It’s hard to tell what exactly is going to happen. There’s so many reports and rumors that conflict with one another vs the pathway ahead. Idk, maybe as was mentioned above Smith is okay with noise being out there for noise sakes. Maybe they’re just making all sorts of calls and deciding what sticks. There’s been multiple times where one rumor or report doesn’t make sense with another rumor, report, or line of thinking.
And the inverse is true, too: any team looking to unload Ingles for a pick doesn’t view itself as a contender.
In a vacuum yes, moving Ingles is not a win-now move.
To me, this means we are laying out the foundation that anything is possible. It keeps all our options open. If we trade a wing or even sign and trade Mike, we all knew going into the draft and free agency that anything is possible.
I dont know. I will wait to see what the Jazz do.
I’ve seen this Ingles retire idea a lot. Where does it come from? I’ve never seen him say he plans to retire, has he? If Joe won’t be here beyond this season, you should for sure try and get some value out of him.
I might get a little watery eyed, but if it makes us better that’s fine. Draft night will likely show us what the actual plan is. Because there’s some conflict in the reports and rumors as to whether we are trying to retool a bit, or continue all in with a giant tax bill and mostly this roster.
Even if he goes to a contender Joe likely would be pissed. His non-basketball life stuff makes it tough to move around… unless it’s an absolute haul (which I don’t see happening) to trade him for some cap flexibility and a pick is a ****** move on so many levels.
