STAYWARD

[Coach Ellis]

Imagine how much the collective talking heads will crap all over themselves if the small market Utah Jazz re-signed Gordon Hayward over Boston and Miami on the same day that they trade for Kevin Love. People be all like "that Jazz Core4 of Gobert, Love, Hayward and Rubio might make some noise. . . " and Rodney Hood, Jingles and Joe Jesus are like "yeah mo-fos. . . go ahead and forget about me raining threes on your ***!"

 

[MoTappin]

For Kevin Love? Cmon now.

Yeah, I would hate to lose either one. But that doesn't mean it might not be worth it...

 

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[enchilada_style]

Imagine how much the collective talking heads will crap all over themselves if the Jazz re-signed Gordon Hayward over Boston and Miami on the same day that they trade for Kevin Love. People be all Jazz Core4 of Gobert, Love, Hayward and Rubio might make some noise. . . " and Rodney Hood, Jingles and Joe Jesus are like "yeah mo-fos. . . go ahead and forget about me raining threes on your ***!"

They will probably just call it a mistake by Gordon for giving up the opportunity to get swept in the finals as a Celtic.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

I like the idea of DL at Haywards house saying "watch this" and working out a trade for Love with Hayward sitting right there.

"Now sign on the dotted line ****er"

 

[Coach Ellis]

If we re-sign Hayward we will only likely keep one of Favs, Exum or Hood.

Hood it is then.

 

[Sneakers]

alternatively, long meeting could be us begging and begging him not to go ... lol

 

[Sneakers]

I hope not tho! XD

 

[zyzz]

I like the idea of DL at Haywards house saying "watch this" and working out a trade for Love with Hayward sitting right there.

"Now sign on the dotted line ****er"

As he's standing right next to Hood lol

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

IMO, Jazz can afford to lose Exum more than Hood. Rubio and Exum have similar strengths. Neither is the shooter that Rodney Hood has the potential to become. I like Hood starting over Jingles, and Mitchell as a combo guard is the wildcard. If they did trade Exum, I'd probably trade Diaw to the Raptors and rent Cory Joseph for a year. Huge upgrade over Mack IMO.

Hood is more likely to get a stupid offer next year. I'd prefer to keep him, but he's a big risk to have to match an over pay. I'd bet on Hood being traded before Exum, especially if they are taking on Love's contract. They will almost certainly be tax payers, and not likely to be throwing major cash at Hood next year.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I like the idea of DL at Haywards house saying "watch this" and working out a trade for Love with Hayward sitting right there.

"Now sign on the dotted line ****er"

I've been thinking the same thing. I just hope that Rudy would leak all the details in a long string of tweets that tweak the Celtics, Heat, Knicks and Cavs. What the hell? Might as well make the Jazz the Eastern Conference public enemy #1.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Apologies... I see it now.

To clarify -- ESPN reports that New York "would need a 3rd team" to take Kevin Love. It's not clear how actively this is happening.

There were rumors of Carmelo to Cleveland, and Carmelo just waived his no-trade clause if his destination is Cleveland or Houston. New York does want to trade him to one of those destinations, but they want something meaningful in return. This is why they refused to buy Carmelo out.

If the Jazz step in and offer Favors and a pick to New York, plus something to Cleveland, I think they could make the deal happen. It could mean sending Favors to NY and Hood to Cleveland, but Cleveland can't take much salary. They're way over the cap. The Jazz could possibly include Diaw's deal and take something small back from either team. Jazz will be over the luxury tax and will need to dump Burks by the trade deadline.