it makes me feel better thinking the FO did have an actual plan this offseason. We will see what those plans amount to, but at least it's easy to talk yourself into this Jazz team giving us a pretty dang good, and fun season.