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Utah Trade Deadline Discussion

Ellis269 said:
So. . . A bit out of left field, but I think the Jazz should try to swap Alec Burks and a future 2nd round pick for DeMarre Carroll to add another lock-down wing defender for the playoff push.

I’d essentially have him fill the Thabo/JJ role on the team for the rest of this year and next. It adds an extra $4 million to the payroll, but it also has the Jazz getting a guy who is a better fit for the team moving forward. The financial commitment is still fairly minimal. Next year, he’ll be a $15 million expiring contract - similar to what the Jazz are facing with Burks anyways. He does a lot of stuff that already fits this team (defense, hustle, decent three point shooter) and he has a positive opinion of both the club and Quin Snyder. The Nets get to save some cash and add a young wing to their roster for a year and a half(ish) tryout. I think it could be a deal that benefits both teams as well as both players. Probably not very likely, but should be worth looking at.

Plus, I love the idea of a Gobert, Favors, Carroll, Jingles, O’Neale, Hood, Mitchell and Rubio playoff rotation.
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It seems a little unnecessary with the way Royce has stepped up after Thabo's injury. But I wouldn't mind that trade if it happened.
 
As GM, I've decided to keep Hood and hope we can get him on a somewhat reasonable deal this offseason. It's probably a worthwhile risk since he is a valuable player and I don't see how we get value back for him this deadline. I've also decided it is best to keep favors and just let him walk in the off season because I don't want to take back any ****** contracts and yeah, I want the playoffs. We are so close why not. Not really interested in a second round pick and definitely not interested in packaging our first.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

The only exception I would make is if the cavs get desperate and decide to trade K-Love for Favors, Hood, and Johnson, and don't require a pick back. I would have to do that. But that's really the only worthwhile trade I see. Everyone else is asking too much. a first for bradley? WTF? Too many sellers this deadline, and there are a couple desperate teams who are liable to make a mistake and I feel like everyone knows it and is waiting on them. And if we can't get good value for Hood I think we got to keep him and pray he doesn't get a crazy offer this offseason that we can't match. It's worth the risk.
 
fallenchicken said:
As GM, I've decided to keep Hood and hope we can get him on a somewhat reasonable deal this offseason. It's probably a worthwhile risk since he is a valuable player and I don't see how we get value back for him this deadline. I've also decided it is best to keep favors and just let him walk in the off season because I don't want to take back any ****** contracts and yeah, I want the playoffs. We are so close why not. Not really interested in a second round pick and definitely not interested in packaging our first.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

The only exception I would make is if the cavs get desperate and decide to trade K-Love for Favors, Hood, and Johnson, and don't require a pick back. I would have to do that. But that's really the only worthwhile trade I see. Everyone else is asking too much. a first for bradley? WTF? Too many sellers this deadline, and there are a couple desperate teams who are liable to make a mistake and I feel like everyone knows it and is waiting on them. And if we can't get good value for Hood I think we got to keep him and pray he doesn't get a crazy offer this offseason that we can't match. It's worth the risk.
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This.
 
I would never take Kevin Love at his age .He's land locked with zero hops and totally reliant on Lebron getting him shots.I view him like Boozer, that hitting 30 yrs old he will decline quickly and some team will have a huge salary hurting their team.
For team chemistry I would get someone closer to Gobert,DM and Exum's age .
 
David Stern said:
The only way I trade Hood is for Love, Gordon, or Jabari. Nobody else makes sense, and first round picks generally don’t do ****.
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Don't be shocked if they trade him for a late first. Jazz are valuing cap flexibility, so they might rather have the flexibility and a late first than pay Hood 10-12mil a year. I think they're gonna be super active in free agency. Gonna offer some blue chipper a toxic contract in RFA.
 
The Donovan Mitchell - Kyle Kuzma effect has given everyone penis brain in regards to first round picks. This overinflated value is insane. Two years ago with the cap spike you saw a very unreasonable and unrestrained league start to fork out $64M for the Mozgovs, $95M for the Chandler Parsons, and $40M for the Dellavedovas. The league lost its collective mind, with little care to employ an ounce of foresight. Still, the prevailing groupthink won out because “nah, bros, that’s just the going rate you’ve gotta pony up in today’s NBA lololol.”

Another hyperinflated insanity arises with first round picks, nobody wishing to convey after they’ve witnessed Utah and LA trade for, what were previously deemed, marginal picks and hit grand slams. “Give up a first rounder? Nah, you’re giving up a potential franchise changer,” is the new groupthink.

The time to sell is when the value is high and you can get more on your return than what your goods are actually worth. It would be quite interesting to survey the market on what giving up two first rounders could get you now — of course this is problematic if you’ve been greatly affected by the hype. But it would be an opportune time to strike while it’s hot, before reality sets back in and 2-3 years down the road and everyone realizes “man, WTF were we thinking?” and is now left with red Kool Aid stains on their new carpet.
 
I think the trade will end up being Hood and Burks to Atlanta for expirings and one of their late 1sts (Minny or Houston). Atlanta can't get a guy like Hood in free agency anyway.

I really worry about keeping Favors. His summer contract might be one we regret in a few years.

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