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Prediction: Jazz Will Trade at Least One Rookie Contract Player on Draft Night

Which Rookie Contract Player Gets Traded on Draft Night?

  • Cody

  • Collier

  • Hendricks

  • Kessler

  • Sensabaugh

  • Keyonte

  • Filipowski

  • None

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With a new head of basketball decision making he will undoubtedly want to annex at least one of the current young players to make room for draft picks of his choosing. I think the Jazz will make a draft night trade either centered around one of these players, or they will be used as a sweetener in a larger deal
 
The only guy here that would make any sense to trade would be Sensabaugh as the Jazz seem to not like him very much, but another team may think he's cheap shooting.

Every other player is a guy the Jazz would value more than other teams.
 
KqWIN said:
If I had to bet on who it’d be, I’d say Key.

- Another team might actually trade something for him
- Our coaching staff/may not be as high on him as they used to
- He could collide with whoever we draft at 5
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Most likely destinations:

Key -> ATL
Key-> ORL
Brice -> ORL
Kessler -> LAL
 
I would lol if we trade Cody for any kind of value. I put none. I’m good continuing the experiment with all of them. Some cuz I like them some cuz they help the tank.
 
I think the Jazz would keep the rookie-contract players at least until the deadline, if not through the season. They're still finding out what they have. The verdict on Cody probably won't come in until at least a month or two into his 3rd season. Hendricks needs another full season and another summer to come back.

If the Jazz think they're headed to an extension standoff a year from now with Keyonte, then maybe Keyonte moves by next summer. Keyonte is a guy whom other teams may value more than the Jazz. He's something like Reggie Jackson on the Thunder. But let's see how he does this year.
 
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Unless some other team really has fallen in love with what Cody could become, I really don't see them trading him. Same with Taylor, and I doubt Walker is available unless someone really overpays. I'm inclined to say "None", but I wouldn't be surprised if Brice ends up in a package.
 
Unfortunately, this was the question that kept me up last night. I don’t think the Maluach possibility is likely, but it’s not impossible given that we were an Edey team last year. I could see us trading Kessler if Maluach is our guy. We don’t even need to take Maluach if we trade Kessler. A team may break the bank for him.

Everyone knows the Lakers are down bad for Kessler, but they just don’t have the assets. Another team that could be interested: GSW. If you could get two post Curry picks from them, would you do it?
 
KqWIN said:
Unfortunately, this was the question that kept me up last night. I don’t think the Maluach possibility is likely, but it’s not impossible given that we were an Edey team last year. I could see us trading Kessler if Maluach is our guy. We don’t even need to take Maluach if we trade Kessler. A team may break the bank for him.

Everyone knows the Lakers are down bad for Kessler, but they just don’t have the assets. Another team that could be interested: GSW. If you could get two post Curry picks from them, would you do it?
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If AA wants to reset I would likely do that over giving Kessler a $150+ mil extension. Resetting the timeline might be the best option after the last two drafts tbh.
 
KqWIN said:
Unfortunately, this was the question that kept me up last night. I don’t think the Maluach possibility is likely, but it’s not impossible given that we were an Edey team last year. I could see us trading Kessler if Maluach is our guy. We don’t even need to take Maluach if we trade Kessler. A team may break the bank for him.

Everyone knows the Lakers are down bad for Kessler, but they just don’t have the assets. Another team that could be interested: GSW. If you could get two post Curry picks from them, would you do it?
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I think it's worth remembering that Edey being an option for us probably had a bit to do with the disappointing season Kessler had last year. I think this year he returned back to the path of development we expected from him after his rookie season so maybe the Jazz brass are back on board the Kessler train... who knows?
 
stitches said:
I think it's worth remembering that Edey being an option for us probably had a bit to do with the disappointing season Kessler had last year. I think this year he returned back to the path of development we expected from him after his rookie season so maybe the Jazz brass are back on board the Kessler train... who knows?
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Surely Kessler is in better standing now versus then, but I don’t think he’s untouchable. He has a lot of value simply for being a starter level player on a cheap one year deal, so it wouldn’t surprise me a team really wants him and comes with a great offer. LAL would if they could….I think GSW could be a team that pulls the trigger. He’s about the best they can do to try to win around Steph.
 
stitches said:
I think it's worth remembering that Edey being an option for us probably had a bit to do with the disappointing season Kessler had last year. I think this year he returned back to the path of development we expected from him after his rookie season so maybe the Jazz brass are back on board the Kessler train... who knows?
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They wanted Edey because he was BPA and a physical outlier.
 
Keyonte + 21 to the Bulls for 12
KqWIN said:
Unfortunately, this was the question that kept me up last night. I don’t think the Maluach possibility is likely, but it’s not impossible given that we were an Edey team last year. I could see us trading Kessler if Maluach is our guy. We don’t even need to take Maluach if we trade Kessler. A team may break the bank for him.

Everyone knows the Lakers are down bad for Kessler, but they just don’t have the assets. Another team that could be interested: GSW. If you could get two post Curry picks from them, would you do it?
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The Lakers do have the assets though.
 
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