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Game Thread - Jazz @ Pistons 5 PM MTN

Handlogten's Heros said:
Problem is with Blake’s injury history and age I think these are the best years they will get out of him and the back side of the deal could be awful.
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Yeah that's true, but I think everyone knew that was always part of the gamble. I would rather take that gamble on Griffin's contract as he goes into his 30s for example than give Drummond the kind of money he's getting as a 1 dimensional guy who doesn't really fit in the modern NBA.
Kyoto said:
Either way, contracts aside it's not like Detroit was a contender. Even with Blake on the team they wont make it past the first round

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For Detroit it was more about just getting back into the playoffs than truly contending, there's a handful of teams in the East that are just desperate to get some playoff basketball again. SVG was also trying to save his job and hoped Griffin would get them back into the playoff picture.
 
Sandman822 said:
For Detroit it was more about just getting back into the playoffs than truly contending, there's a handful of teams in the East that are just desperate to get some playoff basketball again. SVG was also trying to save his job and hoped Griffin would get them back into the playoff picture.
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Yep. They had a new building (or building renovation I can't remember) and they needed people in the seats. By the start of this season, Avery Bradley would have probably just left and Tobias Harris probably wouldn't have been the commodity he is today. Considering how well Blake has played, it's been a great trade for Detroit. It's just too bad they haven't made other sacrifices in order to build around him.

They could have waived and stretched Leuer, traded future 2nd rounders for Korver/Holiday type deals, or gotten really aggressive and used future 1sts/Kennard/Johnson. Last year, they might have been able to get a 1st rounder for Stanley Johnson. Should have...
 
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Sandman822 said:
For Detroit it was more about just getting back into the playoffs than truly contending, there's a handful of teams in the East that are just desperate to get some playoff basketball again. SVG was also trying to save his job and hoped Griffin would get them back into the playoff picture.
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For as long as Blake's contract is they must have thought that this was the answer for years to come. It seemed like a very shortsighted move.


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