So knowing that Sloan won't start this hypothetical center, won't play him more than 12-18 minutes, and won't put him in to close games, do we believe the impact he has in 12-18 minutes will exceed Fesenko's contribution enough to cause us to beat the Lakers?
If the Jazz are trading AK (or even Millsap) for a 6-11 or better defensive big, it will be for somebody who’d play more than 12-18 minutes. I'd say at least around 28 minutes (how to squeeze that kind of PT I've noted in a previous post). Gortat, Dalembert and Varejao are among the names that have so far come up. If the Jazz are getting a center who’s only good enough, or bad enough, to play just 12 minutes, then there's not much sense trading AK and thus just do a minimum salary signing, which unfortunately would very likely mean some third-string stiff.
Where I’m coming from is that all summer, even after (or especially after) the Jefferson trade, I’ve been pushing for a trade for a defensive center so that Jefferson can be used as a good-sized PF instead of as an undersized C like in Minnesota. That means Millsap either starts at SF (going back to PF when Jefferson goes out) or reprises his usual role with the Jazz as backup PF with significant PT.
I'd suggest you go back to your Varejao thread where I supported your deal.
Had you read the thread you may have seen this:
there's no way on Earth Indiana considers this trade, even in passing, and I'm surprised that this hasn't been shot down hard so far.
Sorry, missed that. But I have to say with your follow-up posts, I’m having a really hard time deciphering when you’re actually supporting something or merely being facetious about it.
We're talking about hypothetical trades, just like your Varejao trade. I loved your Varejao trade and thought it was ridiculous people scoffed at it. That certainly doesn't mean I think it could happen. There's no way either of these trades happen. The issue I'm taking is the underlying philosophy and delusional thinking behind people's actions on a hypothetical deal, not that I think they themselves are shooting down a legit deal. This is a message board for hell sakes.
Allow me to submit my opinion on this message board that not all hypothetical trades are speculated equal. For example, even before the Jefferson trade, some posters pushed for acquiring Jefferson via the then newly-acquired Boozer TPE, which seemed quite realistic and worth discussing before other posters had fun starting multiple nonsense Jefferson threads. On the other hand, if somebody had posted about acquiring Dwight Howard via the Boozer TPE, that wouldn’t have made sense. The AK for Varejao plus (not
my idea but I strongly support it, like you say you do as well) belongs to the TPE for Jefferson idea as it’s a much more realistic deal in terms of players and contracts. The AK for Granger idea belongs to something close to the Dwight for the TPE category.
