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Prediction: Jazz trade Kanter for Otto Porter

We could trade for porter who is on a nice rookie deal, then sign Draymond Green to a big deal if we had to.

What would you rather have?

Draymond Green and Otto Porter or Enes Kanter?
 
Hack said:
We could trade for porter who is on a nice rookie deal, then sign Draymond Green to a big deal if we had to.

What would you rather have?

Draymond Green and Otto Porter or Enes Kanter?
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So who gets benched to make Green a starter? Favors?
Personally, I'd rather trade Kanter for a backup 4 and a pick, then make a huge offer to Wesley Matthews. With Burks under contract, I think he could be persuaded to come off the bench (if he's still getting 30 mins/per).
 
Stifle Tower said:
So who gets benched to make Green a starter? Favors?
Personally, I'd rather trade Kanter for a backup 4 and a pick, then make a huge offer to Wesley Matthews. With Burks under contract, I think he could be persuaded to come off the bench (if he's still getting 30 mins/per).
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Can't Draymond play some small forward? I'm pretty sure he can. You could mix and match lineups and still get Favors, Gobert, and Green a lot of minutes.


Draymond can guard small forwards and hit the 3. We could have a very good defensive front court.
 
Hack said:
Can't Draymond play some small forward? I'm pretty sure he can. You could mix and match lineups and still get Favors, Gobert, and Green a lot of minutes.


Draymond can guard small forwards and hit the 3. We could have a very good defensive front court.
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Due to his his size, I think SF would best suit Draymond. But that means moving Hayward to SG. Not sure I like that. KOC wanted GH to be a big SG. He said as much when he talked about his strategy of drafting players who would create mismatches. I'd hesitate to move him back to SG, where he really struggled last season.

In principle, though, I like the idea of getting young starters who still have upside and can grow with the team. I'm not 100% sold on Kanter...yet. But if he can continue to develop as a 4/5, Utah could potentially have an amazing, dominating trio of bigs. Have to think hard before giving up on Enes.
 
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Hack said:
Cy is correct here. Porter is a good player. It's just circumstances. He isn't getting any minutes, and isn't getting a chance to contribute much.

He is only 21.


It's a trade that makes sense because we could use another wing, and Gobert is gonna have to be a starter one day.


I don't how people can come to the conclusion that players like Otto are busts. If the player isn't playing for some reason then everyone assumes they are no good. It's not true. Look at Tobias Harris. He was written off, then when given his chance he proved he can play.

There are a bunch of guys in the league who are better than their playing time suggests. You gotta be smarter than that.
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You and I know that but more importantly Ernie Grunfeld knows that. He's not going to trade a #3 pick that he selected for a #3 pick that someone else selected that has, for the most part, underachieved.

Sometimes dreams are just bull ****.
 
Also, not to hate on Hood (cuz I like him), but Porter's % are way better. Porter is a year younger too and he gets more minutes per game. We could use his efficiency off the bench (or currently starting because of Burks injury problems).
 
candrew said:
You and I know that but more importantly Ernie Grunfeld knows that. He's not going to trade a #3 pick that he selected for a #3 pick that someone else selected that has, for the most part, underachieved.

Sometimes dreams are just bull ****.
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I'm not so sure that GM'S around the league are that down on Kanter. They might look at Otto and Kanter as having similar value. I think it's about the same for them both.

I haven't quite given up on Kanter either. I'm still intrigued about a good he could get. I don't think the book has been written in him yet either.

I'm not even sure I'm a 100% for trading Kanter for Otto. But I would certainly look at it if I were GM. Gobert is the only reason it would make it an easier choice. Without Gobert in the picture, I'd probably say no because we need another big besides Favors.
 
Cy said:
Probably change it to something to honor his greatness.
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How does the name "something" honor porter.

Maybe go with porterhouse instead
 
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