The idea isn't that Horford is our missing piece. The idea is that Horford helps us more than Conley AND we are able to get draft assets who help us long term.
Look at OKC - their waves of young, athletic players wore us down. Our interior was weak. Our depth is weak. The Conley trade deprived us of two valuable draft picks. This Horford deal would only be considered if it gave us a chance to add draft assets.
I'm not sold that we are going to spend a lot of money in summer 2021 anyway. If Gobert and Donovan are making $60 combined, add in Bojan, Ingles, Royce and hopefully Clarkson, and we are already over the cap.
The Jazz really only need to add one athletic wing with some length to fill the hole in their frontcourt. They can get that type of player in the draft this year. Then they can use their MLE to bring in another athletic backup big to replace Ed Davis. Jeff Green was a mistake, but he's gone. Ed Davis can be benched or dumped if need be.
There are much better deals out there than the OP.
I hope so. Last draft, we could have gotten Clarke which is exactly what we lack.
I don't see another trade where we actually get value for Conley. There just aren't that many big bad contracts. We have to get creative like this where we eat a contract but get enough extras in return.
As of right now, I don't buy that we will have money to spend when Conley expires in 2021 due to incoming Donovan and Rudy deals. So if we keep Conley, the next two offseasons combined, we get to add 1 MLE (20 or 21), 1 1st rounder (20) and minimum contract type guys. That's thinner than my hair.
Also, the Jazz could possibly trade Conley for Otto Porter and call it even, given Porter's injuries the last two seasons.
But why would Chicago even consider that? Conley makes $6 million more, is older, and has less upside. Porter is a deal where we have to get rid of assets to make it happen.
I think we could use Horford to get one or two first rounders in the 2020 draft. If we only got one, we could also pick up one or two quality 2nd rounders. Philly has Atlanta's and NY's. We could get 3 picks in the top 35. If we packaged a few of those picks to get into the late lottery, maybe we get a true difference maker.
For me, Horford plus a good draft pick is better than Conley and then limited cap space in summer 2021.
Jazz FO is way better than us dumb forum fans. But we sure have been on the 'Jazz lack athleticism' wagon for awhile. And the people in power have done nothing to address it. Jerami Grant was right there... All of these take them and pray picks. Why not at least do that with tall athletic dudes? I'd rather be overflowing with those than NWG, Grayson Allen types.
It is simply a very flawed roster in today's league, with not much flexibility.
Uh, what? He is one of the best big man defenders in the league. He's a great all purpose player who is a bad fit where he currently is. Embiid dominates the post while Simmons can't shoot a lick.I would say Horford sucks. He's too old. Get over it.
I think he'd be helpful and would look good in our system. I just think we look to more cost effective means for all of our issues... and honestly its justified. If we felt we really needed 1st round picks then maybe you can justify this kind of investment... but even then it feels like there are cheaper ways to get there.Richardson is realllllly interesting to me. If healthy, he could go a long way in helping to fix our woeful perimeter defense.
Uh, what? He is one of the best big man defenders in the league. He's a great all purpose player who is a bad fit where he currently is. Embiid dominates the post while Simmons can't shoot a lick.
Is he old? Yes. Is he overpaid? Yes. Does he suck? No. We need more quality players, and he's a quality player.
He's too slow to play out on the floor and guard wings. He's a bit small for a 5 and doesn't rebound well. He was -26 playing against the Indiana Pacers' bench a couple days ago. Philly isn't going to be able to move him.
Dude really did screw us. And gave up a much better gig. Hayward was a perfect fit for what our roster ended up being with Mitchell.We need our knight and shining armor Gordon Hayward
We were so dumb to treasure Exum and send Crowder. I know Exum turned into Clarkson, but this team needs Crowder in the worst way.JAE Crowder from 3 - his third of the game
Jazz are not a championship caliber team with Joe and Royce starting. Having them come off the bench would immediate strengthen our bench and the Jazz would be contenders if they could fill their positions with better players. Yea I know that is easy to but harder to accomplish. Joe is getting slower and older. He is inconsistent and defers to our scorers too much. If either Joe or Royce are have a hot game then keep playing them. Having those two along with Clarkson would make for a tough second unit. I like Richardson too but not enough to take on Horford's contract. Even the thought of adding Richardson and picks a 1st and NY second round pick isn't enough for me to take Horford's contract.I think he'd be helpful and would look good in our system. I just think we look to more cost effective means for all of our issues... and honestly its justified. If we felt we really needed 1st round picks then maybe you can justify this kind of investment... but even then it feels like there are cheaper ways to get there.
If we move Conley I really think it is to reduce salary and open up some cap flexibility to sign other guys. Maybe we land a lower cost player that is also expiring... Conley to the Knicks in that type of scenario would be the most likely "target". Unless we signed someone that was pretty decent I'm not sure we'd be better than if we just brought Mike off the bench. I think he has a lot more value when he isn't sharing the floor with Ingles, DM, and Bojan... I want Ingles and Royce in the starting lineup next year... Mike and JC can wreck fools off the bench.