ESPN's take on it

[Ben10]

What else is a waste of a time is assuming hayward is going to be some stud. Hell he probally wont be as good as brewer cuz atleast brewer saw the floor.Flat out stupid i tyell ya

If Hayward turns out to be a consistent starter in this league you are going to be eating a lot of crow. All I ever see you do is say he is going to suck or we should have drafted someone else.

I'm not saying he is going to be an allstar. But I do think he well be able to be a contributer to the team he is playing on.

 

[write4u]

I think usually where there's smoke there's fire, so it wouldn't surprise me if Deron is unhappy with how the Jazz have dealt with his friends.

First Dee Brown. While admittedly, Brown is / was a borderline NBA player, he certainly wasn't much, if worse, than some of the other backup PGs the Jazz had on the team, like Palousio and Mr. Fart.

Then they trade Brewer for practically nothing, and don't make an offer to Korver -- his two closest friends on the team.

Then they botch it up with Matthews, and despite what some people say here, I think the verdict is still out on that one, as Raja probably only has two good seasons left in him.

So now we have Jefferson, Bell and Hayward instead of Boozer, Korver, Matthews, and Brewer.

I think the verdict is also still out on Maynor. Yeah, the ownership needed the money, but in the long run, like Matthews, it may come back to haunt us.

I think Deron might be second guessing the FO, and seeing that the ownership sometimes places a higher priority on saving money rather than keeping talent, might want to bolt to a team like Dallas where the owner has deep pockets.

 

[Qman]

Of course the opposite could be true. He will see that replacing Boozer with Jefferson is an upgrade, replacing Matthews with Bell is a short term upgrade and that replacing Korver with Hayward is an upgrade.

 

[write4u]

All of which remains to be seen. If it doesn't play out well, then I think he might consider bolting.

 

[cowhide]

When did the notion of pandering to superstars really begin? We traded a friend of his so he's ready to bolt? Michael lost Oakley (arguably his best friend on the Bulls) but Michael never came out demanding trades, etc., did he? Scottie lost Horace Grant, but you never heard of Scottie demanding he be traded to Team X, right? Is this a new concept? Or is it only Deron (supposedly) whining about it?

The reason why ESPN speculates so much is because they have to fill air time. It must be working because no people are up in arms about DW leaving simply because Lebron went. Besides ESPN would probably rather have a few superteams so they can make more money because many fans just love the hype of a superteam. I haven't heard one moment of DW whining about leaving. I think DW was pretty open that if the Jazz didn't improve the team then he would look at his options which he is entitled to do. Personally, I get sick of ESPN and all their speculation. They just make crap up half the time to fill air time.

 

[shadler]

A hard cap will stop all this bs real fast.

 

[NUMBERICA]

This executive is forgetting one thing about those other guys, they're ****ing bitches. Straight up.

 

[One Brow]

A hard cap will stop all this bs real fast.

Owners may talk about wanting a hard cap, but they don't. They want to be able to build title teams.

 

[dipship31]

LOL this is a pathetic attempt to make a story by Stein

 

[Stifle Tower]

I'll bet the anonymous WC team official is from Portland just trying to stir us up. Blazers have tried to screw Utah the last couple of seasons and have had KOC-envy ever since the brilliant trade he made to move up and get Deron. KOC stole Deron, matched for Millsap and let the Blazers have a good player at an absolutely horrible price. Jazz 3 Portland 0!

 

[Hitman]

I'll bet the anonymous WC team official is from Portland just trying to stir us up.

It's a good theory. I have heard that Pritchard had a rep for spreading destabilising rumors like this (e.g the alleged three-way trade discussions last year with the Blazers and Bulls involving Boozer and Hinrich and I forget who else, which was news to both the Chicago and Utah front offices), but perhaps it is the standard M.O. for the organisation.

 

[The Midnight]

A hard cap will stop all this bs real fast.

Another rule that could become part of the new CBA in is the franchise player rule (which apparently NFL has but I don't follow it so don't really know how it works.. can someone fill me in?).

Apparently this rule would make it possible for a team to choose 1 player to be the franchise player which would solve this issue quite easily.

I'm sure most if not all of the owners will be in favour of it - winning teams with good players would want to keep their star and losing teams can keep their lottery picks forever.

Just hope this rule comes in before 2012 and we'll be sweet as!