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Should the Jazz trade the Celtics for one of their bigs?

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The Jazz have nothing to offer (that they should be willing to trade) to a team overloaded with mediocre assets. But the Celtics are going to have an impossible time playing all of these players, and a hard time cashing those chips in for something bigger and shinier. While I think it makes sense to liquidate those bigs into future assets, the Celtics, again, shouldn't be too interested.

I like the idea in theory, I just have a tough time seeing it. I'm sure Ainge's thinking is teams can always use serviceable bigs, so having a lot of them makes them easy to throw in as sweeteners for something real sweet. I just don't know what that scenario would be for them.
 
This team has serious holes, though. This might go a long way in plugging one, especially since it's no guarantee that Lyles is an NBA player.
 
I think we are fine. Withey as a backup center is doing well and hope he gets more minutes and is only 25. I think Lyles will develop into a good backup PF. We have Booker as a 5th big energy guy, his play is improving and will get back to what he was last season. Plus Booker is a great team guy.

I wish we would start Withey with Gobert out. Favors would get to play the position he is better at and our defense would be decent still with Favors and Withey protecting the paint.
 
Broncster said:
I wish we would start Withey with Gobert out. Favors would get to play the position he is better at and our defense would be decent still with Favors and Withey protecting the paint.
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This
 
Stifle Tower said:
The GS pick is a 1st and basically worthless to us. I'd start there and throw in a few 2nd's.
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nonononono that pick is far from worthless that's a 4 year restricted deal in a LOOOADED draft. Look at the gems this FO's uncovered in the late first round already..
 
Olynyk will cost a ton, did you see him vs the Warriors the other night? His value is currently as high as it ever was. It doesn't make sense to pay that much and then put him on the bench..

I like Mickey, but given the contract they signed him to, so do they and they'd only move him for an obvious overpay.

Not interested in helping the C's unload the other players either, they'll be clearing room for more young players soon enough, no reason to give them future assets to do it..
 
If hope is for Lyles develop I know one thing...jazz can take any one on Jazzfanz and develop and same result. This is not real hope I am sorry
 
dalamon said:
it doesn't matter, we have the assets to overpay. We have multiple first rounders that aren't even ours-- that's way way more than enough for either player. We all know how much Boston loves draft picks. Helps them make a splash for a big star.
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None of those players are worth a first-round pick. Not even close.
 
The Suns drafted Booker and signed Teltovic. We could have done that instead of them. That'd be nice right now.
 
NUMBERICA said:
And The Benevolent Father took the opportunity to pass on Reggie Jackson to go for a rusty bucket of scraps.
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Is Reggie Jackson's 5-year, $80 million contract through 2020 a good idea for a team that will probably have to max out 3 front-court players and just drafted their PG with the 5th overall?

Lets not forget how this team was playing with Exum and Gobert after that trade.
 
ThaPhunkPhenomenon said:
If hope is for Lyles develop I know one thing...jazz can take any one on Jazzfanz and develop and same result. This is not real hope I am sorry
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Your thought seems to have been jammed into a blender before posting... same as all your other posts. If you are trying to say that Snyder has as much chance of teaching Lyles basketball as I have of teaching you English I disagree. Snyder's job would be a million times easier.
 
MDAV28 said:
Is Reggie Jackson's 5-year, $80 million contract through 2020 a good idea for a team that will probably have to max out 3 front-court players and just drafted their PG with the 5th overall?

Lets not forget how this team was playing with Exum and Gobert after that trade.
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This.

The revisionist history around this place reaches staggering proportions at times. If we got Jackson in that trade we wouldn't have resigned him. No way, not unless we wanted to lose at least one of our remaining core players in free agency. Therefore it doesn't matter that we didn't get him.
 
NAOS said:
The Suns drafted Booker and signed Teltovic. We could have done that instead of them. That'd be nice right now.
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they also got Leuer on the cheap, but they got no cakes, pies, cookies, or doughnuts.
 
I suggested we get Zeller in another thread, but wouldn't give up a 1st for him. The GS first has a lot of value to me... unprotected picks are always good. Bogut and Iggy are both 31 and could decline plus they may choose to offload one of them once they resign Ezeli and Barnes to huge deals. Steph is not Lebron when it comes to potential injuries... two long seasons with playoffs could add up. Without Steph I'm not sure that is a guaranteed playoff team.
 
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