Sexual Favors
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The Jazz and Bucks are perfect trade partners. I truly believe both parties should consider this trade. http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y9pv55uu
Jazz send:
1. Derrick Favors - $12,000,000 – Expiring – Age 26
2. Ricky Rubio - $14, 275,000 – 2 years – Age 27
3. Thabo Sefolosha - $5,500,000 – 2 years (team option on 2nd) – Age 32
4. Ekpe Udoh - $3,200,000 – 2 years (team option on 2nd) – Age 30
Total salary = $34,975,000
Bucks send:
1. Khris Middleton - $14,100,000 – 3 years. Age 26
2. Jabari Parker - $6,782,305 – Expiring, but RFA. Age 22
3. Mirza Teletovic - $10,500,000 – 2 years. Age 32.
Total Salary = $31,382,305
Bucks do it because:
1. They have decided Giannis is better suited as a PF (an MVP level one), which is Jabari’s position.
2. Jabari’s injuries are worrisome, and he is due for his payday this offseason.
3. Acquiring Eric Bledsoe, and his accompanying salary, then matching Jabari’s expected offer sheet, would put them over the tax. Is their team, as currently constructed, good enough to justify spending that?
4. Mirza Teletovic is 32 and out indefinitely with a pulmonary embolism. He may never return, though he has this and next year remaining on his contract. They need to dump his salary.
5. This team needs a true center to anchor their defense. They get to rent Derrick Favors, a top-10 center, and they get 2 guaranteed years of Ekpe Udoh, a defensive stalwart at that position.
6. Thabo Sefolosha is widely regarded as the best wing-stopper in the league. He is 33, but for a team that is in a win-now mode, he is in his prime. Thabo also shoots 40% from deep. His defense and shooting make life easier on Giannis.
7. Ricky Rubio, when at his best, is a Jason Kidd lite. Who coaches the Bucks? Wouldn’t a Jason Kidd lite be a huge upgrade as a backup PG?
8. Bucks are rumored to be considering DeAndre Jordan as a trade target. If he doesn’t work out, an he opts in, they’d be stuck with his $24,119,025 salary next year. See point 5. What if he plays well and pulls another free agency stunt (ask Dallas and LA)?
9. Eric Bledsoe is injury prone. Rubio is insurance.
10. Financial flexibility. Only Rubio’s contract from this trade, $14,275,000, is guaranteed for next year, then after that: even it expires.
Jazz do it because:
1. Khris Middleton is a legit starting SF (sorry Joe Ingles), averaging nearly 20 pts a game, who stands 6’8” with a 6’10.5” wingspan and a career 3PT% of 40%. At 26 years of age, and with his reasonable contract, he is a legit replacement for the void left by Gordon Hayward’s departure. Khris Middleton is a name being thrown around in a DeAndre Jordan trade. See points 5 and 8 in the previous section.
2. Our most proven franchise player is Rudy Gobert. Ricky Rubio’s lack of chemistry with him, defensive gambling, inability to throw a lob or put pressure on the rim, and his lack of offensive gravity make for a terrible pairing of the two. At 27, it is unrealistic to expect he will become a different player. Ricky’s presence will continue to clog up our offense. He is currently stealing time from other guards/wings (Burks, Hood, Neto), and he will hinder Dante’s development when he returns. Ricky’s trade value is on a steady decline. Jazz should get out from under his salary while they can.
3. Who is our PF moving forward? Derrick will be an FA, is truly a center, and has stated that he is a starter. Joe Johnson is 95, and no amount of hot yoga will change that. Jonas Jerebko is awesome for us, but he is a career rotation player. Enter Jabari.
4. Jabari. The former #2 talent, PF, former dynamic duo with our Rodney Hood, Mormon, Duke alumni, floor-stretcher, averager of 20 pts a night, and 22. His age better aligns with the Gobert, Mitchell, Exum, Middleton?, Hood core. He loves Utah, https://www.deseretnews.com/article...n-faith-to-stay-positive-during-recovery.html. He would help sell tickets. His health makes him a gamble, but that is the only reason why he may be made available. With all of the boxes he checks, the Jazz need to take that gamble.
5. Mirza Teletovic is a salary dump, but if he ever becomes healthy again, his 3PT% will help spread the floor for Mitchell, Exum, and Burks to put pressure on the rim.
6. We drafted two rookies this year, did you forget? Tony Bradley is a promising prospect who hasn’t had a chance of getting time because of the log-jam of Gobert, Favors, and Udoh at the 5. Part of the reason we let Bolomboy go was because of our confidence in Bradley (and Royce O’Neale).
7. ESPN Trade Machine says we will get 11 wins worse with this trade. That is because it doesn’t factor in Jabari’s impact (because he hasn’t played this year). We either get: 1. the #2 talent of Jabari Parker (huge win), 2. Solid starter Jabari (also a win, considering current future uncertainty at PF) or 3. much closer to a top draft pick (Luka Doncic and Igor Kokoskov won the gold together this year J).
8. Getting out from under Rubio's contract, and not having to worry about Favors at all, etc., gives us more money for matching Jabari, Rodney, and Dante (as the market dictates).
