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I wish I knew what this fanbase wants.

I mean people seem to be ecstatic at the possibility of finally getting rid of Kelly Olynyk and replacing him with a G-League player who may not be able to stay on the floor in actual NBA games.

Do we want to say goodbye to any playoff aspirations, blow this thing up and watch bad basketball the rest of the way... and then immediately pivot to signing a 27 year old Lauri Markkanen to a long term max deal, which is a win-in-the-near-future move if there ever was one?

What do we want?
Kessler is not a g league player who can't stay on the court.
Trade KO and Kessler goes from 23 minutes per game to 30+. That makes us better imo.

Playoff aspirations? Without trading KO or Simone we were the 10th seed. What do you think 10th seeds do in the playoffs?

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Which route are we taking then?
Who has a higher ceiling? Kessler and Hendricks or KO?
Answer that and you have the answer to your question

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It's not just about getting rid of Tec and Kelly, but who they'll be replaced by (so far, nobody who's a proven NBA player).
Again, Kessler is a good, proven player.
We have a team full of guys that up to this point were getting too few minutes.
Hendricks isn't the only player in the jazz roster.
Why are you acting like suddenly hendricks is going to get all the minutes vacated by these players after not playing at all for the jazz and at the same time thinking he will be the worst player for the our team ever even after seeing the jazz look pretty good when he did get minutes earlier this year?



Oh ya, you are you.

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The Woj Pod trade deadline day 4 is out. Lots of Jazz stuff in there..
  • Very complementary of Hardy (said he has done COTY level job this year)
  • Woj said we can come out of this week with both better team AND more picks.
  • We are definitely in a lot of discussions right now.
  • KO for Warriors is a real thing. No mention on what we could get back.
  • Bruce Brown discussions are active and ongoing. Didnt mention us (just Knicks), but says there are other teams (we have been connected)

View: https://x.com/wojespn/status/1755562997731283198?s=20
 
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The Woj Pod trade deadline day 4 is out. Lots of Jazz stuff in there..
  • Very complementary of Hardy (said he has done COTY level job this year)
  • Woj said we can come out of this week with both better team AND more picks.
  • We are definitely in a lot of discussions right now.
  • KO for Warriors is a real thing. No mention on what we could get back.
  • Bruce Brown discussions are active and ongoing. Didnt mention us (just Knicks), but says there are other teams (we have been connected)

View: https://x.com/wojespn/status/1755562997731283198?s=20

Moody I would guess.
 
It's not just about getting rid of Tec and Kelly, but who they'll be replaced by (so far, nobody who's a proven NBA player).
You aren’t thinking on a long enough timeline. Locke says the Jazz are targeting a 2028-2030 championship window. The decisions we make on role players and veterans who may be out of the league by then have zero bearing. What matters is maximizing the value we get now and maintaining flexibility for when a star to pair with Lauri becomes available.
 
The Woj Pod trade deadline day 4 is out. Lots of Jazz stuff in there..
  • Very complementary of Hardy (said he has done COTY level job this year)
  • Woj said we can come out of this week with both better team AND more picks.
  • We are definitely in a lot of discussions right now.
  • KO for Warriors is a real thing. No mention on what we could get back.
  • Bruce Brown discussions are active and ongoing. Didnt mention us (just Knicks), but says there are other teams (we have been connected)

View: https://x.com/wojespn/status/1755562997731283198?s=20

Thanks dude. Appreciate the summary of points.
 
You aren’t thinking on a long enough timeline. Locke says the Jazz are targeting a 2028-2030 championship window. The decisions we make on role players and veterans who may be out of the league by then have zero bearing. What matters is maximizing the value we get now and maintaining flexibility for when a star to pair with Lauri becomes available.
Lauri will be on the side of 30 by then. Safe bet he's dealt if that's the case.
 
Eh. 30 probably isn't much of an issue for a player of Lauri's archetype.

Dirk won a title at age 33.
and we probably ain't contending with lauri being our no 1 option anyways. we will contend when lauri is our secondary or even tertiary. he can be the seasoned vet that space the floor then
 
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