I agree about the lottery picks. They should have been playing more and a move should have been made to make that happen. But that doesn't justify a bad deal.
Who said ANYTHING about a bad deal? Is this seriously the best counter-argument that there is at this point? There are other expiring contracts this year, AND the Jazz are going into an offseason with a barge of cap room and likely no one out there worth spending it on (Josh Smith [not likely, and don't want him], Chris Paul [not likely, but still should try], and Dwight Howard [not likely, and had better regain his old form in that case which I wouldn't bet on]).
If the Jazz can fill a need using superfluous talent that probably will be gone anyway, they need to do it. It's incredibly ****ing simple. And it's killing(at least) two birds with one stone.
BTW, 'member when Calderon was acquired for scraps? That's a perfect example of how this could work, and also a perfect example of a ship that's sailed.