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Has had a so-so preseason as starting PF so far. Based on the preseason lineups, Sloan seems to have penciled in Sap/Al to start at PF/C. Stick with that? Or start Jefferson at PF, have a token starting center, and bring Millsap off the bench again?

Okur is terrible.

The Jazz FO would be all over this. If it was $9M Diaw signed up with the Jazz, they wouldn't dream of trading for a $17M Kirilenko even if they could. It's at least $8M savings for somebody who won't be such a big downgrade working in the Jazz system. And the Jazz could also push this...

Would've been a really interesting alternate history. The Jazz could've S&T'd a young AK and sent a couple of picks. The Jazz would still have had Harp at SF (then 28, averaging 16-17ppg the previous 2 seasons) and Bell, also 28, at SG. If the Jazz somehow got Shaq, maybe FAs would've...

Grant was on the decline and actually lasted only a seaon in LA even with Shaq gone. And with Shaq and Wade on Miami, that Heat #1 was conceivably going to be a late one. If this was around the draft, the Jazz had a couple of mid-1st rounders that might have offset Butler and a late pick -- LA...

The Jazz were rebuilding so Shaq probably didn’t want to be in that situation also why LA wouldn't have mind since the Jazz weren't a threat at that point. Remember Miami got Shaq by dealing Odom, a player similar to AK (whose value was really high back then). Not too far-fetched to think LA...

Must check first with Locke if this was written by an intern.

More like arrogant. The next time he could be spending his precious, paid time reacting to a mere 'fan', maybe somebody who posts for free on a message board or something.

True that, Okur’s slooow, so most times under this scenario he’d be a backup center. I just put some PT at PF there for him to reflect those stretches he’d be playing alongside Jefferson or a defensive C. In which case Okur would play as a rich man’s Matt Bonner while Jefferson or that C would...

Yeah, something like that but I'd of course start Jefferson over Millsap and also use Udrih more as a combo guard. If we get a defensive big like Dalembert, I'm still intrigued with starting Sap at SF but if that doesn't pan out, his old role of coming off the bench would be OK too. I...

1) Dalembert isn’t great but he isn’t terrible. He’s a 6-11 defensive center paid 2/3 AK’s salary and also on an expiring contract. 2) The reason the Jazz couldn’t have done this a month ago when ‘someone like Matt Barnes’ was still available is because Dalembert couldn’t be traded (again)...

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...

Jefferson/Millsap at PF/C will work against many teams and that’s fine if all the Jazz want is the good ol’ nice regular season and early playoffs exit. If the Jazz want to compete against elite teams like the Lakers, the Jazz still need a defensive big. With the current lineup, Sloan will...

There is absolutely no way Indiana does this. If Indy just wanted to dump salary, they could get in touch with an under-the-cap team or with a big enough TPE to help them get their 24 ppg scorer off their hands. Just no way. This is part of the AK delusion -- that the Jazz could get an...

AK may be a "good" player but will keeping and then re-signing him bring the Jazz closer to matching up vs LA? The Jazz are still a long defensive big man away from competing better against the Lakers. AK is replaceable and if trading him is what brings in a 6-11 defensive big, a young veteran...

You check out those teams with massive TPEs (Suns, Raps, who else?), the Dampier chip (Charlotte) and cap space (NY) and the Jazz chances look good actually. The Suns already got role-players in Warrick and Frye and Barbosa. Instead of getting another role player, they're more likely to keep...

Doesn't have to be that way financially. Well, nothing can be done about Okur. But if the Cavs were willing to deal Mo with Varejao, the Jazz can just keep Varejao and send Mo to another team. For example, Jordan supposedly tried to get Calderon with Dampier's nonguaranteed contract. They...

Except Okur, post-injury at that, would just get a big no from Cleveland.

What's crazy is continuing to believe that AK's contract could get the Jazz an All-Star.

Here's a less desirable but perhaps slightly more realistic scenario: What if the Cavs want to hold on to Mo (or trade him elsewhere) but would give up Varejao only if they could also get rid of Jamison plus maybe get a pick? The salaries also match with AK.