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A Big Move on the Horizon?

Cappy_Smurf said:
These are Kevin Smith's notes from summer league. The(O) is his opinion. LMA could be a dark horse here in terms of Utah shaking up the lineup. 1 year deal that costs almost twice as much as Favors. Would have made more sense to me to include Diaw and then SA could decline his option afterwards, but there could be other players involved where it may not have been necessary. I kinda doubt DL is going to make a move, but this is more realistic IMO than anything involving Love.



San Antonio
1. (O) – Very much got the sense something bigger was planned. They didn’t get guys to opt out to add just Rudy Gay and Joffrey Lauvergne. But they can still finagle the cap to do something big.
2. Brandon Paul is going to be a steal for them. He was very good overseas last year and in Summer League. He’s the next great Spurs find.
3. They are worried about depth up front. Still looking at options there, but Gasol will be back for sure and probably Lee. Recently waived Boris Diaw could return as well.
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Aldridge is about to turn 32. It doesn't mean that the Jazz wouldn't consider him if the right deal came along, but it seems like the Jazz are trying to build a core of guys that are in a similar age range.

Rudy- 25
Rubio- 26
Hood- 24
Favors- 25
Exum- 22
Mitchell- 20

Aldridge seems a little out of place in the timeline they are trying to work with.
 
I don't think an LMA deal is going to happen, but as long as people are throwing around ideas in this thread about changing the makeup of the roster, I thought I'd throw it out there as a more realistic option. LMA isn't happy in SA and I think the spurs would like to move him. I'd much rather have Favors, but between his health and lack of fit next to Rudy, I could see a gamble on LMA.

Utah is going to have to find offense somewhere, so if they make a move, that will be the main motivation. So far is seems Love and Anderson have been talked about and not much else. Anderson handcuffs us financially and I think Love would have been traded already if it was going to happen.

Anyway, just one more name that seems slightly more realistic to me, even though it's also unlikely.
 
Jazz need to give Burks to Brooklyn. Nets need wings. And it would hurt the Celtics. Would be a great landing spot, IMO.
 
I wonder if there's the chance that the Rox ship out Gordon and Ariza (and perhaps someone else who's cheap) rather than Anderson.

Paul
Harden
Carmelo-Tucker
Anderson-Nene
Capela-Black

Then, maybe they go out and sign some cheap vet guards?
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
I don't think an LMA deal is going to happen, but as long as people are throwing around ideas in this thread about changing the makeup of the roster, I thought I'd throw it out there as a more realistic option. LMA isn't happy in SA and I think the spurs would like to move him. I'd much rather have Favors, but between his health and lack of fit next to Rudy, I could see a gamble on LMA.

Utah is going to have to find offense somewhere, so if they make a move, that will be the main motivation. So far is seems Love and Anderson have been talked about and not much else. Anderson handcuffs us financially and I think Love would have been traded already if it was going to happen.

Anyway, just one more name that seems slightly more realistic to me, even though it's also unlikely.
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It makes a lot of sense indeed, and it's one of the most realistic trade scenarios that have been posted here.

I think the Jazz are going to move on from Favors (and viceversa) next summer as he clearly doesn't fit with Rudy, so trading him for a 20-22PPG scorer who's always been an excellent mid-range shooter and could extend his range to the 3-pt line like the Gasols, Brook Lopez, etc., would be a savvy move, and one that wouldn't handicap the future as it would be just a 1-2 year rental (most likely just one).

It also makes sense for the Spurs since they're not happy with Aldridge and they've lost Dewayne Dedmon, so they need a better defender alongside Gasol and Gay. Pop began the season with Pau in the starting lineup but chose to move him to the second unit as he didn't mesh so well offensively with LMA and the defense obviously wasn't the same with both on the court, making Dedmon the starter even if in limited minutes. They can still sign a cheap defensive minded C and they most probably will, but adding Favors would go a long way towards helping their D and providing some flexibility as it would allow them to interchange Gay and Gasol in the lineup, with DF playing 4 or 5, as needed.

As for Aldridge disappointing, I think it's been overstated. He was never going to be the same type of scorer he was in Portland given the Spurs' system, and he's had Kawhi, Parker and to a lesser extent Manu and Pau demanding touches. He could put up some nice numbers here, work for his last contract elsewhere, and provide that much needed scoring for the Jazz in the meantime.
 
I say hell no to LMA. He's always been a stat guy and nothing else. He does not fit the project demographics right now.

I would rather stay put than add Aldridge.

As for Burks, he needs to be showcased in preseason then he maybe gets the value enough to be unloaded. Until then, we have to give an asset for somebody to take him.

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♪alt13 said:
3-4 years ago when we were in the dark depths of our rebuild I think most would have said that becoming a treadmill team like the pups was not the goal. 3 years later we want to become what the pups were.

Super :/
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The pups were making the playoffs?
 
Stoked said:
Possibly but given the context of the thread and recent moves I think it's reasonable to assume the OP meant fairly soon (couple weeks at most).
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margodydek said:
As it was Windhorst's claim on a podcast a couple days ago that prompted this thread, it should be noted that his words were "Utah is primed to make a deal here RELATIVELY SOON."
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I took it to mean something big. I don't consider the FA signings for backups to be a big thing that changes the makeup of the team.

I am leaning towards hoping to see something big, depending on who we lose.
 
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