Ridiculous ESPN trade for Paul Millsap
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Wow, Pierce's contract is a cap killer.
NotDeadYet
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LOL; just ESPN trying to help out their home team there in Boston. Right now Millsap ain't goin' anywhere outside Utah, unless it's a road game with his Jazz teammates...
Pierce would be a patch, not a long-term solution. A healthy Josh Howard is prolly 'bout as good as Pierce at this stage of their careers.
Pierce would be a patch, not a long-term solution. A healthy Josh Howard is prolly 'bout as good as Pierce at this stage of their careers.
Park Bites
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I wouldn't for millsap but to add a swap of Harris for rondo and I am more game for a young big. Although I am a pierce fan
NAOS
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It would? For what, like, the next 50 games?
Millsap is in his prime, and Kanter/pick has serious potential. This trade doesn't make sense to me under any circumstances other than if we thought we could win it all this year... which, obviously we wouldn't.
The OP is right: ridiculous.
Stifle Tower
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Hmmm...Harris + Millsap + a pick for Rondo and Pierce. And throw-ins to make salaries match as needed. That would be very tempting. I'd hate to give up Millsap and Rondo could turn out to be a complete dbag, but there's no question he's a very good point. Add those two and the Jazz just might be instant contenders. Jefferson, Favors, Rondo, Howard and Bell? starting, with Kanter, Burks, Hayward, Watson off the bench. That's a pretty solid 8-9.
freakazoid
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Without a doubt.
PP's age/salary absolutely kills his trade value. This reeks of delusional Celtics homer trade.
JimLes
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Ugh, the Rondo love. You spend a few years playing with 3 HOF-ers, and suddenly you look like an All-NBA player. Just ask BJ Armstrong. Dude was voted into an All-Star game.
Rondo is overrated. Period. He can't shoot the three, he can't shoot the two, and he can't shoot freethrows? What can he do? Pass? Great, so can Earl and at only somewhat lower of a level. Rebound? Pointless? It's like having a center with a wicked crossover. Good for you, but it's not really what we're paying you for.
I just cannot stomach the idea of a PG who can't shoot. Hell, what kind of a NBA player at all can't shoot? Maybe I still have traumas after watching Michael Ruffin, but I just can't make peace with this idea. If there's one thing I really liked about the old Jazz(BH in technical terms, or "before Heyward") was that they could shoot. In 1 or 2 BH when we'd have Boozer, Okur, Kirilenko, Korver and the Devil on the floor all together, you couldn't leave anyone open at 15 feet. Sure, they weren't good for much else, but they were good for that. And I just think, even if Favors develops, and we kept Jefferson under this scenario, you'd have an awful lot of guys in our starting 5 who can't hit a shot dependably outside 10-12 feet. And I just don't want to go through that.
Rondo is overrated. Period. He can't shoot the three, he can't shoot the two, and he can't shoot freethrows? What can he do? Pass? Great, so can Earl and at only somewhat lower of a level. Rebound? Pointless? It's like having a center with a wicked crossover. Good for you, but it's not really what we're paying you for.
I just cannot stomach the idea of a PG who can't shoot. Hell, what kind of a NBA player at all can't shoot? Maybe I still have traumas after watching Michael Ruffin, but I just can't make peace with this idea. If there's one thing I really liked about the old Jazz(BH in technical terms, or "before Heyward") was that they could shoot. In 1 or 2 BH when we'd have Boozer, Okur, Kirilenko, Korver and the Devil on the floor all together, you couldn't leave anyone open at 15 feet. Sure, they weren't good for much else, but they were good for that. And I just think, even if Favors develops, and we kept Jefferson under this scenario, you'd have an awful lot of guys in our starting 5 who can't hit a shot dependably outside 10-12 feet. And I just don't want to go through that.
Weezur
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Agreed. Rondo doesn't work for the Jazz system now that I'm actually taking it serious.
Because he can't shoot, he's got zero potential for a pick n roll pop which D-Will used to bank on. Therefore, the opponent can sag on him and make things tougher on our big men.
Big Al can't pass to him out of a doulbe team to shoot a spot up 3 a la Harris.
Rondo isn't able to pass to a Ray Allen caliber shooter on the fast break 3 (which they do a lot of and the Jazz absolutely hate).
Well like I said, if Kanter or Favors (especially if they are both) are ready to become 15 and 10 type of players then the deal would be a possibility.
We tell them to take Harris also, because Paul for Pierce doesn't work straight up. They do it because Harris only has 2 more years left, which is better than Pierce's big 3 left and Sap is a great contract.
We then buy a PG from someone using the Memo TPE.
Like I said though, this only makes sense for the Jazz if (and it's not even close to being plausible) Kanter and Favors are both ready to be great rotational players.
From whom? And why are they giving this PG up for nothing?
Because they want to free up time for another PG, we could always add in a 2nd round pick or some kind of protected first. Someone who is looking to clear cap room for the upcoming FA.
Not that is matters because the situation is completely unrealistic and hypothetical.