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Potential Trade Possibilities

Yeah, this is a very respectable trade idea - and makes Utah better on paper. But, at this point - I want to see how this team does. If they have underachieved by the deadline, and the backcourt seems to be why - we'll see what happens.
 
Xthren said:
Actually, the trade of Conley for OPJ make a lot of sense

Mitchell, Harrison, Forrest
O'Neale, Clarkson, Oni
OPJ, Ingles, Hughes
Bogey, Niang, Morgan
Gobert, Favors, Azubuike

Saves the Jazz 6 million and puts us under the cap. Chicago gets a mentor for White. I would guess Chicago would want some draft considerations also sense they are saving the Jazz a ton of money.
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Too bad we don't have any second round picks left for trade in the next 7 years. And an OPJ-Conley trade is actually one of the few trades that would make sense to throw in your second rounders.
 
Pass. Who cares about saving a billionaire money? If they trade Conley it should be to better team either now or in future. He is an expiring contract who has a year into the system. Trading him for two older veteran players does not make this team better. Plus, If he is good this year, maybe they resign him at a reasonable contract next year, like $10-15m per season.
 
White Chocolate said:
Ariza is an expiring contract and Hill would be on the books for one more season.

Long-term might not have been the best wording. More like what is the plan going forward for the next 1-2 years at least?
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Why go for another expiring when Conley is already the biggest expiring there is on the market? And Hill will be 36 by the end of this coming season, so still not sure there is much of "going forward" with this. honestly i'd prefer frank jackson as our backup/3rd string PG over a 37yr-old hill on a 10mil contract at this point.
 
jom2003 said:
Why go for another expiring when Conley is already the biggest expiring there is on the market? And Hill will be 36 by the end of this coming season, so still not sure there is much of "going forward" with this. honestly i'd prefer frank jackson as our backup/3rd string PG over a 37yr-old hill on a 10mil contract at this point.
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I think I saw something on espn that jackson was let go by okc today.
 
No, this trade makes us worse short term and really doesnt help us long term either. I would rather just keep Conley and let him expire and maybe re-sign him if he fits better and its a good deal. Or my preference is to wait and see if a really good option opens up. The NBA landscape changes fast and could be very different come trade deadline. Keep our options open for a good deal, if one doesnt come then we can decide at the deadline if there is a decent option or just to ride with him if we are doing well.

I hope we can use his salary to land a solid player locked up longer that fits in with this team. But I think the most likely is we are in win now mode and we wont find a better player then him we can trade for. So we will roll with him and see.
 
Now that Don is running the offense while Conley spots up, its only a matter of time before we look at what we can get for Conley. We need a better defender in the lineup with Don. Conley, and especially his contract, represents our last expendable asset.

We need to wait until around the deadline. Conley is great injury insurance, and helps us in the grind of a season. We also need to wait to see who becomes available. Who gets disgruntled or is surplus to requirements.

Guys I'm monitoring:

Rozier and Zeller
Tobias Harris
Aaron Gordon and Fournier
Blake Griffin
Harrison Barnes and Cory Joseph
Bledsoe and JJ Redick
Julius Randle and Ntilikina

If we trade Conley, we need to get an asset that helps more than just this year. We are that low on assets for future growth.

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