Keep, Trade, or cut? (Re-sign if you will)

[SoberasHotRod]

No I get your logic. Had you said 5th pick I would not have called the trade out though.

But just keep in mind that draft is also a massive gamble. For example literally everyone liked Scoot and he was "#1 on a normal year without generational talent like Wemby".

The "Lauri for Scoot" was a concensus yes except "Hornets wouldnt do it". Also Hornets fans enraged when their FO picked Brandon Miller instead.

It might not have been clear, but he specifically mentioned the Philadelphia pick, which would have to be top 6 and the NOP pick which will 80%+ be top 6. Neither team is trading us a top 2 pick, so we are talking about very limited scenarios here.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

FWIW I don't think the Jazz would or should touch the Paul George contract. He would be making $57 Million in 2027-2028 when we are probably wanting to be good by then. Best case scenario he rehabs his value with a great off season, but that defeats the purpose of being bad for the tank.

The Dejounte Murray trade is a lot more palatable as he is definitely out next year and his contract is not nearly as much ($32 Million in 2027-2028). He's also young enough that he is more likely to recoup value.

 

[NUMBERICA]

It might not have been clear, but he specifically mentioned the Philadelphia pick, which would have to be top 6 and the NOP pick which will 80%+ be top 6. Neither team is trading us a top 2 pick, so we are talking about very limited scenarios here.

Thank you for clarifying. I’m trying not to write tomes.

 

[NUMBERICA]

FWIW I don't think the Jazz would or should touch the Paul George contract. He would be making $57 Million in 2027-2028 when we are probably wanting to be good by then. Best case scenario he rehabs his value with a great off season, but that defeats the purpose of being bad for the tank.

The Dejounte Murray trade is a lot more palatable as he is definitely out next year and his contract is not nearly as much ($32 Million in 2027-2028). He's also young enough that he is more likely to recoup value.

The problem with New Orleans is they probably aren’t in a panic about seizing a window (whereas the Sixers should be in panic mode about next season, assuming their pick doesn’t convey this year) and I’m not sure exactly how Lauri fits there assuming Zion is there. Neither one of them are anything but a PF and that creates some real defensive/lineup issues.

I also prefer the NOP idea from our perspective, but it has to work on both ends.

Also, I’m not trying to jinx this, but I’m mostly approaching from a Cooper draft and I think his connectivity, grind, and gravity is going to improve outcomes for any of Ace/VJ/Tre. So yeah, I really want another top-5 pick and those don’t come cheap.