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Letter published in SL Tribune. Suck it Monson!

candrew said:
It has since come to light that in October The Jazz offered an extension to Kanter which amounted to a few dollars above the qualifying offer for 4 years (I think it was 8 mil per). I think the FO knew that this was a non-starter and Kanter and his agent would turn them down flat. This being the case then why didn't The Jazz FO start trade negotiations immediately thereafter? Why did they wait until the last minute thereby putting themselves in a position for a 22 year old kid to pull a punk move on them and publically state his wishes to be traded? And additionally put themselves into a position of having to settle for what is obviously a **** deal?
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Perhaps they wanted to see what they had in their hands and in the meantime, increase Kanter's trade value in QS system and sell high. I'm sure the FO had some conversations with teams since the start by the season. They didn't expect Kanter to go public with his trade demand which only decreased his trade value. It could be argued they could have pulled the trigger earlier...difficult to say since most teams get in serious discussions around the All-Star weekend. Kanter's timing screwed us. We got 60cents on the dollar. Time to move on and enjoy watching Gobert.
 
candrew said:
I was hoping that was the case when I posted this before the season even started:

https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?33445-In-depth-article-on-Burks-and-Kanter-extensions



Looking back I should have changed the word "think" to "hope". Because knowing now that the actual extension offer was so low and, I'm sure, viewed as an insult by Kanter and his agent, the fact that he and their poisoned relationship was kept around until the deadline is just ****ing ponderous to me.
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What would you have offered Kanter, whose advanced analytics numbers were even lower last year than they are this year (and this year they're still ****ing terrible)?

They didn't get a deal done with Hayward either and that relationship is anything but poisoned.

Kanter has potential but he isn't very good currently. Lindsey made the right call: A) see if he gets much, much better this year (as a result of a coaching change and another year of experience) - while your other bigs stay pretty similar - and then match his offer in free agency. B) see if he stays the same while your other bigs get better (which is what happened), and then deal him at the deadline for assets.

To be a competitive team, we can't afford three bigs on 8-figure deals. If they're all demanding that kind of money, you keep the best two. That's what happened.
 
Flc said:
Do you have any understanding at all of how the NBA works or what front office works entails?

Here's an article (albeit an old one) showing a day in the life of an NBA GM. Spoiler alert: they're hearing and discussing offers on potential trades ALL THE TIME.

https://forums.nba-live.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11203
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First of all don't start getting all pissy with me just because your parents named you Ned.

Fielding offers for and actively trying to trade are two different things. If someone wanted to buy my house I'd certainly listen to what they have to offer, but that doesn't mean I listed my home for sale. I'm sure The Jazz FO fields offers for every player on the team.

I think what others said in this thread are true - The Jazz FO stood pat because they hoped Kanter's trade value might go up. And it did - Kanter played OK defense - at least the last couple of months. But whatever gains he made on the court were cancelled by his calling out the FO last week. Now the rest of the league knows The Jazz are either gonna have egg on their face by keeping a player who punked them or have to give up an asset for next to nothing. .
 
This being the case then why didn't The Jazz FO start trade negotiations immediately thereafter? Why did they wait until the last minute thereby putting themselves in a position for a 22 year old kid to pull a punk move on them and publically state his wishes to be traded? And additionally put themselves into a position of having to settle for what is obviously a **** deal?
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candrew said:
First of all don't start getting all pissy with me just because your parents named you Ned.

Fielding offers for and actively trying to trade are two different things. If someone wanted to buy my house I'd certainly listen to what they have to offer, but that doesn't mean I listed my home for sale. I'm sure The Jazz FO fields offers for every player on the team.

I think what others said in this thread are true - The Jazz FO stood pat because they hoped Kanter's trade value might go up. And it did - Kanter played OK defense - at least the last couple of months. But whatever gains he made on the court were cancelled by his calling out the FO last week. Now the rest of the league knows The Jazz are either gonna have egg on their face by keeping a player who punked them or have to give up an asset for next to nothing. .
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Glad you were able to answer your own questions. Bravo.
 
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