Where that Lauri to OKC trade rumor came from i haven't read or seen nothing of that.
Trade ideas
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Yeah for sure you will.I'm going to miss Lauri if we trade him
But do you understand that Lauri's career is going up and Jazz are still middle of the rebuild and bottom 5 team in western conference.
Lauri is 26 yrs old NBA allstar who's coming his prime ( if he isn't already ) years and is 1,5 yrs away of being UFA.
Oklahoma City-Thunder is playoff team right now and much ahead of Jazz with their rebuild.
Ainge would be total idiot if he won't at least listen OKC:s trade offer of Lauri.
If Zion is staying healthy for the duration of two seconds, they trade him? Or if he’s healthy, they’ll trade him for two seconds? Lucky for us, Danny doesn’t like or have seconds, so we’re safe on the latter. And he’ll never be healthy, so we’re also safe on the former.
Tremendous Upside
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You just can't build around Zion alone. He's shown us that. Doesn't have the work ethic and is always a giant injury risk. Plus his playing style (ball dominant, non-shooting, dribble heavy - he's like a 300lb Kris Dunn) makes it extra hard to construct an actual modern offense where he's the centerpiece. Ideally he'd be playing with four shooters at all times, one of whom should also be an effective rim protector.
Feels like the Pels are hoping he stays healthy for a while and improves his trade value.
I wonder if the Pacers would be interested in John Collins. He's a great fit next to Turner. He would help their defense a bit. He would fit well with Haliburton as a roll man.
They can trade Buddy Hield as matching salary. He's is an expiring contract that can be routed elsewhere as he still has value, but I could see Indiana wanting to move on from him given the fact they have Mathurin on a cheaper rookie deal.
Pacers have a ton of 2nd round picks owed to them.
They can trade Buddy Hield as matching salary. He's is an expiring contract that can be routed elsewhere as he still has value, but I could see Indiana wanting to move on from him given the fact they have Mathurin on a cheaper rookie deal.
Pacers have a ton of 2nd round picks owed to them.
Who was it who was posting here for a stretch, annoyingly so, about how Buddy Hield was better than Donovan? PGAB?
I could see that fit. I think they like toppin, but Collins would be an upgrade there.
I can't picture Ainge doing a deal where we get 2nds back. Other than that I would love to get off of the Collins deal.
What is our incentive to do that?
Interesting
Chris
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So, send our best passer and our second best scorer to Miami for the corpses of Kyle Lowry and Kevin Love and yet another 1st round pick, which is likely to be a late first?
Toppin cant shoot and is a worse defender than Collins. Pacers seem to be on the precipice of becoming a serious team. Would they have cap to do something significant if they do nothing? Im not sure, but Collins could be a solid upgrade for them.
I think AInge may do a deal like that? We got Collins for essentially nothing, so it would be a win in terms of assets. I dont think Collins has much of a future in Utah.