warning: trade idea!!!!!

[The Midnight]

Sanders & Karl Towns would make a nice pairing actually...


Sanders is an athletic & proven shot blocker, while Towns is an offensive prodigy with size....

 

[Jeffrey32]

If Burke doesn't grow into a solid starter (although I think he will), he will be the best back-up PG in basketball and I would want him on the Jazz roster.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Sanders-Favors tandem kills motion offense and spacing. Brandon Knight is undersized SG looking like a PG who is less efficient than lots of guards in the league. So burke is better than Knight; Kanter is better player for the jazz than inconsistent Sanders

Agree.
As much as I've said Burke is not a top-20 PG in the league, neither is Knight. I'd take Burke over Knight.
And TBH, I'd also take Kanter over Sanders. Now if it were the Sanders of two years ago, and Milwaukee couldn't afford to sign him, then yes, do the trade.

I do give credit to the OP, though, for at least presenting a viable trade option. I don't like either player the Jazz would get, but it was well thought out, and at least plausible - unlike many trade suggestions.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I'd trade Kanter, Burke and a bunch of picks to the T'wolves for Andrew Wiggins, but that's the only deal I'd be looking to make right now. Anything short of that trade and I think they should just roll with the guys they already have. Wiggins would address their wing scoring and defensive issues, and give the Jazz two potential #1 prospects to develop together.

I'd love to see a lineup of Gobert, Favors, Wiggins, Hayward and Exum with Burks as the 6th man off the bench. Hayward can play some 3, Favors can play some 5 and you look to draft and sign depth to compliment your young starting lineup. I'm assuming that this deal would also require the Jazz to take on K-Mart (who I'd keep to mentor the young guards) and Berea (who I'd ship out with some 2nd round picks.)

If the Jazz can't get that deal, they should stick with Burke and Kanter and see how they look in Snyder's new system. Maybe look at trade options at the deadline. I wouldn't make a move this year for anything less than Wiggins though.