Then it'd be stupid to conclude the Jazz can't possibly be interested in Lavine because that'd never leak.
Jazz and Bulls are in active trade discussions regarding Zach LaVine
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I don't think either team knew what the trade would actually be until they both agreed to it...
baka98
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OK now you’re just being silly. You got a back it up with facts and of course, neither team knew what it would be, but my point is usually when there’s been smoke around the jazz being involved in trades, there has been no fire to back up the case. of course they’re going to come out and say the jazz are interested in a player and that’s going to be true. You can see that about any team in the league. That’s not considered a “leak”.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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I’d watch
Jazz interest in Collins was leaked beforehand. Jazz later traded for Collins.
baka98: "BUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE DEAL WEREN'T LEAKED SO THAT MEANS THESE LAVINE RUMORS MUST BE FALSE"
baka98
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Again, you’re not getting the point. You said the jazz were not being close to the vest in the DA era. I disagreed and I pointed to the Cleveland trade. The Collins trade, yes they talked about us being interested in him. They didn’t say that we were going to trade for him. In any case the Collins trade is a minor trade. The Cleveland trade is a major trade that nobody even heard about until it happened and you say that jazz haven’t been close to the vest?
It doesn’t
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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It had been rumored for years, but were we expecting it a week or two before it went down? I honestly don’t remember.
A couple of us were literally discussing what a deal would look like minutes before it went down.
baka98
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You’re right. A lot of us were, but that doesn’t equate to the Jazz not being close lipped about what they’re doing. We knew for years that they wanted John Collins and it happened. I’m just saying that the jazz have been pretty good about keeping secrets when it comes to trades. That’s all.
That is not really evidence that the Jazz were being tight-lipped. By all accounts, that did fall out of the sky.
baka98
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I agree. IMO it just happened to happen. I just don’t agree with his point of the jazz haven’t been tight when it comes to talking about trades to the media.
I don’t know. I wouldn’t say they’ve got organizational dysentery but I also don’t know that the Jazz have ever been so consistently in the rumor mill and many of the rumors either being corroborated by real sources or coming to fruition.
Another strike is that the Jazz were rumored to be trying to acquire Sexton months before he was acquired.
The aforementioned Collins rumors, as mentioned.
The Lakers trade is reflective of a months-long negotiation where Ainge blinked and taped together something at the last second.
underdog
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Who’s gonna move the ball when LaVine and Sexton take turns at iso? Boston just showed us what great ball-movment and 3-point shooting can do. And what about defense? LaVine and Sexton can’t defend perimeter. At least one of the starting guards has to be a good defender for us to become a contender. Our defense would keep sucking. If Danny is smart, he won’t bring in anyone who can’t be traded easily if there becomes a need for it. The Bulls tried hard to trade him before the deadline (to up to 15 teams one report said), but no one wanted his bad contract). Idk, if these rumors are true and Danny does this, I’ll join the puke party.
baka98
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I would totally agree. I think the jazz get put in a lot of rumor mill because DA is at the helm as well.
For me it is only fun when it's makes sense. This Lavine one gives me anxiety because I don't like the direction it takes us.