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Utah trades Gordon and Favors to Boston. In return, Boston trades Utah the #3 pick in 2016, which Utah drafts Murray or Hield. Boston also sends #23 in 2016 for Thon Maker.
Boston also sends 2017 Brooklyn unprotected pick and 2017 Boston uprotected pick.
2018 Brooklyn unprotected pick.
2019 Memphis unprotected pick.
This leaves Boston like this:
Smart/Thomas
Bradley
Hayward
Crowder
Favors
Utah looks like this:
Exum/Mack
Murray/Burks
Hood
Lyles/Maker
Gobert
It also gives Utah 4 picks in 2017, including a potential #1 and a potential additional top 5 pick, two picks in 2018 including a potential #1, and 2 picks in 2019 with a potential high pick from Memphis.
Why? Well, right now we aren't in the playoffs anyways. We aren't going anywhere unless Exum takes us there. Exum is 19 years old, so he ain't taking us anywhere in the next 2-3 years. So, instead of wasting Favors and Hayward and getting stuck in the 7-11 range in the West, we build around Exum now. We get him talent with potential for a superstar in 2017. Imagine two top 5 picks next year (us and Brooklyn).
So, what do we do? Do we stay pat, risk losing Hayward next summer, and if Exum doesn't pan out, be a 7-10 seed in the West for the next 7 years until Gobert and Exum leave, or do we swing for the fences so when Exum hits the end of his term here in Utah and is an unrestricted free agent, he has a TON of talent around him?
Flame away.
Boston also sends 2017 Brooklyn unprotected pick and 2017 Boston uprotected pick.
2018 Brooklyn unprotected pick.
2019 Memphis unprotected pick.
This leaves Boston like this:
Smart/Thomas
Bradley
Hayward
Crowder
Favors
Utah looks like this:
Exum/Mack
Murray/Burks
Hood
Lyles/Maker
Gobert
It also gives Utah 4 picks in 2017, including a potential #1 and a potential additional top 5 pick, two picks in 2018 including a potential #1, and 2 picks in 2019 with a potential high pick from Memphis.
Why? Well, right now we aren't in the playoffs anyways. We aren't going anywhere unless Exum takes us there. Exum is 19 years old, so he ain't taking us anywhere in the next 2-3 years. So, instead of wasting Favors and Hayward and getting stuck in the 7-11 range in the West, we build around Exum now. We get him talent with potential for a superstar in 2017. Imagine two top 5 picks next year (us and Brooklyn).
So, what do we do? Do we stay pat, risk losing Hayward next summer, and if Exum doesn't pan out, be a 7-10 seed in the West for the next 7 years until Gobert and Exum leave, or do we swing for the fences so when Exum hits the end of his term here in Utah and is an unrestricted free agent, he has a TON of talent around him?
Flame away.