Burks' 2 year disaster contract plus Joe Johnson and the Jazz' first this season, top 3 protected and top 13 protected next season, for JR Smith's 3 year monstrosity contract (possibly worst contract in the league), Iman Shumpert, and the Brooklyn pick, several second rounders, and $3 million compensation.
The Jazz take on a massive extra season's worth of salary hit on Smith's worthless ***. Burks and Shumpert contracts cancel each other out. Cleveland upgrades their shooting guard position tremendously on offense over the horrible contributions of Smith and Shumpert while getting out of paying $14.7 and $15.6 to Smith over the next two seasons, and also save some LT penalty money this season. Joe and Burks give them a better chance at another deep playoff run. This also drops them below the projected LT next season which might allow them enough room to go back up to re-sign IT for a lot of money. All that for a currently 6th projected lottery pick. Worth it or no?
The Jazz take on a massive extra season's worth of salary hit on Smith's worthless ***. Burks and Shumpert contracts cancel each other out. Cleveland upgrades their shooting guard position tremendously on offense over the horrible contributions of Smith and Shumpert while getting out of paying $14.7 and $15.6 to Smith over the next two seasons, and also save some LT penalty money this season. Joe and Burks give them a better chance at another deep playoff run. This also drops them below the projected LT next season which might allow them enough room to go back up to re-sign IT for a lot of money. All that for a currently 6th projected lottery pick. Worth it or no?