Did the Jazz Mess up?

[GoJazz]

In a way the Jazz did put down a pimp slap on Deron. They traded him to a franchise with a long history of losing. They took the 2 best prospects from that team as well as draft picks. Now Deron gets to play with Avery as a coach and NO talent around him. Granted they have a new owner but who is going to want to come play with Deron? Chris Paul is toasting Melos wedding and playing in NYC. Dwight Howard is going to LA. It looks like Deron is the only legit all star in the league that still doesn't have a prom date.

 

[m3at]

yes. We can only hope Favors works out.

 

[NUMBERICA]

If that plays out, management will be flogged, and the jazz will be the laughing stock of the nba.

The tragic thing is a measure like this apparently is the only that can keep a franchise player here (whether that's wholly true or not on the players end, it is wholly true since Greg lets his paranoia take priority in his decision-making).

The formula that Greg used was erroneous. It's closer to:

"If the Jazz keep Deron and get a franchise tag, then brilliant. If the Jazz keep Deron and don't get a franchise tag, we're ****ed.
If the Jazz trade Deron and none of the assets mean much, then we're ****ed whether there's a franchise tag or not."

than:

"MY GUT. Because I've done enough things and earned everything I have through my own merit that I can trust it. Besides running this team into the ground in less than two years. Things will get better, though, because despite that, I definitely know better than my father."

 

[BabyPeterzz]

ESPN has reported the Jazz are the winners of this trade. Even though ESPN sucks, its interesting to see them put us on top.

 

[Urzajazz]

Unlike players such as Durrant, who have publically said they want to stay with their franchises, Deron and 'Melo made nothing to that sort. In fact, Deron dodged the question so many times, much like Melo did.

The Jazz did the right thing. Took away a lingering distraction, set themselves up for the future, and IMO didn't really lose much (Harris will do just fine in the Jazz system). Is having a star point guard better than having an athletic and defensive minded (something we have lacked for a long time) post player? Next year think of a lineup including Favors/Jefferson/AK/Harris... if you can get a more reliable shooter or second option you got a pretty stacked team. Especially since we all know AK will be taking a big discount from his current contract and we'll have a lot more money to sign a free agent or two to pair up with presumably 2 lottery picks.