I really liked Andy Larsen’s deal where we trade him for Doke and drop the protections on the pick we owe them.
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I really liked Andy Larsen’s deal where we trade him for Doke and drop the protections on the pick we owe them.
The problem with Williams and House, though, is that it wouldn’t alter the top end of our roster. It’s hypothetical in the sense that we’d add those guys and have this expectation that Quin would add them to a rotation when he’s got his 9 other guys. He won’t unless his hand is forced.
SoUjazzfan
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This is the truth, and so damn frustrating.
I’d trade Clarkson for a corpse attached to matching salary (or ideally no one at all), so
Deron Williams
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I'd like to keep top-3 protections, but who knows if OKC would agree to that. The Jazz are always just a Gobert injury away from the play-in at best and lottery at worst.
LoPo
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Rudy Gobert would be by far the best player available in the deadline conversation. No telling how much we could get from a team that really likes him.
His value is at an all time high right now. Long contract, decent age, dominating the defensive end, etc.
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campaignist
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I'm not sure the assets are there to get him, but I'd say give it a shot this year and half way through the next. He's got two years on his contract after this, if it doesn't work, trade him again. Maybe he changes his mind and likes it here.
Like 95% of the trades we're posting, it probably won't happen anyway.
Why have we given up on Covington? He is not a stopper but he has real impact on the floor and fits both the Rudy and the small-ball line-ups.
The talk on him got way out of hand. He isn't a great on-ball defender but he also isn't Ingles or Clarkson. And his positioning and feel on defense take away a lot of the options the opponents have before they start.
The talk on him got way out of hand. He isn't a great on-ball defender but he also isn't Ingles or Clarkson. And his positioning and feel on defense take away a lot of the options the opponents have before they start.
homeytennis
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He like Ingles is an expiring contract. I have the feeling that the front office plays three dimensional chess with itself and overthinks obvious moves at times tying themselves in knots.
I’m okay with Covington conditionally. Meaning that if he took over the starting spot and Royce moved to the bench and got around 24 mpg, and if the minutes otherwise would come from Ingles and Gay. If he’s effectively a Royce upgrade and Royce’s minutes are both reduced and cobbled from other older guys, then I think it’s a legitimate move. If Royce maintains the starting spot and keeps playing 30+, I’m really skeptical on that move being worth whatever asset we have to give up.
homeytennis
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I have the feeling Covington would just be Shaq II.
