Russell Westbrook and the Utah Jazz

[Bodhi]

I'm gonna spit ball here and just start a discussion.

It's not like it hasn't been said before that KD and Westbrook could eventually be split up. I don't have the stats but hasn't it been said that both have, at times, been better without the other? Reggie Jackson has become very good when Russ was out injured as well.

I personally don't think this is THAT far fetched. We are likely one of the few teams able to pull it off and there is likely not a better time than now with a new coach coming in and a very high lottery pick in a great draft on the way. In reading about Westbrooks personality, he seems to relish in the underdog/looked over roll. Well he'd instantly have his own team in an underdog market.

If OKC gets bounced in the first round there will be a lot of hand wringing in that organization. We'd be able to offer a lot of different options from young players to draft picks to cap room to accommodate multi-team trades.


Thoughts?

 

[Zulu]

I've floated this idea in the UGLI forum...

 

[Elizah Huge]

A deal like Burke, Kanter, and GSW pick? Is that too much for an all-star? We do that and then go hard at Embiid.

 

[8]

I've floated this idea in the UGLI forum...

Link?

I'd rather discuss this sans fatbrey

 

[Zulu]

Link?

I'd rather discuss this sans fatbrey

Just search it bro !!

 

[Bodhi]

Link?

I'd rather discuss this sans fatbrey

Colton/Jason, can we exclude a member (right?!) from a thread?

 

[8]

Just search it bro !!

B-but I'm lazy!

Why can't you do it for me?

 

[ONE LOVE]

Sorry, but No. I don't want him. He needs that explosiveness to succeed - the way he plays - and with all those injuries now? I'm just not so sure.



I guess I just don't like the idea of mortgaging the house for some damaged goods.

 

[Bodhi]

I've floated this idea in the UGLI forum...

Paraphrase?

 

[Bodhi]

Sorry, but No. I don't want him. He needs that explosiveness to succeed - the way he plays.



I guess I just don't like the idea of mortgaging the house for some damaged goods.

What if we draft Randle and Westbook INSISTS we play him at SF?

 

[Doublea]

Westbrook isn't that good, but he would make this team better and more exciting...

 

[8]

Westbrook is a beast. Would love to have him on the team.

Gonna lol @ the people who want the Jazz to be better, but don't want to have players like Harden, Melo, or Westbrook. Only the Lebron and Durant types are acceptable. Good luck with that.

 

[ONE LOVE]

What if we draft Randle and Westbook INSISTS we play him at SF?

????? Why would he insist that?????

 

[ONE LOVE]

Westbrook is a beast. Would love to have him on the team.

Gonna lol @ the people who want the Jazz to be better, but don't want to have players like Harden, Melo, or Westbrook. Only the Lebron and Durant types are acceptable. Good luck with that.

.... only as long as his knee holds up.

 

[8]

.... only as long as his knee holds up.

Don't know anyone who would be good at basketball without knees, tbh

 

[ONE LOVE]

Don't know anyone who would be good at basketball without knees, tbh

Except Westbrook already has a history of knee problem, and he is a guy who relies heavily on his explosiveness to be successful.

 

[8]

Except Westbrook already has a history of knee problem, and he is a guy who relies heavily on his explosiveness to be successful.

Yeah, he hurt his knee once and is still really explosive.

 

[ONE LOVE]

Yeah, he hurt his knee once and is still really explosive.

Derrick Rose also only hurt his knee once.... before favoring it and hurting the other one.

 

[8]

Derrick Rose also only hurt his knee once.... before favoring it and hurting the other one.

And he is a different person

 

[Hantlers]

And he is a different person

False. Rose is proof that any PG that has hurt his knee will hurt either the same knee, or the other one in the future.

Don't you know anything?