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Jazz atleast taking/making calls!

Twin Towers said:
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=69vawdj

Save money and get Maggette who is a guy who gets to the free throw line which we need badly. And a proven scorer. Jazz signed him before to a contract. He could play 28 minutes a night for us and score 16 a game in that short amount of time. Maggette coming off screens would be hard to stop. He really hasn't played in a system that demands that.

Bucks dump Maggette's contract while getting a proven PF to play next to Bogut. Spreads the court for Bogut to work down low. And he can rebound. They have been changing the PF spot all year long. Money is the ultimate decision.

Nets are going to lose out on Melo. Knicks just offered Felton, Chandler, Gallo & Curry for Melo & Billups. So Nets get AK to make the Russian happy. lol
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How stupid is NY for making that trade? The reason why the Knicks have sucked all these years is because the organization/fans are impatient. How many games are left in this season? Why not wait until the end of the season and sign Melo? Then trade either Chandler or Gallo to sure up your weaknesses. Do the Knicks think Carmelo is going to make up the production for all those players? What about having an unhappy Billups who doesn't want to leave Denver? I could see making this trade if they had to wait two or three more years to get Carmelo but geez how many games are left in the season? It is just plain dumb and it even becomes dumber when everyone knows that Carmelo wants to go to the Knicks and no other team. Why bid against yourself? Call Carmelo's agent and tell him that they really want him and to be patient. Remind Melo that he wants to come to an NBA team that can compete for an NBA championship and having a bench is an important part of it. Otherwise he would be in the same situation he is in Denver.
 
Dumping salary doesn't really do much good since the team would likely receive longer contracts in return, which, if you look at the Jazz' payroll for next season, is not a good idea. I would suggest that everyone check out this link before making suggestions on what the Jazz need to do with regards to personnel movement.

https://www.shamsports.com/content/pa...aries/jazz.jsp

The only way the Jazz take on longer contracts than the ones they have is if they are receiving a good player on a fair or good contract (i.e. rookie deal or similar to Millsap's deal) and last time I checked teams don't give away those players. So the team either gives up some of it's best assets or takes back bad deals. Does anyone see that happening?

Even with AK expiring at the end of the year and with only 8 players (picking up options) under contract for next year, the Jazz will be above this year's salary cap and with the new CBA, the salary cap will likely be going down. The Jazz won't have any cap room to sign free agents unless the MLE still exists.

The Jazz need to bite the bullet and pay the tax this year, make the playoffs (so we give our pick to Minny this year and not next), figure out if AK is worth bringing back and pray that the new CBA allows them to be competitive in the coming years.
 
cowhide said:
How stupid is NY for making that trade? The reason why the Knicks have sucked all these years is because the organization/fans are impatient. How many games are left in this season? Why not wait until the end of the season and sign Melo? Then trade either Chandler or Gallo to sure up your weaknesses. Do the Knicks think Carmelo is going to make up the production for all those players? What about having an unhappy Billups who doesn't want to leave Denver? I could see making this trade if they had to wait two or three more years to get Carmelo but geez how many games are left in the season? It is just plain dumb and it even becomes dumber when everyone knows that Carmelo wants to go to the Knicks and no other team. Why bid against yourself? Call Carmelo's agent and tell him that they really want him and to be patient. Remind Melo that he wants to come to an NBA team that can compete for an NBA championship and having a bench is an important part of it. Otherwise he would be in the same situation he is in Denver.
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Everyone needs to realize that if a lockout was NOT looming the Knicks WOULD actually wait and sign him this summer. But this story is NOT about the Knicks not willing to wait. It is about Melo not willing to wait because he could lose over 20 million dollars waiting to sign his deal after the new CBA is put in place.
Nets, Nuggets & Knicks all know this and they are all trying to leverage this. Melo wants the Knicks and the Nuggets want the Nets offer. They are seeing who will crack first. That is why we have the wait until the last minutes. Will Melo crack and give in and sign with the Nets so he gets his contract? or will the Nuggets crack and think they could lose Melo for nothing. That is the scenario. Its not just about the Knicks wanting to get Melo right now.
 
Twin Towers said:
Everyone needs to realize that if a lockout was NOT looming the Knicks WOULD actually wait and sign him this summer. But this story is NOT about the Knicks not willing to wait. It is about Melo not willing to wait because he could lose over 20 million dollars waiting to sign his deal after the new CBA is put in place.
Nets, Nuggets & Knicks all know this and they are all trying to leverage this. Melo wants the Knicks and the Nuggets want the Nets offer. They are seeing who will crack first. That is why we have the wait until the last minutes. Will Melo crack and give in and sign with the Nets so he gets his contract? or will the Nuggets crack and think they could lose Melo for nothing. That is the scenario. Its not just about the Knicks wanting to get Melo right now.
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Good post. Right on the money.
 
I've gone over to the dark side.............

I don't believe this team has the talent to compete this year or next year, and, because of this, I think Deron is as good as gone. So, (and I've waited several days to officially endorse this) I think you trade Deron. Now. If you can pick up some talented players on the rookie contracts and then land a max player in 2012 then the Jazz could fashion themselves a contender.

DWill + CJ
for
Curry, Udoh, DWright, Radmonovic (expiring) and 2 first rounders

Then,
I try to trade AK for two shooters.

going into next year our rotation looks like:

Curry/Watson (re-signed)/Hayward
Hayward/Bell/"shooter"
DWright/Evans/"shooter"
Millsap/Udoh
Jefferson/Fes (re-sign)/Memo (?)

This team won't contend, but if you were to add an elite scorer to that group they could be dangerous.
 
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4s4r2cb

Jazz save around 4 million (Which is closer to 8 million because of the luxury tax savings). Jazz also get perimeter scorers in Jackson and Maggette. They also get Najera who would be a good hustle player. Nazr just works to make the money work but it doesn't hurt to have another center on the team.

Jazz
D-Will - Watson - Price
S-Jax - Bell
Maggette - Hayward - Evans
Millsap - Najera - Elson
Jefferson - Fesenko - Nazr - Elson

Bucks clear cap space and get AK to play the PF spot (expiring). And get CJ miles who is cheaper and younger than there older wing players. Bucks do this for financial reasons and to get younger.

Bucks
Jennings - Dooling - Boykins
CJ Miles - Douglas-Roberts - Redd
Delfino - Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
AK - Gooden - Sanders
Bogut - Brockman

Bobcats I am not sure they would do this. But I do know they need a Center and are struggling because of it. This would all depend on how Okur's physical. I think the bobcats would need a little more to make it happen. Maybe a draft pick from the Jazz or Bucks.

Bobcats
Augustin - Livingston - Collins
Salmons - Henderson -Carroll
Wallace - McGuire
Diaw - TyThomas - Ilyasova
Okur - Brown - DeSagana Diop
 
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