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Uninteded consequence of DWill trade?

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Med_Phys

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I apologize if this has been brought up in a trade, but I thought it was worth discussion.

From ESPN chat today:
Ric Bucher (2:28 PM)

It's not a matter of what a team is offering. It's a matter of where a guy wants to go. Melo proved that. Sure, Utah shipped off Deron -- but trust me, that's going to come back and haunt the Jazz. You think any big-time free agent is going to trust their front office? Not a chance.

I hadn't thought of this before, but he might have a point. I think the Jazz FO believe they did what they had to do for the future of the organization. Anyone think there is any truth to Bucher's comment here?
 
No. It's not like we were getting big time free agents anyway. If the money is there the players will come. Boozer and Okur's signing's proved that. Big Al was happy to come here as well. I don't see this having any effect on players' decisions about coming here.
 
Simplistic analysis. To whatever extent the Jazz are trying to lure a big free agent, they'll point to the record of stability and success. It's beside the point anyway since selling Utah is harder than selling the organization.
 
I totally agree with what has been said. Plus the only way Utah gets a superstar is goign to be though trade or draft. And I don't think Utah will have a problem getting the mid star power players like; Brand, Booz, Okur, Big Al, Kamen, Crawford, lol it might be easier to say anybody but the top 5 players, I think would come to Utah for the right price. Money speaks for itself!!!
 
I think Bucher's right that it hurts the Jazz front office's reputation among star players - but fortunately for Utah they likely won't be in a situation where that matters because it's not going to be like 2003-04 or 2004-05 where they have tons of cap room to spend over a summer. They're rebuilding with lottery picks, plus they already have alot of money committed ($56.5 and $43.6 million over next 2 seasons) so that pretty much renders Bucher's point moot.
 
There's only 10 or less star players that can single handedly win championships in the NBA.
Lebron, Kobe, Durant, Howard, Griffin, to start out.
Most are now signed up long term.
None are likely to ever consider Utah or most other teams.
Utah and most other teams have to be creative to ever contend.
KOC has done just that by trading Deron.
Jazz now have a chance, although not certain,
to contend if they make some good lottery picks in
next couple years.
 
slc said:
There's only 10 or less star players that can single handedly win championships in the NBA.
Lebron, Kobe, Durant, Howard, Griffin, to start out.
Most are now signed up long term.
None are likely to ever consider Utah or most other teams.
Utah and most other teams have to be creative to ever contend.
KOC has done just that by trading Deron.
Jazz now have a chance, although not certain,
to contend if they make some good lottery picks in
next couple years.
Click to expand...

So when is the last time LeBron, Durant, Howard, or Griffin won a championship... and if you throw in single-handedly.... you can get rid of Kobe from that list too.
None of them ever considered Utah before we traded Deron, so the point it moot.
 
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