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Utah Trade Deadline Discussion

MDAV28 said:
I think watching some Magic games may sway some people differently. NBA.com and Basketball Reference isn't the same.
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It's super strange.

I get wanting out of Hood, but to want to do that to get Fournier? It makes no sense.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
It's super strange.

I get wanting out of Hood, but to want to do that to get Fournier? It makes no sense.
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The only think I don’t understand re: Fournier is why people are so eager to trade two dimes for a quarter but absolutely scoff at trading a nickel for a $0.50 piece.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
And I believe Tony Jones said in a radio interview Jazz had little interest in Fournier (or it might have been an opinion they shouldnt, cant recall exactly)
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Just said it wasn’t happening and mentioned his contract... it was on the podcast. Guessing it was more his opinion stated as a fact. His name has been brought up by others.

I think Hood for Evan is a lateral move but the cost is fixed.
 
NAOS said:
It's about fit.

And most dudes ain't back-flipping for either Hood or Fournier.... it's just a good, mostly lateral move.
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Swear I didn’t copy you
 
NAOS said:
1000% guarantee he's talking about Niko.
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That's what I thought, but with rare exception, most of us really want Niko. The only reservation is giving Chicago a lottery pick. I think if Chicago would accept Favs, JJ or Burks and a lottery-protected pick, Lindsey would agree to the deal in a heartbeat.

Handlogten's Heros said:
Just said it wasn’t happening and mentioned his contract... it was on the podcast. Guessing it was more his opinion stated as a fact. His name has been brought up by others.

I think Hood for Evan is a lateral move but the cost is fixed.
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My thoughts, too. I'm not sure I necessarily agree with Jones on this one. If Rodney would agree to a deal at $17M, I think Lindsey would sign him. The fact that Hood is on the trading block suggests he's asked for much more. $17M for a shooter of Fournier's quality is very reasonable - even cheap. Not sure who else Lindsey would target...maybe he thinks O'Neale is the answer and the Jazz don't need another wing. That's my fear; Lindsey has a history of being cheap and believing Quin and the developmental staff can turn anyone into a top end rotation player.

My prediction is not much will happen. Lindsey won't get a great offer for Hood; most likely he wants a draft pick that will fall just out of the lottery. Favs just doesn't have playoff teams that need him AND can send back expirings. Same is pretty much true of JJ.

So the deadline passes with nothing major happening. Lindsey says he tried to improve the team, but no deals made sense. He also says there were a lot of teams who really liked Utah's players, but the Jazz value who they have and want to keep them. Then Favors leaves for a better opportunity and Hood gets an offer the Jazz won't want to much. Lindsey will mumble his usual excue of maintaining financial flexibility and head to the Dollar Store again to see what cheap FA's he can find.
 
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Fournier is VERY similar player to Hood. He is probably a bit more consistent but, he does the exact same things and has been worse defender than Hood for most of his career. I really don't see what people see in him that they clamour for him in one sentence and then trash Hood in the next. They are the same player! AND Fournier is paid 17M a year already... AND you have to give up asset to get him.

http://bkref.com/tiny/hCps9
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
He really isnt. He had 23 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist tonight. He had 0 FT attempts. He was terrible on defense. He is clearly less talented than Hood, he just has the luxury of playing on a team where there are more offense creators so he doesnt have to force as much offense as Hood.
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Indeed. If anything I would say Hood has more versatile offense. The number of unassisted shots Hood takes would shock most people here. He's relied to create SOOO MUCH. The Jazz pretty much require him to be Harden-type. It's kind of miraculous that he's even at 54% TS right now with the type of shots Hood gets. He gets only 33% of his 2p shots assisted and only 71% of his 3p shots assisted. This is insane. For most wings in the league those are at around 60-70 and 90-95... If Hood had someone to create more easy shots for him and he wasn't required to save our possessions with expiring clock, I can absolutely see his efficiency jumping up quite considerably. We know he's no Harden... it sucks that we are forcing him to be that because noone else on the team(besides Mitchell) can create a shot...
 
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