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Hood traded to Cleveland for Crowder; Johnson to Sacramento

I'd rather take Crowder for two years at a good contract than get Hood for 30 games and just walk.

Favors may be cheaper than you think as bigs that don't have range just don't command a lot of value on the open market.
 
stitches said:
Crowder should be happy to be ahead of Royce O'Neale on the depth chart. I have no idea why you think he should be a starter. He's been one of the worst players in the league this year.
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One of the WORST players? Okay.
 
NAOS said:
better than 90% of trades have the potential to work out poorly. The chances that this one blows up in our face is very low. And we're gunning for maximum flexibility (financially and roster-wise) for 2019. The people wingeing about this trade are kinda dumb... the people crowing about it are kinda dumb. This is a solid, low-risk move that emphasizes our strengths in the short-term and leaves us in a good position for what matters most: the next major acquisition.
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This move also mitigates an upcoming logjam when Exum returns. Right now, Burks can't get playing time because Ingles, DM, Hood, and O'Neale are consuming all of the minutes at the 2/3. Fine, Burks had a chance to prove himself and he failed, so he can play the part of an insurance policy for injuries.

However, when Exum comes back, he is going to need some backup minutes at the 1 and 2. This means Quin would have to either sacrifice Neto's playing time as the backup point and/or DM and Hood would have needed to give up ~12 minutes at the 2. With the Hood trade, the logjam at the 2 no longer exists, so Quin's job of juggling players' pt just got easier.
 
Favors is not staying in Utah to be Rudy's backup. Forget about this! Even if he doesn't get a big contract he would rather go elsewhere for a 1 year prove it deal where he will actually have the opportunity to play his natural role, rather than spacing in the corner on offense.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Sorry, I havent read them. So stupid that I havent read those posts and asked about them. Its so dumb that I thought maybe they played together when they both played for the same team.

Can you please link or bump those posts I would like to read them, so I wont be so stupid again and embarrass you in front of your friends.
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ok. I'll look when I have time. Until then, you should go back to explaining how Crowder is so much better than Ingles. tia.
 
Couple things --

** The Jazz like Jae Crowder. They know is family since Corey Crowder was here. I think they believe in him and see him as a two-way stretch-4. He'll be a solid rotation player on a friendly contract. The Jazz have cap space to make moves going forward.

** I think the way Rubio has been adjusting to Quin's system and the players around him factored into the trade. If Donovan were going to be the PGOTF, then Rubio might have been moved. With Rubio playing like he has (nevermind the hot shooting), it makes sense to play Mitchell off the ball and trade Hood.
 
The Jazz won't be really disrupting chemistry with this move. Hood could never be relied upon and the Jazz went about their business with or without him.
 
Quin's offense is about spacing, ball movement and cutting. Hood is a bit more of an iso player. He's not actually a great fit for us. When we tried to run the offense through him, it didn't work, since he doesn't really adapt much to what the defense gives him. Hood wants to be Glen Rice, I think.
 
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