Woj: Don to the Cavs for Markkanen, Agbaji, Sexton, three unprotected 1sts, two swaps, and a partridge in a pear tree.
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Hearsky
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Umm, no. Who are the teams that are going to offer better packages to the Lakers for Westbrook? Only a tanking team with veteran assets will be willing take on that massive contract. The Jazz have more veteran pieces that the Lakers would want than anyone else, except maybe the Pacers. I don't think the Pacers are going full blown tank.
I don’t think it was better. They are high on RJ and think the Knicks picks are going to be better than the Cavs picks because they literally act like Evan Mobley is Tim Duncan 2.0.
The players we got back from the Cavs are being slept on. The Cavs were 7-4 with Sexton last year.
Here is what their best beat writer Chris Fedor said about Markannen:
After the initial excitement of the Donovan deal I have seen a lot of Cavs fans saying they overpaid a ton for a player who might not be that much better than Sexton.
Sexton's early career compares pretty well with Kemba Walker's fwiw. He doesn't pass as much, but otherwise they're in the same ballpark.
If they get "bubble" Don, they scored big. If they get Don post-bubble, they still get a player better than Sexton, but definitely not worth the trade capital paid.
SteakNEggs
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Mitchell has always reminded me of an ever so slightly better CJ McCollum.
Thee Jazz Fan
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OMG JUST STOP TALKING!!!
Mitchell is the closest comparison for Sexton so far. At 21 Sexton put up 20.8 ppg and 3 assists on 47% shooting, Mitchell was 20.5 ppg and 3.7 assists on 43% shooting. At 22 Sexton put up 24.3 ppg and 4.4 assists on 47.5% shooting, Mitchell was 23.8 ppg and 4.2 assists on 43% shooting. At 23 Mitchell stayed about the same while Sexton got hurt. After that Mitchell bumped up his numbers a little bit. I think Sexton can do the same if he is healthy. Sexton is a more efficient shooter, but Mitchell has his playoff performances to put his hat on (except for this year). Imagine if Sexton got as many wide open threes as Mitchell got with the Jazz. He would have some huge scoring numbers.
I dont think they are that far off. Sexton could make a jump with a change of scenery and learning some lessons from sitting a year and a lower FA pay than I think he hoped for. I think he might need time to shake off the rust but I expect he will be good to go.
For the first 3 years before the injury Sexton improved 4 ppg on better FG% over each year which is very impressive. He also showed a positive trend in assists. He also kept improving at his finishing at the rim and was looking pretty decent there last year.
I dont think they are that far off. Sexton could make a jump with a change of scenery and learning some lessons from sitting a year and a lower FA pay than I think he hoped for. I think he might need time to shake off the rust but I expect he will be good to go.
For the first 3 years before the injury Sexton improved 4 ppg on better FG% over each year which is very impressive. He also showed a positive trend in assists. He also kept improving at his finishing at the rim and was looking pretty decent there last year.
SteakNEggs
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Statically they basically are the same. CJ takes less shots so less points but besides that they are extremely close.
Thee Jazz Fan
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The Jazz Wonderbra
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As far as intangibles and how they score they are very different players. Plus, who would you want in the playoffs when things really matter? Statistically or otherwise.