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What upgrades are needed to make us a contender?

Capela would help but you would have to lose someone good to get him.
Maybe given the Hawks also have Okongwu, they would be more likely to part with the latter.
I would send the Hawks THT and the Jazz own 1st with lottery protection added in exchange for
Okongwu and the Hawks own 23 first.
 
Eddie Zero said:
Capela would help but you would have to lose someone good to get him.
Maybe given the Hawks also have Okongwu, they would be more likely to part with the latter.
I would send the Hawks THT and the Jazz own 1st with lottery protection added in exchange for
Okongwu and the Hawks own 23 first.
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Zero shot Hawks do that. It wouldn’t be worth it for either team to do an Okongwu trade.
 
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Ainge isn’t in a hurry to do anything. And why would he? He’s got a talented and exciting group in his hands, and they’re playing well. Why mess with it? Let them play and show what they can do. I agree with the comments in the video clip below – wait till the trade deadline and then decide what to do (sell or buy) based on where the team is in the standings.

https://www.nba.com/watch/video/lakers-jazz-impressive-analysis?plsrc=nba&collection=nba-tv-analysis
 
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sip said:
The thunder would never trade SGA so that is a non starter. Building through the draft is still the best way to round out this roster.
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I shall expand on our colleague Sip’s pronouncement. These Celtics scored big by drafting Tatum and Brown through picks derived from the Nets. So be it with thy Jazz. I advocate the attempt to acquire future Tatums and Browns via watching our competitors, the Timberwolves, Sixers, Nets, Rockets and Cavs implode. This would combine the astute drafting and trading of Daniel Ray Ainge with the vagaries of fortune and misfortune that plague humanity, the NBA, and the Nets in particular.
 
Just for ***** and giggs I’ll answer. Trade 3 of our 1sts for Durant. You have a front court with him and a locked in Lauri and I think anything is possible. I wouldn’t do it because we’d still have so many other questions but we’d have the potential to do MAJOR damage. Feel like we would still need a guy at the 2 who is just a knockdown role player (that’s not Clarkson) but we would be real interesting.
 
Keefe said:
Just for ***** and giggs I’ll answer. Trade 3 of our 1sts for Durant. You have a front court with him and a locked in Lauri and I think anything is possible. I wouldn’t do it because we’d still have so many other questions but we’d have the potential to do MAJOR damage. Feel like we would still need a guy at the 2 who is just a knockdown role player (that’s not Clarkson) but we would be real interesting.
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What do you mean you wouldn’t do it? It would take a lot more than just 3 1sts for him.
 
Elizah Huge said:
What do you mean you wouldn’t do it? It would take a lot more than just 3 1sts for him.
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Why? Because we got four 1sts (five if you count Kessler this year) for Gobert?

It’s apples to oranges. Durant is 34 years old. His best days are behind him. To think he’s just going to snag 4-5 1sts automatically is delusional. He’s not. I’m not saying it couldn’t happen. But based on salary, need, etcetera, it would be very tough to get done.
 
Keefe said:
Why? Because we got four 1sts (five if you count Kessler this year) for Gobert?

It’s apples to oranges. Durant is 34 years old. His best days are behind him. To think he’s just going to snag 4-5 1sts automatically is delusional. He’s not. I’m not saying it couldn’t happen. But based on salary, need, etcetera, it would be very tough to get done.
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If he did get traded he’s getting traded for at minimum 3 1sts and 2 pick swaps. At absolute bare minimum. It also depends on the players coming back. If the players aren’t very good he could definitely go for 4 1sts and 2/3 pick swaps.
 
Elizah Huge said:
If he did get traded he’s getting traded for at minimum 3 1sts and 2 pick swaps. At absolute bare minimum. It also depends on the players coming back. If the players aren’t very good he could definitely go for 4 1sts and 2/3 pick swaps.
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Okay I didn’t mention pick swaps. Whatever. My basic point was obvious.

Give me a team that could beat the three 1sts we could offer, one pick swap, Sexton and Beasley. Or something like that.
 
This team is too fun to watch but lacks a top tier player or a player with such upside. You need that guy to win it all with '04 Pistons being the sole exception.
So the treadmill trap is real. Nothing to worry about for the time being. Gotta be patient. Almost each player's value is going up. I'm sure they can be flipped for assets
 
Keefe said:
Okay I didn’t mention pick swaps. Whatever. My basic point was obvious.

Give me a team that could beat the three 1sts we could offer, one pick swap, Sexton and Beasley. Or something like that.
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Phoenix can offer Bridges/Crowder along with their 23/25/27/29 1sts and 24/26/28 pick swaps if they wanted to.

Toronto can offer the same exact package except OG/Trent Jr as the players going back.

We can beat literally everyone else’s offer in the league if we really wanted to but that’s not the point.
 
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