It's happening bros...

[NAOS]

He would never just choose to come here. Our only chance to keep him would be to get him here for a third of the season and try to sell him on what we are building.


What is the reasoning here? Like having Lamb or Perry Jones would make him choose Utah over L.A.?

You have proof he wouldn't pick Utah? You have proof he won't leave after a 1/3rd of a season?

Having a roster that is more full of assets is better than having a roster less full of assets. Players aren't dumb. They know you have to have bullets to fire in order to win a championship. If they're smart, the pick teams that have a full magazine. Having Lamb or Perry Jones and/or a 1st-round pick is better than not having them.

 

[Spinoza]

I don't think Jazz are on Dragic's short list. But if we could get him, we have to trade Burke or Exum since Dragic is demanding to be on a team where he gets to be the primary ball-handler for 35 or so minutes a night.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

You have proof he wouldn't pick Utah? You have proof he won't leave after a 1/3rd of a season?

Having a roster that is more full of assets is better than having a roster less full of assets. Players aren't dumb. They know you have to have bullets to fire in order to win a championship. If they're smart, the pick teams that have a full magazine. Having Lamb or Perry Jones and/or a 1st-round pick is better than not having them.

So you're saying we should trade Kanter for Lamb, Jones, and a draft pick(would be lottery proteted at the least) and that gives us a better chance at signing Dragic than trading for him now and giving him a third of a season to play in Utah and get to know all the players and coaches?

That's ridiculous.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

I don't think Jazz are on Dragic's short list. But if we could get him, we have to trade Burke or Exum since Dragic is demanding to be on a team where he gets to be the primary ball-handler for 35 or so minutes a night.

IF we got him he'd automatically become the starting PG with at least 35mpg and be the #1 or #2 scoring option. Wouldn't matter if Burke was on the team or not.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

So you're saying we should trade Kanter for Lamb, Jones, and a draft pick(would be lottery proteted at the least) and that gives us a better chance at signing Dragic than trading for him now and giving him a third of a season to play in Utah and get to know all the players and coaches?

That's ridiculous.

Plus we get to offer him more money and years if we trade for him.

 

[Siro]

We're not getting Dragic. Let's move on to more realistic prospects.

 

[♪alt13]

You have proof he wouldn't pick Utah? You have proof he won't leave after a 1/3rd of a season?

Having a roster that is more full of assets is better than having a roster less full of assets. Players aren't dumb. They know you have to have bullets to fire in order to win a championship. If they're smart, the pick teams that have a full magazine. Having Lamb or Perry Jones and/or a 1st-round pick is better than not having them.

The players Union just turned down the "smoothing" For the TV money. He won't want to sign a 4 year deal until 2017. If he is somewhere that he has a large role I think he doesn't excercise his player option. We get to sell him on the Jazz for all of next season.

 

[Harcher]

So does anyone think that the original post "Kanter for a young guy and a 1st rounder" is anything but an advertisement by DL? I think he's fishing, trying to drum up interest through the Wojo press agency. Also, this is the right thing to announce regardless.
1. You win by getting a good trade
2. You win by telling Enes "We tried. We talked to everyone, so we honored your request to a reasonable degree and you are simply not in demand AS MUCH AS WE VALUE YOU."

good move by DL.

 

[Carbon13]

So does anyone think that the original post "Kanter for a young guy and a 1st rounder" is anything but an advertisement by DL? I think he's fishing, trying to drum up interest through the Wojo press agency. Also, this is the right thing to announce regardless.
1. You win by getting a good trade
2. You win by telling Enes "We tried. We talked to everyone, so we honored your request to a reasonable degree and you are simply not in demand AS MUCH AS WE VALUE YOU."

good move by DL.

Good point!

 

[mellow]

The players Union just turned down the "smoothing" For the TV money. He won't want to sign a 4 year deal until 2017. If he is somewhere that he has a large role I think he doesn't excercise his player option. We get sell him on the Jazz for all of next season.

Since you brought up the cba, everyone take a few moments to enjoy the nba for the remaining 8 weeks. It is irreparably broken as witnessed by the players rejecting the smoothing, and the likes of Dragic and Kanter trying to force their way out of the small market teams. Star players have already hinted there were too many teams, and I believe they, and their agents, will push for a league with 18 teams or less. A league where superstars can join their super friends for super teams. The tv revenues for the super teams will be split fewer ways resulting in higher salaries for the super players and higher commissions for the super agents.

The competition for the 18 spots will be fierce, and utah will have to fight to get in. The inherited ownership, recent poor performance, and general dislike of the state by owners and players alike will make the jazz easy chopping block targets.

The good news is the 12 teams can combine with 8-10 new teams to form a true minor league for the NBA, and the jazz can continue living by developing players and selling their contracts to NBA teams. Perhaps the new league can form an alliance with Europe and have a true international championship, or atleast multiple games against each other thus offering a fresh approach and new story lines to compete with the dull and tired stories the nba would try to offer.

So eat, drink, and watch merrily, because in 2017 the nba will die.

 

[♪alt13]

Since you brought up the cba, everyone take a few moments to enjoy the nba for the remaining 8 weeks. It is irreparably broken as witnessed by the players rejecting the smoothing, and the likes of Dragic and Kanter trying to force their way out of the small market teams. Star players have already hinted there were too many teams, and it believe they, and their agents will push for a 18 team or less league where superstars can join their super friends for super teams. The tv revenues for the super teams will be split fewer ways resulting in higher salaries for the super players and higher commissions for the super agents.

The competition for the 18 spots will be fierce, and utah will have to fight to get in. The inherited ownership, recent poor performance, and general dislike of the state by owners and players alike will make the jazz easy chopping block targets.

The good news is the 12 teams can combine with 8-10 new teams to form a true minor league for the NBA, and the jazz can continue living by developing players and selling their contracts to NBA teams. Perhaps the new league can form an alliance with Europe and have a true international championship, or atleast multiple games against each other thus offering a fresh approach and new story lines to compete with the dull and tired stories the nba would try to offer.

lulz

R U SRS?

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Since you brought up the cba, everyone take a few moments to enjoy the nba for the remaining 8 weeks. It is irreparably broken as witnessed by the players rejecting the smoothing, and the likes of Dragic and Kanter trying to force their way out of the small market teams. Star players have already hinted there were too many teams, and I believe they, and their agents, will push for a league with 18 teams or less. A league where superstars can join their super friends for super teams. The tv revenues for the super teams will be split fewer ways resulting in higher salaries for the super players and higher commissions for the super agents.

The competition for the 18 spots will be fierce, and utah will have to fight to get in. The inherited ownership, recent poor performance, and general dislike of the state by owners and players alike will make the jazz easy chopping block targets.

The good news is the 12 teams can combine with 8-10 new teams to form a true minor league for the NBA, and the jazz can continue living by developing players and selling their contracts to NBA teams. Perhaps the new league can form an alliance with Europe and have a true international championship, or atleast multiple games against each other thus offering a fresh approach and new story lines to compete with the dull and tired stories the nba would try to offer.

So eat, drink, and watch merrily, because in 2017 the nba will die.