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If we HAVE to trade Kanter, why not take advantage of the Reggie Jackson situation?

sirkickyass

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They have our problems but in reverse. They have a young PG stud that everyone knows is coming up for a pricey extension, is in a positional logjam, and that will be hard to justify keeping. Sound familiar? Seems like we could solve these problems and not affect our cap space too badly if we get a little creative.

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Perkins may not be right. They may want the cap space his contract represents instead. But Kanter is definitively a player they could use. Maybe the structure is something similar to Kanter + GSW pick for Jackson, Lamb, and Grant Jarrett (which also works under the cap).

But the germ of two teams being able to solve each other's problems is there.
 
Yeah I've wanted Reggie Jackson since this RFA situation has surfaced.


I dunno if our FO is sold on him enough to be paying for him though. Also what if a team offers Jackson something we don't want to match? (i.e., $13m+).
 
Sirkickyass said:
They have our problems but in reverse. They have a young PG stud that everyone knows is coming up for a pricey extension, is in a positional logjam, and that will be hard to justify keeping. Sound familiar? Seems like we could solve these problems and not affect our cap space too badly if we get a little creative.

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Perkins may not be right. They may want the cap space his contract represents instead. But Kanter is definitively a player they could use. Maybe the structure is something similar to Kanter + GSW pick for Jackson, Lamb, and Grant Jarrett (which also works under the cap).

But the germ of two teams being able to solve each other's problems is there.
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Isn't Perkins expiring contract a good thing for the Thunder. The problem that I see is that if they want to keep Kanter then they are going to have to spend at least the 9mill Perkins is getting. If they let Kanter go then what was the point other than downgrading their backup pg before the playoffs.
 
I think a trade with a base of Jackson and Kanter is a really great idea.

OKC needs all the help it can get just to make the playoffs. As long as they think Kanter gives them more then Jackson THIS year I think they do it. The trick form Utahs side of things is getting an additional asset in addition to Jackson, incase Jackson leaves next year. If they Jazz can get another good player, or draft picks even if they are bad draft picks then I say we do it.
 
Reggie Jackson shoots worse than Trey and Dante from 3... And doesn't defend much... and is RFA in the summer. He's an inefficient offensive player, who doesn't defend, looks for his shot first ... does it remind you of certain chucker we already have? I am not sold on Jackson... I'd rather have a pick than Jackson to be fair...
 
I think it would be worth the risk. Everyone has a risk, we have given Kanter a chance for 4 years and that has come back to bite us in the ***. As far as guards go, I think we should take any chance that looks promising. Jackson, Thomas, Knight, any of these guards gives us a HUGE upgrade right now and would let us still give Exum several years to get better.
 
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Reggie Jackson shoots worse than Trey and Dante from 3... And doesn't defend much... and is RFA in the summer. He's an inefficient offensive player, who doesn't defend, looks for his shot first ... does it remind you of certain chucker we already have? I am not sold on Jackson... I'd rather have a pick than Jackson to be fair...
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Jackson is like MCW. Numbers look good until you really look at them. Would rather have Trey on a cheaper contract if we have to carry a designated chucker on the team.
 
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