NotDeadYet
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Yeah, this NBA policy of not announcing trades right away is annoying enough to us fans, but is far WORSE for the players involved. Creates many an awkward moment. Very bad policy, IMO...
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Agreed. you can tell he would feel that he's not 100% thrilled to be with the Wolves, playing next to Rubio is absolutely the WORST possible pick.
He had to wait about 25 before the trade was actually confirmed... that's rough....
I also think that this is a huge win for the players already on the Jazz roster. How can Kanter, Favors, Hayward and Burks not be thrilled with this? The team got younger, the focus is now on them and it appears they will be given the time and tools to succeed.
scootsy
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loved burke's kk biff. aren't all white dudes in the nba actually the same person?
i was listening to his interviews last night and he seemed pretty grounded. said he was excited to begin his professional career in slc because he will be free from great distractions because its such a good family city (although i don't think there is too much more trouble to get into in minneapolis). but overall, he did not sound like he wanted to be playing long-term in utah. hopefully that changes as our fan base embraces him and he experiences the overall culture of the organization. i'm nowgonna raise a glass in hopes that ty corbin doesn't turn the kid away from playing here for a while.
i was listening to his interviews last night and he seemed pretty grounded. said he was excited to begin his professional career in slc because he will be free from great distractions because its such a good family city (although i don't think there is too much more trouble to get into in minneapolis). but overall, he did not sound like he wanted to be playing long-term in utah. hopefully that changes as our fan base embraces him and he experiences the overall culture of the organization. i'm nowgonna raise a glass in hopes that ty corbin doesn't turn the kid away from playing here for a while.
Sneakers
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Man some of you guys should be detectives with the way you can pull out amazing conclusions from simple interviews. Nothing about Burke's interviews suggested trepidation about playing in Utah long term. Really, he was excited, focused, thankful and eager. The only thing that I can see possibly giving you that impression was when he said "I look forward to playing in Utah for ... for the next however long" (or something like that) ... but that was hardly intended to be a slight against Utah, more just being modest and understanding how quickly things can change
This. I am witholding judgement on how much they like, or don't, Utah till after a year or two.
100% agreed and I mentioned this to my brother during the draft. It's stupid for the players and also for the fans. They should be able to announce it when the pick is made as long as it doesn't involve any existing players (then I understand the deal might take longer to review/approve). I'd like to see the NBA move to a computerized draft board so they can change team names as soon as trades are made. It's ridiculous that they are still sliding cards into a board for team and player names.
Another benefit of a procedural change is for recording draft history. You know how this year will be remembered historically? As the year the Jazz drafted Shabazz Muhammed, Gorgui Dieng and Erick Green. Just like they drafted Ryan Humphries and Nazr Mohammed in prior years. Just like Seattle drafted Scottie Pippen. Allow trades to be revealed live and you can fix these blips in draft history. Make it happen new commish!
fgcamel
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i am in no way an expert on any of this. but might it be that, trades like this are not definite right away. for example, if bazz got taken before the jazz drafted, maybe the wimberwolves would've said, no, you keep the pick and maybe we'll sort something else out etc.