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If Boozer is re-signed…

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jimmyjazz

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…trade Millsap for Gortat?

A re-signed Boozer will absolutely need a defensive center to play alongside him. I would hate to see Millsap go but if the Jazz commit to Boozer, it’s Sap not even AK who seems the more tradable piece to get an obtainable defensive center like Gortat.

The Magic could use Sap (although they already have a similar player in Bass) or a 3-way trade could probably find a 3rd team take in Sap and send somebody else to Orlando.

What’s left of post-injury Okur will then come off the bench to play alongside AK, who’ll back up Booz and play some SF.

Deron, Price
Matthews
CJ, Hayward
Boozer, AK
Gortat, Memo
 
If Boozer is resigned then AK is gone for sure. Otherwise Jazz are way over LT. Jazz would have to trade AK for someone getting a much lower salary to get back under LT.
 
slc said:
If Boozer is resigned then AK is gone for sure. Otherwise Jazz are way over LT. Jazz would have to trade AK for someone getting a much lower salary to get back under LT.
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Much easier said than done.

A big expiring contract like AK's is valuable if you’re willing to take in equivalent longer contracts. If you make an under-the-cap team absorb a big expiring (such as Gugliotta some years back) for nothing, or less than you’re taking in, you have to package something like a promising young player or a pick that looks enticing (like the NY one with eroding protection).
 
I honestly don't see the Jazz trading Sap just to hang on to the defensive goofball boozer.
 
David Stern said:
What has Gortat done exactly? I'd demand a future first rounder and maybe more in this scenario.
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Gortat has shown flashes and supposedly just looking for a chance to get minutes, also just 26. If he was already a proven commodity, we won't be able to trade for him using an undersized albeit truly hardworking PF. I agree though that the Jazz should get more, such as also a protected future 1st.
 
If Boozer returns, Millsap becomes the most likely to be traded, not AK. The Jazz might prefer to trade AK, but Millsap will be 100 times easier to ship off and get something in return. Given AK's salary and contract status, they can trade him, but they won't get as good a return.
 
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