GVC
Well-Known Member
You'd think there were good teams with worse players on expiring deals willing to give up at least some second round picks for the upgrade and Bird rights to Paul or Al. The Jazz would still have had the cap space to make the GS trade in that case. So no, the Jazz did not "basically" trade Al and Paul for the GS picks.We basically traded Millsap and Jefferson for the Golden State picks. So to say that keeping them too long was a mistake is premature. We should wait and see what Rodney Hood plus whoever the 2017 golden state pick becomes before we can actually judge.
Of course, the Paul and/or Al could have been retained or sign-and-traded if that GS trade didn't materialize. Missing out on acquiring additional assets in a rebuild and miscalculating the market for Gordo's services are somewhat understandable in isolation. It's a little troubling that DL made both of these mistakes.