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Trade Confirmed: Jazz get jack for Bogey

This trade is actually makes some sense. The Jazz center position was currently the worst in the entire league.
The league is actually pretty deep for 25+ teams.
Lauri is the Bogey replacement. He's probably just as good and younger.
As a business, the NBA makes a ton of money. If your team is just terrible its hard to market and make ticket sales and your viewership will drop too.
Also, just cause your team has the worst record, that doesn't make you a guarantee top 3 pick.
This trade does help them compete a bit, but not enough to actually make them good. It doesn't hurt the cap and actually saves money.
Obviously the Jazz have been shopping the roster and this must have been the deal that marks off the most boxes.

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TheStormofWar said:
So Larsen confirmed they had options for a late first, which was fair value, and they opted for the pseudo-salary dump.
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I remember back in the Gordon extension days yelling in here about how DL had not understood the cap environment and really effed up. Feels like the same thing here. Indiana and SA have found no good uses for the excess cap space this year... haven't gotten a pick for renting space or signed young player or vets as assets. The cap is rising substantially over the next 3 years... Future obligations will be much less harsh than they seem. Get the better assets now dummies.

Add in that Smith will get a **** ton of money when the league expands through the expansion fees charged to new owners... is now out of the tax... and likely will sit on any cap room if he is above the salary floor.

We did a dumb deal here... not sure we get it yet.
 
The route to a Westbrook deal would now be Mike, JC, Gay and maybe seconds coming back. LA keeps their precious picks in place we open up some space. They use the picks and expiring salary next year to get Kyrie.

I don't know... just spitballin
 
I actually do understand it if getting a late, protected FRP also meant taking an undesirable contract such as Duncan Robinson or Landry Shamet. The Bucks really don't have picks to trade. Obviously the Lakers were not going to part with an unprotected pick.

Jazz are now an additional $7mil under the tax threshold which should help in future deals.

FWIW I do think Olynyk is a better fit on this roster especially when you consider Markkanaen and 2 raw centers could be getting big minutes this coming season. Ofc Ainge could end up dealing Olynyk by the deadline too.
 
I would've done Bogey, JC and Beasley or Conley to the Lakers for one 1st and a swap before this trade. Hell, I probably even would've done it for one 1st and a couple of seconds.
 
I think the Stars are aligning. Lee and Elijah Hughes were essentially traded for one another in the 2020 draft. Plus Lee and Trent Forrest are cousins.
 
Saben Lee was the 38th pick so we essentially got a REALLY late first in the deal.
 
The advanced stats actually like KO. It's just they signed him to a deal and didnt play him, which is a very Detroit Pistons thing to do. He also got injured. Not making me feel any better about the deal but it is worth noting.
 
Jingled said:
I would've done Bogey, JC and Beasley or Conley to the Lakers for one 1st and a swap before this trade. Hell, I probably even would've done it for one 1st and a couple of seconds.
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I would've too but I also have serious doubts whether the Lakers even offered a FRP to the Jazz. They are acting like WB and his expiring contract is an actual asset. LOL. Maybe it will be by the trade deadline after the Lakers have paid most of his salary.. who knows.

In all honesty it might've been a tough sell to get a new owner like Smith to buy out WB for $47 mil even if the Lakers did pay an unprotected FRP. These guys don't get to be billionaires by throwing away that kind of cash.
 
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