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2020 NBA trade deadline discussion

Catchall said:
Not sure, but probably because they're bent on having shooters all over the floor, and Collins is a limited shooter. Also because they might believe in Deandre Hunter. Just guessing.
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His name has come up in trade pods and I wondered why. They might be trading him while his value is high because of the odd fit he'd make with other front court partners. He sux on defense and with Trae that might not be workable.
 
One thing I saw mentioned... Spurs might want to cut some salary by moving Belinelli and/or Demarre Carroll. I would have interest in a Demarre for Ed trade. DMC makes like $6M this year and next... has a small guarantee on the year after. Has been out of the rotation and his agent wants him moved... his agent is Mark Bartelstein… who owes us a couple favors so maybe we get something done there.

For those of you that don't know... Mark is Gordon's agent and Joe's agent... Jazz could have absolutely thrown his *** under the bus, but didn't... he owes us a few favors imo.
 
Myles Turner would change who the Jazz are in a good way. A lineup of Mitchell/Ingles/Bogey/Turner/Gobert or Conley/Mitchell/Bogey/Turner/Gobert is top shelf. Clarkson for Turner works salarywise, but obviously the Jazz would need to give more compensation.
 
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NUMBERICA said:
It depends on what we’d get back for RoCo but I can back your point in theory.

and Conley has to be playing out of his mind in order to offset trampling on Joe and Rudy, the damage he does to our defense and rebounding, and putting Royce in a role where his strengths are wasted. You know this, I just wanted to answer the sentiment of “Conley was good last game...” I don’t give a **** about his game.
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Wanted to hit on the second part... I agree the fit creates issues and the starting lineup seemed to have the right "order of the universe". It might not be enough to push past the really great teams though... doesn't mean it isn't the best version of this team.

I thought Mike looked good and it matters to me for a few reasons... even if we suck and end up losing this year we need Mike to play good. Will help his trade value or change the narrative that he is finished. If he doesn't fit other teams will still want him... if he sucks then we are in trouble. This offseason some teams will miss on their FA targets and get desperate. Might be a better chance to pivot. A doubt we pivot this week... I've given up on a title this season... LAC, LAL, Mil, are all clearly better... all have an opportunity to add a piece. None of those teams are GSW good, but I don't see us having the horses to beat those teams and I think they create some matchup issues for us.
 
Flipping Ed for Carrol would be great imo… hopefully Demarre could shoot well enough to take Georges minutes and it would move us one step closer to our ultimate destiny of having Juwan Morgan as a backup 5. Right now both TB and Ed would have to be hurt for them to try it.

A bench of JC, Junkyard Dog, Morgan with Royce/Ingles/DM/Conley mix makes more sense to me.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
One thing I saw mentioned... Spurs might want to cut some salary by moving Belinelli and/or Demarre Carroll. I would have interest in a Demarre for Ed trade. DMC makes like $6M this year and next... has a small guarantee on the year after. Has been out of the rotation and his agent wants him moved... his agent is Mark Bartelstein… who owes us a couple favors so maybe we get something done there.

For those of you that don't know... Mark is Gordon's agent and Joe's agent... Jazz could have absolutely thrown his *** under the bus, but didn't... he owes us a few favors imo.
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We only really need one Favors.
 
This isn't a rumor, but an idea that was posted. Interesting and possibly worth a shot on both sides.

https://sircharlesincharge.com/2020/02/02/nba-trade-rumors-deadline-deals-nuggets/2/

Conley for Blake Griffin and Luke Kennard

Jazz trade away Mike Conley
This deal would wave the white flag for the Mike Conley experiment in Utah. Although Conley can be expected to play better during the second half of the season, after shaking off some injury rust, there are many warning signs (particularly finishing at the rim) that indicate that he is now at a different point in his career.

You can chalk up Utah’s latest 14-4 streak to a number of factors like a creampuff schedule, Ingles/Gobert being reunited, hot shooting, and the Jordan Clarkson trade, but there is still something to the fact that they are playing their best basketball without Conley.

The Griffin contract may be an albatross (two more seasons at 36.8MM and 39.0 MM after this one), but Jazz is likely to be capped out anyway. Perhaps he finds a way to recapture his all-NBA form from 2018-19. Kennard should help the Jazz win right away as a shooter and secondary playmaker.

For Detroit, this deal is basically exchanging an older and worse player (when healthy) for one less year of bad salary. It would help them jumpstart a desperately needed rebuild. It is also possible that Conley could play well enough to rehabilitate his trade value for next summer. Parting with Kennard is tough, but he is one year away from hitting restricted free agency and will likely never be more than a solid shooting guard.
 
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