Trade Rumors Involving the Jazz

[Elizah Huge]

I seriously doubt the Hawks budge on Hunter...I don't think he's going anywhere.

Then we ask for Huerter and a future first instead.

 

[NUMBERICA]

6’ 5” are small guards now? You seem a little obsessed to the point of delusional.

Before anyone thinks they are about to dunk on this post:

The league revised official measurements to be a player without shoes which throws all historical context and comparison totally out of wack. Dosonmu and White are 6’ 5” and 6’ 4.75” with shoes, respectively. Michael Jordan is 6’ 6” in shoes and probably closer to 6’ 4.5” without shoes. Hakeem is probably 6’ 9” without shoes.

Because of the change the league has made it requires research on every player to make any apples to apples comparisons. But generally speaking, shave 1.5” to 2” off of every official measurement 10 years ago and earlier.

TLDR; Dosonmu and White are actually big guards.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I am obviously in the minority on this site but I give Quin high marks for developing players and how much he got out of the talent he had. The list of players he took from undervalued, undrafted or 2nd round and created decent role players was above average if not great - more than most coaches I can think of. Niang, Royce, Rudy, Ingles and Forest. Maybe even Neto belongs on the list. I think Q has to get credit for what he did with Hayward and Donny as well. I get the mood around Butler, every team has those guys and most years there is someone on the Jazz that we are sure would be better with more minutes. Butler made sense but I give Quin the benefit of the doubt. I just hope our next coach gets as much out of our guys and as is good at development. I am in the Tony Jones camp that Quin was a great coach. The notion that all he can do is coach PnR is absurd. Flame away.

I'm not sure how much credit Quin gets for the development stuff. I think that falls on assistants primarily. The head coach provides playing opportunities obviously. I'll give him more credit for Gordon, Ingles, and Rudy because we ran more like a development operation back then (3 hour practices). He hasn't been given a lot of clay to mold last few years. None of Oni, Hughes, Morgan, etc. have popped in other places.

I'm not saying he's obviously horrible at it, but the plan going into the season was clear. Use JB to give Mike more rest. JB struggled in the weird 2 minute stints he would get where he'd hang out in the corner (like Oni). He was sent to the doghouse. We eventually just decided Mike could play because he was healthy... but he was healthy because of how we managed him. Quin had a hard time investing in younger guys at the expense of winning more now. Title teams can still invest that playing time in guys. Forrest is a safer option than JB but he's not got the same ceiling. It would be like if Kerr kept Kuminga on the bench because JTA would give them a 3% better chance at winning in a particular night. Grizzlies gifted Zhaire Williams minutes all year and he got better as the season moved along. Its a necessary ingredient for most guys.

JB needed 15-20 minutes a night when Conley was out to find his game and give us a data point in assessing him as a prospect. Quin was too short sighted at times.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Before anyone thinks they are about to dunk on this post:

The league revised official measurements to be a player without shoes which throws all historical context and comparison totally out of wack. Dosonmu and White are 6’ 5” and 6’ 4.75” with shoes, respectively. Michael Jordan is 6’ 6” in shoes and probably closer to 6’ 4.5” without shoes. Hakeem is probably 6’ 9” without shoes.

Because of the change the league has made it requires research on every player to make any apples to apples comparisons. But generally speaking, shave 1.5” to 2” off of every official measurement 10 years ago and earlier.

TLDR; Dosonmu and White are actually big guards.

I don’t think anyone can dunk on your post. I’m so used to watching small guards that 6’4 seems like a big guard to me let alone 6’5.

 

[Jingled]

Then we ask for Huerter and a future first instead.

I don't think Ainge pulls the trigger unless Hunter is coming back to the Jazz...which is why I don't think a deal gets done and Rudy is likely still with the Jazz next season.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Before anyone thinks they are about to dunk on this post:

The league revised official measurements to be a player without shoes which throws all historical context and comparison totally out of wack. Dosonmu and White are 6’ 5” and 6’ 4.75” with shoes, respectively. Michael Jordan is 6’ 6” in shoes and probably closer to 6’ 4.5” without shoes. Hakeem is probably 6’ 9” without shoes.

Because of the change the league has made it requires research on every player to make any apples to apples comparisons. But generally speaking, shave 1.5” to 2” off of every official measurement 10 years ago and earlier.

TLDR; Dosonmu and White are actually big guards.

One more note: Donovan is not a small guard as he would be considered 6’ 3” not too long ago to go along with a near-7’ wingspan and 220-something pounds. He is not the same size as Conley who is 6’ 1” IN SHOES and 5’ 11” without them and sub-200 pounds.

Donovan’s size is passable for a SG but he shouldn’t be paired with one of the smallest (and oldest) players in the league. Ideally he would be the smallest player in the lineup, and playing him with Dosonmu or White allows that to happen.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I don't think Ainge pulls the trigger unless Hunter is coming back to the Jazz...which is why I don't think a deal gets done and Rudy is likely still with the Jazz next season.

We shall see. I think it’s 50/50 that we trade Rudy. I think it may happen this week. If it doesn’t before then draft I’d bet we don’t trade him.

 

[KqWIN]

Jazz out: Gobert
Jazz in: Collins/Hunter/Turner

Hawks out: Collins/Capela/Hunter/16
Hawks in: Gobert

Pacers out: Turner
Pacers in: Capela/16

I don't know how much I truly believe in this kind of roster to contend, but I think it would be very exciting to watch and I'd be very intrigued to see a team around Don+guys on his timeline. If it doesn't work out and Don demands a trade anyways, I still think we are in a strong position with a bunch of twenty somethings available for trade. I think it's important that we get off of Conley/Bogey in any scenario.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I’m perfectly fine with not trading Rudy. We do need to shake things up if we don’t though. Move Conley for sure and maybe we get a nice offer for Bogey.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Before anyone thinks they are about to dunk on this post:

The league revised official measurements to be a player without shoes which throws all historical context and comparison totally out of wack. Dosonmu and White are 6’ 5” and 6’ 4.75” with shoes, respectively. Michael Jordan is 6’ 6” in shoes and probably closer to 6’ 4.5” without shoes. Hakeem is probably 6’ 9” without shoes.

Because of the change the league has made it requires research on every player to make any apples to apples comparisons. But generally speaking, shave 1.5” to 2” off of every official measurement 10 years ago and earlier.

TLDR; Dosonmu and White are actually big guards.

I think Ayo plays big... White I would say plays much like our "small" scoring guards. I think he is a solid second draft guy... but I like him more as a thrown in than as something the deal is built around. If we got both of these guys I'd want to move Mike and JC in other deals (which I'm fine with).

 

[Elizah Huge]

I don't know how much I truly believe in this kind of roster to contend, but I think it would be very exciting to watch and I'd be very intrigued to see a team around Don+guys on his timeline. If it doesn't work out and Don demands a trade anyways, I still think we are in a strong position with a bunch of twenty somethings available for trade. I think it's important that we get off of Conley/Bogey in any scenario.

Conley to Washington for KCP plus something else seems like the most logical and realistic trade. I would do that swap as is let alone get something with him.

Bogey has good trade value. He’s expiring plus he’s just a good player. I wouldn’t be surprised if we got a great deal for him.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I think Ayo plays big... White I would say plays much like our "small" scoring guards. I think he is a solid second draft guy... but I like him more as a thrown in than as something the deal is built around. If we got both of these guys I'd want to move Mike and JC in other deals (which I'm fine with).

Agreed 100%.

Here’s my Catchall moment: as a prospect, Ayo seems the guard equivalent to Butler as a forward. He would theoretically pair quite nicely with Don AND be young enough to use in the inevitable rebuild.