What about something like
Kessler
Collins
Svi
For
Ingram
Hawkins
That would save NO like 8 mill. They get a center and a Big. I figure a first might have to be added.
This is just Pincus trying to gain some attention. The jazz will trade Kessler if the offer is too go to pass on but otherwise they have no problem with him being a core piece for them.The rumor that's out there seems like old news to me. Pincus (the guy everyone's basing the rumor on) discusses rumors earlier in the offseason, and doesn't clearly indicate that whatever sources he's using are more recent than that.
I think Pincus is saying this now, largely because he wanted some buzz around the trade proposal he put out in this "dead" time of the offseason.
So (unless I see anything that clearly indicates there's something more recent), I'm regarding this as engagement farming based on an old rumor that the Jazz seem to have put to bed a month or two ago.
This is spot on. The only place I hear of tanking is on this board, not from anyone associated with the Jazz. Tony has talked about developing young talent but this year appears to be no different from the past two years. Hardy will play his best talent and the young uns will need to earn minutes. They may do another dump at the deadline but any team serious about tanking does not wait for Feb. We may be bad enough this year that it wont matter but there is no sign that we are moving talent to be worse.I just reject that completely. If the Jazz trade Walker, it's because they got a deal too good to pass up, not because they are worried about him winning too many games for them. The Jazz havent made a single move that has signaled they are desperate to bottom out at the expense of talent.