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Al Jefferson for Rudy Gay

I actually like Rudy Gay a lot. I would actually do that deal b/c we need a SF and Gay is a pretty good shooter. He can defend, rebound, shoot, create and is very very athletic. He may not be worth the max but he is definitely better than AK. A wing future of Hayward, Burks, Gay and maybe a guy from the 2012 draft and you're looking at a very bright future.
 
If he only had 2 years left on his contract like Al then I would consider it, but he's not a franchise player - and when you pay non-franchise players franchise-player money, you get in trouble.
 
I really don't know why people want to get rid of Jefferson so badly. Like I said in a previous post, 20/10 guys don't grow on trees. Is his salary a bit much? Yes. But think of its value in 2012. For those that don't want him on the team, his contract will still be valuable in 1 1/2 years around the trade deadline. But, in the meantime, Jefferson will continue to be productive and will provide crucial veteran leadership on a young team that sorely needs it. Think how invaluable that can be with the young bigs especially. I say keep him around for as long as he's producing and providing leadership.
 
Memphis wouldn't do that as they have Randolph and will likely resign Gasol. Plus, i think they want to see just how good their team can be with a healthy Gay.
 
i too would prefer to trade Jefferson over Millsap (Al's has more value & Paul is perfect coming off the bench) but Gay has a scary MAX contract!!
Jefferson for Granger makes sense on so many levels...

Harris / Hayward / Granger / Favors / Memo(Kanter)
Collison / Hill / George / Jefferson / Hibbert
 
Chris said:
I really don't know why people want to get rid of Jefferson so badly. Like I said in a previous post, 20/10 guys don't grow on trees. Is his salary a bit much? Yes. But think of its value in 2012. For those that don't want him on the team, his contract will still be valuable in 1 1/2 years around the trade deadline. But, in the meantime, Jefferson will continue to be productive and will provide crucial veteran leadership on a young team that sorely needs it. Think how invaluable that can be with the young bigs especially. I say keep him around for as long as he's producing and providing leadership.
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His 20/10 does not seem to lead to wins. He gets his, others don't get theirs. It seemed like when he was really hot, scoring over 30 for several games, the Jazz were getting killed. So hell yeah, with our current stable of bigs, I would trade the Black Hole for Rudy.
 
I would consider it only after details of the new CBA are known. You may end up after this trade in situation when you will be unable to resign Favors and Hayward when they are off their rookie deals in couple of years. If it's not the case then I'm absolutley OK with this trade.
 
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