What are you talking about? Utah is currently over the luxury tax. They had to choose between Boozer and Milsap this past summer and Boozer's wanted out for a while. This is a very good trade for them. Deron Williams is not resigning with them, why should they keep him for another year and a half and then let him walk away for nothing? They could come out of this with Derrick Favors and possibly Kyrie Irving and another lottery pick in 2012, plus they're probably not done trading this year. I'd expect Devin Harris, Okur or AK-47 to be traded soon. Even with Williams they were not making it past the second round this year, if you're going to rebuild, might as well go all out.
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What are you talking about? Utah is currently over the luxury tax. They had to choose between Boozer and Milsap this past summer and Boozer's wanted out for a while. This is a very good trade for them. Deron Williams is not resigning with them, why should they keep him for another year and a half and then let him walk away for nothing? They could come out of this with Derrick Favors and possibly Kyrie Irving and another lottery pick in 2012, plus they're probably not done trading this year. I'd expect Devin Harris, Okur or AK-47 to be traded soon. Even with Williams they were not making it past the second round this year, if you're going to rebuild, might as well go all out.
They've given away players in the middle of a playoff run to stay under the luxury tax. They resigned Milsap partly because he was cheaper, didn't resign Wesley Matthews.
Back in the days when Minnesota made the playoffs every year, if you had told me that we could blow up the team, suck for 1-2 years, but then be an actual contender instead of being stuck in 1st/2nd round rut, I would have taken that deal in a heartbeat. Even if it had meant gambling on trading Garnett. This seems like a similar situation.
Wes Matthews is not worth the insane $34 M deal he got from the Blazers, they were smart not to match that offer.
Exactly. The worst place you can be in the NBA is in the 40-48 win range. You're missing out on lottery picks, and going nowhere in the playoffs, if you even make them. Jerry Sloan was a terrific coach, who always had them competitve, even with some less than stellar rosters, but he's gone now. Now is the time to go in rebuild mode. The Jazz now have four first round picks in the next two years, plus a good young front court in Milsap, Favors and Jefferson, plus several other trade chips for this year. Since you're never going to be able to get a lot of top of the line free agents to come to Utah, those draft picks they got are huge for the future of the franchise.
Especially when you are not a big market or destination team (Lakers, Boston, Miami, etc.) where big name free agents actually want to sign. If you're a small market or the Clippers you really need to focus on being able to pick-up and retain a young core in the draft a la Durant/Westbrook or Gordon/Griffin. The Jazz were just barely too good for their own good. Who were they going to convince to come play in Utah to pair with Williams? Who was going to be left for them in the draft?
I agree, but rebuilding isn't much fun either. Not every rebuilding story ends up like the Thunder. Most of them end like (or continue like) the T-wolves.
If the Jazz got the Nets first round picks than they owned this trade. The Nets right now are D-Will and Lopez (a PF that can't rebound), and now if they don't have picks, they're screwed. The Jazz's outlook looks much better. That's if they draft right. I don't see much for trade bait on that team.
T-Wolves got hurt because they waited to long to read the writing on the wall.
...also because Latrell Spreewell couldn't figure out how to feed his kids on million dollar income.
The Nets had five first round picks over the next two years. The Jazz now have the Nets own pick this year, which will probably end up in the 5-8 range. They also picked up the Warriors pick for next year, which is top 7 protected, so best case scenario that's a mid to late lottery pick. You're right it all comes down to drafting well though.
If they can get Harrison Barnes, Terrence Jones, Alec Burks, or maybe Brandon Knight. They'd be well on their way.
Yeah this year's draft doesn't appear to have any can't miss, franchise savior guys in it, but there's a lot of good next level talent. Sometimes there's a huge talent drop after the first cpl picks, this won't be one of those years. The difference between the value in the first pick and fifth or sixth pick won't be near as large as it is some years. I think Kyrie Irving would be there guy if he comes out and he's still there when they pick.
Then they grab The Jimmer with their own pick and guarantee sell outs for as long as he's on the team.
As a Jazz fan, I'm sad to see Deron go as he was one of my favorite players. But knowing that he was likely on his way out in after next year anyway, I like the trade. Jazz got a lot in return.
