Woj: Jazz agree to 3-team trade with Lakers and Timberwolves

[LogGrad98]

Best we can do is to pray it becomes a late lotto pick

So we traded very serviceable and somewhat sought after wing shooters/defenders and a solid vet point guard on a decent contract (considering the expected jump in the salary cap) for a HOPE we get like the 8th pick down the road? And gave us 3 2nds for the privilege of hoping for that 8th pick?

Um.....yay?

Man every time you look under the hood you see more and more that this car is running on asthmatic gerbils.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Yes, trading Conley/Beasley/Vanderbilt for the 2027 Lakers top-4 protected first absolutely negates the Gobert trade. You guys are geniuses.

We didn’t get 200% of expected value in a trade that completely makes sense with the direction the franchise needs to go and everyone is like:

 

[LogGrad98]

That Lakers pick is going to be highly sought after and will probably headline a major trade for us. I see it as equal to the Nets pick they traded for Kyrie that became Sexton

Yeah but they severely neutered that pick with the top 4 protection. Many teams will side-eye that ****er now. It's like you land the free agent you wanted and he goes down with an Achilles for the season. Yeah sure he might come back full-strength, but don't hold your breath.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Obviously he was exaggerating for effect. That doesn't change the fact that this was a baffling trade.

What are we doing?

It’s crystal ****ing clear.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I feel like David Spade in Tommy Boy when he goes to explain how to work a seat belt on the plane… if you can’t see what we are doing I will have Tommy come hit you over the head with a tack hammer…

 

[Rubashov]

Don't hate the trade but it should have been an unprotected first.

 

[outerspacefan]

Per se this thing makes no sense.

 

[HermanG]

We traded a 35-year old PG who is due 24.3M next year and two bench players for one of the most coveted assets in the league. While simultaneously making our team worse to maximize our pick this year.

Dude that was before the protection and the 2nd rounder conversion clauses were added.

It cannot be one of the the most coveted assets in the league if it cannot be the best asset of that year alone. There are at least 4 assets that are guaranteed to be better in 2027... or at least we sure as hell hope so.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Dude that was before the protection and the 2nd rounder conversion clauses were added.

It cannot be one of the the most coveted assets in the league if it cannot be the best asset of that year alone. There are at least 4 assets that are guaranteed to be better in 2027... or at least we sure as hell hope so.

Next to the Sixers pick this season it's probably our worst 1st round pick asset if we had to rank them.

 

[Korisfani]

I think we make the playoffs next season. This is a 26 game stealth tank. That is it.

So who is on that playoff team? Lauri, Kessler, Sexton, Ochai, three rookies... and?

Bringing back JC and KO definitely doesn't make that a playoff team. A major trade? Who are the top25 players that actually could be available? Trae? And guys that have maybe 3 years left like Dame, DeRozan, Harden - none of which really make sense for the Jazz.

The same goes for FAs. Grant, Butler, FVV - I'd think they don't want to be on a team that just tanked and is nothing but youth. Let's still say they get Kuzma and another FA that's middle of the FA pack. Is that a playoff team?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

So who is on that playoff team? Lauri, Kessler, Sexton, Ochai, three rookies... and?

Bringing back JC and KO definitely doesn't make that a playoff team. A major trade? Who are the top25 players that actually could be available? Trae? And guys that have maybe 3 years left like Dame, DeRozan, Harden - none of which really make sense for the Jazz.

The same goes for FAs. Grant, Butler, FVV - I'd think they don't want to be on a team that just tanked and is nothing but youth. Let's still say they get Kuzma and another FA that's middle of the FA pack. Is that a playoff team?

I'll hold off on this until the deadline passes.

Tend to agree though, it could be a 2 year tank.

 

[kcgar]

I feel like David Spade in Tommy Boy when he goes to explain how to work a seat belt on the plane… if you can’t see what we are doing I will have Tommy come hit you over the head with a tack hammer…