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Guys, I love you all but don't want to read 31 pages of speculations so can anyone just pust what we got and what we sent?

Apparently this is all we got.


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Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 1h1 hour ago
Utah's haul for Kanter: protected future 1st from OKC, Kendrick Perkins, Grant Jerrett, rights to Tibor Pleiss, Detroit 2nd rounder
 
So to recap, here is what we got for Enes Kanter:

7'2" German Center

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A stretch Belly 4

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And a 2018 Draft Pick

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If Kanter wanted out and there was low chance of resigning him after he took the QO it was the right move. Which is why I think we pulled the trigger.

Using minutes and development on an asset that doesn't want to be here long term is a waste of time, money, and comes at the expense of players like Gobert (our real future).

Now the Jazz can be very active in FA this summer. It has cap space and gobs of assets.

This is better than Kanter getting an unmatchable offer and/or kicking the can down the road one more year for no reason. Glad the Jazz got something in return.
 
Apparently this is all we got.


****!!!

Porkins? I won't complain about giving Gobert more minutes but you'd think Kanter would be able to snatch at least one decent rotation player.

At least Tibor Pleiss seems interesting, maybe we can bring him over next year to backup Gobert.
 
I think the Jazz simply didn't want to pay Kanter. They want a nice lottery pick this year and cap flexibility going forward.

The Jazz have high standards, and either a player fits those standards or they don't.

The Jazz moved Kanter to save the opportunity cost of keeping him.

Who knows what other deals were on the table, but a bunch of guys moved today, more than I can count.
 
Depending on what the protection is on the first rounder, it good become a good deal.

And it looks like Tibor might not turn out to be Tomic:

Of course, it could become a good deal. Just think they could have done something to either get them a good deal straight up, or something to give them a better chance at a good deal in the future. I prefer to rely on the luckiness factor as little as possible.
 
The Jazz picked up $3.75mil of cap space by dumping Novak, who never should have been acquired. Effectively, the Jazz traded the option to hold onto Kanter this offseason if nothing better comes around for a late 1st, two 2nds (including the one they received for Novak) and Pleiss. If DL doesn't turn the cap space into something this summer, he should be fired.

I thought Lindsey was supposed to be good? He got the #9 pick and got Gobert. I thought he would be good at this.


I wonder what happened....
 
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