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Collin Sexton traded to Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkic

I guess I just see this differently. Sure, I hate attaching a pick to make this trade, but the evidence is out there - bigs are in demand. Look at the draft - so many bigs being taken.

Now I don’t see Nurkic as a beast, but he is a solid NBA big. Teams need these. I think he gets traded before the deadline, but in the meantime, he’s a solid bench big.
 
gomretat said:
I have been advocating that trying to win every trade makes no sense given where we are at. That being said, I still disagree with this one. There are some guys I would absolutely dump but Sexton is a guy I would keep around unless you get some real in return.
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Overall, I agree with this. . . but ultimately, I don’t care enough one way or the other to get all up in arms about it. Would’ve rather moved him earlier if they could’ve gotten an asset back for him. . . but neither guy is “the future” in Utah and I hope the front office keeps a laser focus on that priority.
 
All the wining and complaining is giving me a headache. It’s a second rounder 6 years from now. Whoopty-do-da-day, at the end of the day it puts us a step closer to keeping our pick next year making the favors trade one hell of a great trade. Now let’s trade 4seconds to get rid of Collins for all I care. What if we could come away with AJ next year for all we know.
 
Being a Collin Sexton homer and having been a fan since his college days... we traded a guard who shoots almost 50% from the field and 40% from three while averaging 18+ PPG last season for a piece of ****. This is one of those trades where you quietly walk out of the room so the other person realizes you're so pissed you're beyond mad and it sinks in they ****ed up badly.

Clearly the FO wants to tank another season so let's trade the talent so Jazz fans can be rewarded with watching another sub-20 win season just to get ****ed again by Adam Silver....
 
HeatCheck said:
I choose to believe this is part two of the secret trade up with Charlotte allowing the Jazz to pick Ace.

I know AA wants his own guys to get minutes but the Nurkic I saw in Phoenix last season was unplayable.

It's unfortunate but Ainge just got himself in a bad situation trying to do a total rebuild with too many vet players on contract.
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That’s exactly what this was. This trade beat whatever the Wizards were offering to move from 4 to 6.
 
I guess my biggest beef is we keep STACKING DECISIONS where we give up stuff we don’t have to (like leaving tons of second rounders on the table needlessly, or including them in deals needlessly). Sexton? Yeah okay. Don’t care, other than he’s a great guy. Nurkic? Don’t care. “Greasing the wheels” on that deal?! It’s like an old pair of shoes you’ll never wear, and your neighbor has a T shirt you’ll never wear, but you jump on saying you’ll buy him lunch to make the deal. And the neighbor is Banya and the lunch you’re on the hook for is Mendy’s, but then he gets a salad and you’re still on the hook for the lunch and you miss out on Uma Thurman.
 
I have not read all13 pages in this thread so maybe my points had been made already. Anyway.

1. The second round picks that are 35+ are worth almost nothing. One out of ten of them will turn out into a rotation player. The Jazz had 35 of these picks since the mid 80s and got exactly 3 players: Shandon Anderson, Mo Williams and Paul Millsap. They are more of something that the GMs brag about - I got something from this trade! - than real assets.

2. The Jazz have been trying to trade Sexton for several year and were unsuccessful. There is no market for him. And the Jazz want him to go because he is just taking minutes from their young projects and earns the unnecessary wins. Sexton is also not good as a teacher from what I heard. It makes sense to trade him now and not drag it out until the trade deadline.

3. Sexton was very professional in his stint with the Jazz. Trading Colin to a team that could use him and not sit him down with fake injuries is something that he has earned. It will be noticed across the league and the Jazz will get some reputation points for rewarding the vets who have upheld their end of the bargain.
 
Flc said:
I don’t do the Gram so no idea if this is accurate, but sounds like Sarah and Bill Simmons know something, just like Windhorst knew something before the Gobert trade.


View: https://x.com/playoffjake/status/1939405066827366726?s=46


Kessler on the way out?
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My internet browser had a Kessler to the Lakers for Dalton Knecht and draft picks earlier this week. I thought the return sounded bad and I disregarded it. Heck that may be reality now.
 
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