Man, I'm trying to find a scenario for taking a decent player's salary in a trade before July 1 and having difficulty.
I'm looking for more realistic things and not just trades that benefit the Jazz that other teams would have no reason to do.
One scenario I was trying to think of was getting the Nets some draft picks. Problem is, their only real asset is Brook Lopez and that's not really a fit for the Jazz, so picks, Burks and Lyles to Brooklyn, Lopez to ? and ? to Utah with maybe another compensatory asset to Brooklyn from ? team.
One team I though of was Detroit, and getting Jon Leuer, but they have no need for Lopez with Drummond on the team. So that leaves Burks, Lyles and 23/30 to ?, ? to Detroit, and Leuer to Utah.
Lopez to Houston? Beverly and Ariza to Utah?