What do you think? Do you like it? Do you think it’s realistic? If not, who says no, and why? What could be done to strengthen the deal?
Jazz send:
1. Derrick Favors - $12,000,000 – Expiring – Age 26
2. Ricky Rubio - $14, 275,000 – 2 years – Age 27
3. Thabo Sefolosha - $5,500,000 – 2 years (team option on 2nd) – Age 32
4. Ekpe Udoh - $3,200,000 – 2 years (team option on 2nd) – Age 30
Total salary = $34,975,000
Bucks send:
1. Khris Middleton - $14,100,000 – 3 years. Age 26
2. Jabari Parker - $6,782,305 – Expiring, but RFA. Age 22
3. Mirza Teletovic - $10,500,000 – 2 years. Age 32.
Total Salary = $31,382,305
Bucks do it because:
1. They have decided Giannis is better suited as a PF (an MVP level one), which is Jabari’s position.
2. Jabari’s injuries are worrisome, and he is due for his payday this offseason.
3. Acquiring Eric Bledsoe, and his accompanying salary, then matching Jabari’s expected offer sheet, would put them over the tax. Is their team, as currently constructed, good enough to justify spending that?
4. Mirza Teletovic is 32 and out indefinitely with a pulmonary embolism. He may never return, though he has this and next year remaining on his contract. They need to dump his salary.
5. This team needs a true center to anchor their defense. They get to rent Derrick Favors, a top-10 center, and they get 2 guaranteed years of Ekpe Udoh, a defensive stalwart at that position.
6. Thabo Sefolosha is widely regarded as the best wing-stopper in the league. He is 33, but for a team that is in a win-now mode, he is in his prime. Thabo also shoots 40% from deep. His defense and shooting make life easier on Giannis.
7. Ricky Rubio, when at his best, is a Jason Kidd lite. Who coaches the Bucks? Wouldn’t a Jason Kidd lite be a huge upgrade as a backup PG?
8. Bucks are rumored to be considering DeAndre Jordan as a trade target. If he doesn’t work out, an he opts in, they’d be stuck with his $24,119,025 salary next year. See point 5. What if he plays well and pulls another free agency stunt (ask Dallas and LA)?
9. Eric Bledsoe is injury prone. Rubio is insurance.
10. Financial flexibility. Only Rubio’s contract from this trade, $14,275,000, is guaranteed for next year, then after that: even it expires.
Jazz do it because:
1. Khris Middleton is a legit starting SF (sorry Joe Ingles), averaging nearly 20 pts a game, who stands 6’8” with a 6’10.5” wingspan and a career 3PT% of 40%. At 26 years of age, and with his reasonable contract, he is a legit replacement for the void left by Gordon Hayward’s departure. Khris Middleton is a name being thrown around in a DeAndre Jordan trade. See points 5 and 8 in the previous section.
2. Our most proven franchise player is Rudy Gobert. Ricky Rubio’s lack of chemistry with him, defensive gambling, inability to throw a lob or put pressure on the rim, and his lack of offensive gravity make for a terrible pairing of the two. At 27, it is unrealistic to expect he will become a different player. Ricky’s presence will continue to clog up our offense. He is currently stealing time from other guards/wings (Burks, Hood, Neto), and he will hinder Dante’s development when he returns. Ricky’s trade value is on a steady decline. Jazz should get out from under his salary while they can.
3. Who is our PF moving forward? Derrick will be an FA, is truly a center, and has stated that he is a starter. Joe Johnson is 95, and no amount of hot yoga will change that. Jonas Jerebko is awesome for us, but he is a career rotation player. Enter Jabari.
4. Jabari. The former #2 talent, PF, former dynamic duo with our Rodney Hood, Mormon, Duke alumni, floor-stretcher, averager of 20 pts a night, and 22. His age better aligns with the Gobert, Mitchell, Exum, Middleton?, Hood core. He loves Utah, https://www.deseretnews.com/article...n-faith-to-stay-positive-during-recovery.html. He would help sell tickets. His health makes him a gamble, but that is the only reason why he may be made available. With all of the boxes he checks, the Jazz need to take that gamble.
5. Mirza Teletovic is a salary dump, but if he ever becomes healthy again, his 3PT% will help spread the floor for Mitchell, Exum, and Burks to put pressure on the rim.
6. We drafted two rookies this year, did you forget? Tony Bradley is a promising prospect who hasn’t had a chance of getting time because of the log-jam of Gobert, Favors, and Udoh at the 5. Part of the reason we let Bolomboy go was because of our confidence in Bradley (and Royce O’Neale).
7. ESPN Trade Machine says we will get 11 wins worse with this trade. That is because it doesn’t factor in Jabari’s impact (because he hasn’t played this year). We either get: 1. the #2 talent of Jabari Parker (huge win), 2. Solid starter Jabari (also a win, considering current future uncertainty at PF) or 3. much closer to a top draft pick (Luka Doncic and Igor Kokoskov won the gold together this year J).
8. Getting out from under Rubio's contract, and not having to worry about Favors at all, etc., gives us more money for matching Jabari, Rodney, and Dante (as the market dictates).
What do you think? Do you like it? Do you think it’s realistic? If not, who says no, and why? What could be done to strengthen the deal?
