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Collin Sexton traded to Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkic

Losing Interest said:
My favorite line from a Hornets fans thread went something like this - We got a 1st round pick from Phoenix to take Nurkic off their hands and we got a 2nd round pick to take a better player from Utah and send them Nurkic. LMFAO!!
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That's how it's done
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Like if we wanted to tank you can just waive him and keep the pick. Scrap heap guy will be worse than Nurk. Just seems like we are trying to make it look good for the league or something. Like a second rounder in value isn’t the end of the world obviously but now have to watch Nurk? Not as bad as Rudy Gay but still feels like a punishment.
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Rubashov said:
I find your lack of faith intriguing... I too believe it to be a strange move



Settle down its not like they've traded your lover AB again.
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They never traded AB iirc
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Swxton wouldn't accept a buyout. Not that I know, but that's my read. Players don't like taking buyouts. It leaves a bad stigma. Sexton would be a free agent in a bad free agent market and might have to take a minimum one year deal
Obviously the money itself wouldn't matter due to the buyout, but it creates a stigma when you have to be paid not to play for a team and are on a minimum deal.
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Seemed to work out well for westbrick
Kind of revived his career and he got to go deep in the playoffs.
The huge advantage in getting bought out is that you decide where you play.
Plus the other nice advantage of getting paid way more (get all the money owed currently plus whatever the new team pays you on top)
I would rather be bought out.

As for stigma..... Have a pick attached to you while you are in your prime and playing your best ball so that your team can dump you for a worse player who is getting old and coming off an injury ain't a great look lol.
 
HermanG said:
I think this is a good observation, which also explains the missing piece that didnt make sense (the negative value of the deal).

It should be 100% obvious the FO wanted to dump him. That deal was so clearly a dump and Charlotte probably did not want him but they didnt want Nurkic either. We were the initiators thats why we gave them the pick.
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Wait, if it was clearly a dump and no one wanted him then how was this a less bad "stigma" than a buyout would be?
At least a buyout would make sense that the jazz want to tank and play young guys and it wouldn't hurt sexton image as much as this trade that says the jazz didn't want him and Charlotte also didn't want him (hence the jazz having to sweeten/beg Charlotte, a crap team, to take him)
The trade is a worse look for sexton than a buyout imo.
 
fishonjazz said:
Seemed to work out well for westbrick
Kind of revived his career and he got to go deep in the playoffs.
The huge advantage in getting bought out is that you decide where you play.
Plus the other nice advantage of getting paid way more (get all the money owed currently plus whatever the new team pays you on top)
I would rather be bought out.

As for stigma..... Have a pick attached to you while you are in your prime and playing your best ball so that your team can dump you for a worse player who is getting old and coming off an injury ain't a great look lol.
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Westbrook also pushed back on the buyouts until he had to start doing them. You can argue with me all you want, but the thing I'm speaking on is a real thing amongst NBA players.

There is also bird rights that I believe @HermanG pointed out. Yes, having to be trade with a 2nd rounder attached isnt a great look either, but it's not as bad as a buyout and Nurkic is still an overall productive NBA bench player.
 
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