We have their 1st-rd pick in 2017. We don't really want it to be #30. I don't think we're the team that wants to help them clean their books to retain Green and sign Durant.
The Jazz, David Lee, and Golden State
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Park Bites
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I would still do it a future pick
green
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Trading for Lee and Barnes will not help or hurt GS in getting Durrant. The cap will jump too much, and Lee will be gone after next summer anyways. Also, if Durrant will sign with GS but you can't because of Barnes...that's a quick trade for a Burke level player or just renounce his rights.
We shouldn't cut off our own nose to spite GS. It won't work. If they want Durrant and he wants them, he will end up there no matter what we do or don't do with him.
We shouldn't cut off our own nose to spite GS. It won't work. If they want Durrant and he wants them, he will end up there no matter what we do or don't do with him.
Stifle Tower
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So if they couldn't re-sign Barnes because they got Durant, whyu not just go after him then? Why give them pick(s) and/or players?
Park Bites
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because the jazz would own his rights and could match any offer.
freakazoid
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Um, no.
Taking David Lee off their cap and giving them an asset for Harrison Barnes (whom they've been trying to trade for a while) only helps GS build a better team next year to attract Durant in free agency.
green
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If Durrant goes to GS, it's to play with Curry and Thompson. This summer won't change that.
green
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Yup. So we have to build a team to combat that, irrelevant of what GS does. They are in a great position and will be for the next forever. They have set themselves up right.
Jazz4ever
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If we draft Looney he has the length to at least bother Durant's shot and maybe can stay in front of him. It's looking ahead far but something that must be considered.
Got me, I don't watch basketball. I must have imagined seeing him play in the 2013 Allstar game, but heck, that was 27 months ago. (by the way, he wasn't playing much D that year either).