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Jazz tried desperately to trade up to get Cousins

KrazeeEyezKilla said:
If they have the cap room, why would Utah have to take anything back? That said, why do you feel Boozer for Favors wouldn't work? I just don't see Lebron signing there unless they make their situation more attractive. This trade helps that cause greatly. Lopez, Boozer, Harris, the NY market. And if they miss out on him, no biggie, they go after Carmello next summer. he was born and raised ('til 8) in Brooklyn.
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Why wouldn't NJ just sign Boozer and LeBron?
 
anyone else read about Cousins bashing Kevin Durant for taking pictures with some kids on draft night? Cousins is a heck of a talent but one bigtime idiot.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
If they have the cap room, why would Utah have to take anything back? That said, why do you feel Boozer for Favors wouldn't work? I just don't see Lebron signing there unless they make their situation more attractive. This trade helps that cause greatly. Lopez, Boozer, Harris, the NY market. And if they miss out on him, no biggie, they go after Carmello next summer. he was born and raised ('til 8) in Brooklyn.
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OK, good point, I was forgetting they are under. They'd still have to want to give up the cap room to take an AK or a Millsap without giving anything back. Right now they sit around $26M committed, so if they would take AK for the pick, they are at $43M and they barely have enough for one max deal. You might be right that they won't make a big splash this year, but I doubt they were willing to concede that on draft night.

I don't think I said Boozer for Favors wouldn't work, although I am skeptical. They had three assets going into Thursday night: the #3 pick and cap space for two max deals. I don't see why any team would use one asset (the pick) in an attempt to sign someone they could get outright with the other asset (the cap space). If they really had Boozer targeted, I think they would just pick a different position (Wesley Johnson?) and then go after Boozer hard, as was rumored.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
If they have the cap room, why would Utah have to take anything back? That said, why do you feel Boozer for Favors wouldn't work? I just don't see Lebron signing there unless they make their situation more attractive. This trade helps that cause greatly. Lopez, Boozer, Harris, the NY market. And if they miss out on him, no biggie, they go after Carmello next summer. he was born and raised ('til 8) in Brooklyn.
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What is NJ's incentive?
If Boozer wants to play in NJ, he can sign a 5-yr MAX deal. As someone just below the top-tier FA's, I don't think Boozer is going to have more than a couple of solid offers. NJ will say, this is the deal...take it or leave it. There's also some bad blood between Carlos and Lebron. 1) Carlos walked out on Cleveland after he (or his agent) verbally agreed to an illegal deal. 2) Boozer openly complained about not getting plays called for him (i.e.e everything going to Lebron). I think playing alongside Lebron is EXTREMELY low on Boozer's list.

IMO, Boozer's preferences are probably Miami, Chicago, New York, Washington, New Jersey (but without LBJ).
 
Kenwood said:
OK, good point, I was forgetting they are under. They'd still have to want to give up the cap room to take an AK or a Millsap without giving anything back. Right now they sit around $26M committed, so if they would take AK for the pick, they are at $43M and they barely have enough for one max deal. You might be right that they won't make a big splash this year, but I doubt they were willing to concede that on draft night.

I don't think I said Boozer for Favors wouldn't work, although I am skeptical. They had three assets going into Thursday night: the #3 pick and cap space for two max deals. I don't see why any team would use one asset (the pick) in an attempt to sign someone they could get outright with the other asset (the cap space). If they really had Boozer targeted, I think they would just pick a different position (Wesley Johnson?) and then go after Boozer hard, as was rumored.
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There's a lot of ins. A lot of outs. A lot of what have yous.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
But defensively? Sheesh.
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I don't know. Deron has proven he can do a petty good job of defending a taller 2 guard. He is very strong and holds his ground well. I remember them switching him on to Kevin Martin one game, and Brandon Roy another game were he was able to shut them down. I would even say D-Will might guard the big 2 bette than he guards the quick PG's
 
Ben10 said:
I don't know. Deron has proven he can do a petty good job of defending a taller 2 guard. He is very strong and holds his ground well. I remember them switching him on to Kevin Martin one game, and Brandon Roy another game were he was able to shut them down. I would even say D-Will might guard the big 2 bette than he guards the quick PG's
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Undoubtedly, but I wary over a full game stretch. He's not great at big PGs like Baron Davis and Tyreke Evans, so while he's fine over the course of a possession, minute, quarter, I have fears of all game, night in and night out.
 
^^ Of course you are right there. But even if they played only half the game together it would be exciting to watch what they might be able to do. I guess we could see a blue print of how it works out by watching Washington play with Gill and Wall together.
 
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