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The Jazz are trading D-Will to New Jersey!?

Ive recieved 7 condolence text messages from fellow NBA fans...

"oOt a good year to be a Jazz fan..."
 
Anybody that was asking or lobbying for the Jazz to make a trade or shake things up, well here it is and I don't wanna hear nada coming from your pie holes, you asked for it and as they say careful what you wish for.
Same goes for people wanting Sloan gone *but at a lesser degree only because Sloan wasn't likely staying for much longer anyway*

My initial reaction was disbelief and DAMNIT! But I can see some benifits to the trade but only if I'm trying to be optimistic cause despite his recent poor play and rough attitude DWill is one of the top PG's in the league.

Here's to me and my imaginary dream world I'll be living in where Harris plays like he did in Dallas and early year in NJ that was putting up AS numbers and Favors turns into Amare but plays good D and that IF Harris doesn't want to stay in Utah that DWill spurns NJ and comes back after next season. *shh don't wake the dreamer, they can become homicidal*
 
hollinger's take:

For Utah, this was an elegant way out of an inelegant situation, and likely represents the first of several trade dominoes for a Jazz team that is still over the luxury tax threshold but unlikely to make the playoffs. Harris will take over at the point, but the greater incentive was getting what could potentially be three lottery picks -- New Jersey's unprotected 2011 pick, a 2012 pick from Golden State that is only top-seven protected, and Favors, the third selection in the 2010 draft.

Favors' job will be to add some size and defensive presence to a frontcourt that has offensive stalwarts Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap but has struggled to guard opposing big men. Despite a bumpy rookie season, scouts remain high on Favors' potential.

Additionally, one presumes the Jazz will spend the next 24 hours before the trade deadline searching for opportunities to dump Andrei Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, and/or Raja Bell and get themselves under the luxury tax threshold -- Utah will be about $5 million over the luxury tax line after this trade. While the playoffs aren't out of the question, the Jazz are only a half-game ahead of Memphis for the West's eighth and final playoff spot at the moment, and the team was only 4-13 in its last 17 games, even with Williams.
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This will be the most under-reported aspect of the deal. A damning critique on the Jazz. DWill learned via ESPN - shameful.
9 minutes ago via TweetCaster
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Can anyone confirm?
 
VINYLONE said:
Can anyone confirm?
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Watching local KSL TV in SLC. They had the Jazz beat writer who said DWill was hanging out with Raja at the hotel and they saw the trade on ESPN's ticker and they started laughing and didn't believe it. They made some calls and found out it wasn't a joke.
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
Watching local KSL TV in SLC. They had the Jazz beat writer who said DWill was hanging out with Raja at the hotel and they saw the trade on ESPN's ticker and they started laughing and didn't believe it. They made some calls and found out it wasn't a joke.
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Lockedonsports David Locke
Raja Bell , Ronnie Price, Fesenko and Deron were in training room this morning and saw the trade roll across the ticker
 
Jazz never announce anything til it is final, and play everything close to the chest.

My guess is someone in NJ or league office spilled the beans to the media. Its a damning critique alright--of this prima donna, daytime soap-opera, more about the hype than play league that Stern has created.
 
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