Sacremento 8?

[♪alt13]

I've seen it thrown out a couple of times that the King's pick would be available for cap relief. Is that really all it would take? Do the Jazz have a better place to spend their budget than acquiring the 8th pick? Why not?

If we did get it who do you take with the 5 and who with the 8?

discuss/

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

Trade Favors and 5 for Wiggins.

Trade Burke and Kanter for 8 and take Payton.

We would get two players who are long, athletic, skilled and play defense.

Payton-Burks-Wiggins-whoever-Gobert

We'd suck but I could buy into that team.

 

[My2Cents]

You're trading Kanter and Burke for Elfrid Payton? I'd rather trade 5 and 8 for #1 and keep Favors. I'd even throw in the 23rd pick.

 

[b_line]

Would like to trade into the top three, and get one of the power forwards with the 8th pick if we trade to it. Hell, even embodied might be available if his slide is that bad.

 

[Bodhi]

You're trading Kanter and Burke for Elfrid Payton? I'd rather trade 5 and 8 for #1 and keep Favors. I'd even throw in the 23rd pick.

This.

Kanter and Burke for Elfrid Payton, eh?

 

[Game6Conley]

Cap relief ?

whos their worst contract??

Carl Landry is owed 20 mil over the next 3 seasons. Jason Thompson is at 19 mil for 3 seasons, Jayson Terry and Derrick Williams are owed a combined 13mil next year so i guess some combination of those players can be a salary dump.

#8 is a steep price to pay.

If its Derrick Williams, Jayson Terry,Carl Landry and #8 for #23 i guess i could see that working.. The Jazz can absorb those players on the roster for a year

The Jazz could draft Vonleh, Aaron Gordon and maybe PJ Hairston at 35.

Burke - Terry - Garrett
Hayward - Burks -
Gordon - Hairston
Vonleh - Kanter - Evans
Favors - Kanter - Gobert

 

[devin_c]

Probably not possible but Embiid at 8.

 

[shadler]

You're trading Kanter and Burke for Elfrid Payton? I'd rather trade 5 and 8 for #1 and keep Favors. I'd even throw in the 23rd pick.

This is what I would rather do to.

 

[cowhide]

You're trading Kanter and Burke for Elfrid Payton? I'd rather trade 5 and 8 for #1 and keep Favors. I'd even throw in the 23rd pick.

That would be a disaster of a trade for the Jazz. Payton isn't worth both Trey and Kanter. I would trade Burke, a future #1 and take back a bad contract. That would allow Kings to go out and sign a major free agent vet they covet.

If the Jazz were able to get the #8 pick I would stay at #5 and take either Exum/Smart and #8 pick either Gordon, Vonleh or Randle. At 23 I would take best available Wilcox, Clarkson, Payne, Warren etc.

 

[homeytennis]

So are we tanking again?

 

[Coach Ellis]

So are we tanking again?

Don't think we ever stopped.

I do think that management is done tanking. Now that they have their coach of the future in place, I think that DL will do whatever he can to put the best talent in place for the coaches to use without skipping steps in the process.

They're going to fully invest in the young guys, add more young guys and not fill the roster with worthless filler like Biedrins, Jefferson, JLIII or Rush.

They won't win a ton because they're young and learning a whole new system, but they won't be deliberately bad either. They're going to grow this team from the ground up and that hurts while you're trying to get the roots established.

 

[♪alt13]

So are we tanking again?

Unless you believe Aaron Gordon is the only thing the Jazz need to compete(no one thinks that) then yes we will be deep lottery again next year and we won't be bringing in mid tier FAs to stop it.