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Didn't KOC once say Jazz and everyone else are talking trades all year long.
And they will make a trade if the offer is good.
Jazz probably have not had any decent offers for any of their players including Jefferson or Millsap.
And they may not get any. Every other team knows Jefferson and Millsap's flaws.
Why would they offer Jazz a lopsided trade in the Jazz favor?
 
slc said:
Didn't KOC once say Jazz and everyone else are talking trades all year long.
And they will make a trade if the offer is good.
Jazz probably have not had any decent offers for any of their players including Jefferson or Millsap.
And they may not get any. Every other team knows Jefferson and Millsap's flaws.
Why would they offer Jazz a lopsided trade in the Jazz favor?
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That's the point. Those guys don't have much value and the trade deadline will come and go with no change.

Which adds to the wasted year as the guys getting the majority of minutes won't be here next year.
 
I'm still trying to wait to pass a judgment with any real totality (there are a lot of things that have to align on the market, after all [notwithstanding that Al should've had his ticket punched out of here at minute 49 of Game 4 last year]), but I can say with complete confidence that if the Jazz just end up letting the FAs walk this year and not making a trade, we will have seen a dazzling level of incompetence and totally lost opportunity.
 
I don't know where I read it but there was somethin that said KOC gave Dennis Lindsey a long list of moves that he wouldn't be comfortable with him making and that KOC is stopping DL from doing a lot of things. I know it's hard, but don't blame DL. Blame KOC.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I'm still trying to wait to pass a judgment with any real totality (there are a lot of things that have to align on the market, after all [notwithstanding that Al should've had his ticket punched out of here at minute 49 of Game 4 last year]), but I can say with complete confidence that if the Jazz just end up letting the FAs walk this year and not making a trade, we will have seen a dazzling level of incompetence and totally lost opportunity.
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This thread isn't so much about judgment as it is about reacting to deafening silence. But, as usual, I appreciate your comments.
 
Tony said:
I don't know where I read it but there was somethin that said KOC gave Dennis Lindsey a long list of moves that he wouldn't be comfortable with him making and that KOC is stopping DL from doing a lot of things. I know it's hard, but don't blame DL. Blame KOC.
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I don't know if there's any substance to this, but I wouldn't be at all surprised. Everyone that knew anything knew that Lindsey was mostly here as another voice that hopefully brought some new ideas to the table, but that he wasn't really calling the shots (much like KOC's spot before Larry and Sloan bounced).
 
I'm looking for it right now but it's an interview and he states that KOC is telling him to just be patient...
 
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hEy GREGGIE!! CAN YOU DANGLE YOUR THINGY DOWN HERE A BIT FURTHER FOR ME AND DENNIS TO SUCKLE?? KTHX! WE'VE BEEN UP HERE SO LONG THAT THE THIN AIR IS GIVING US A WHOLE NEW PHILOSOPHY!! WE WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT AFTER THE TRADE DEADLINE!
 
We should all go to a game and chant "We want Favors" every time he's taken out of the game and boo every Jefferson touch. We won't sit together or anything, but everyone should have a Jazzfanz.com t-shirt or at something more noticeable like big market writing on white t-shirts.

In fact, there hasn't been a JF night out sticky this year.
 
franklin said:
We should all go to a game and chant "We want Favors" every time he's taken out of the game and boo every Jefferson touch. We won't sit together or anything, but everyone should have a Jazzfanz.com t-shirt or at something more noticeable like big market writing on white t-shirts.

In fact, there hasn't been a JF night out sticky this year.
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I'd go, but I don't think I can get an airplane ticket to trolley me overnight. Damn.


I was thinking like they do in professional wrestling, with the single poster boards that represent a letter in every word, until you get J E F F E R S U C K. One the other end of the Solution we get S E X U A L F A V O R S. Stay sublimal, stay classy.
 
Here, let me post this in advance. Got the story already written for Feb. 22nd.

SALT LAKE CITY — In determining whether or not to wheel or deal leading up to Thursday's NBA trade deadline, Utah Jazz (Senior VP) Kevin O'Connor and general manager (Dennis Lindsey) had a rather simple mindset for choosing what player swaps to pursue.
"Improve the team," he said, "but not for (28) games."
The Jazz GM (and VP) spent all morning on the phone and a lot of time in recent weeks trying to see what possible improvements could be made, but none fit that mantra well enough to pull the trigger.
Hence, the Jazz ended the day with the same (15) guys they had when it began.
"Down the stretch I didn't think there was anything on the table that we looked at that we thought could improve our team," O'Connor said. "We looked at a lot of things, but when we came to the final judgment we like our young assets and we weren't ready to part with that, so we just stayed pat."
O'Connor (and Lindsey) gave a "no comment" when asked if most trade offers include demands for the Jazz's young core of Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter and Alec Burks.
But with those four lottery picks on the squad who are (22) or younger, the Jazz are in long-term thinking mode. O'Connor pointed that out earlier in the week.
Sure, they want to win now — "Our goal is to make the playoffs," O'Connor insisted — but the Jazz weren't willing to mortgage their future success or cornerstone pieces for a quick fix.
O'Connor (and Lindsey) said the team did some groundwork for possible trades this offseason when the Jazz will likely be busy before June's draft and perhaps again around training camp time.
(Several) players will not be under contract so the Jazz will have to pick up (additional) guys.

O'Connor also declined to comment about whether or not the Jazz came close to pulling off a deal.
When asked to evaluate the day's trade winners, O'Connor responded: "I think everybody improves their team. You get paranoid at this time of the year. You can give a good reason for every trade."
And, as was the case for the Jazz, every trade not made...

PRESSURE'S OFF: Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin is "very comfortable" with his squad, so he wasn't disappointed no player movement was made.
"We'll continue to grow and get better with each other," Corbin said. "Now the pressure or the stresses of trade deadline has passed and we are who we are and we're going to be that way until at least the end of this year. Let's move forward."


The changes I made to the original article posted March 16, 2012 in the Deserted News are in parentheses. Any bets on how accurate this will be?
 
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MoTown16 said:
Here, let me post this in advance. Got the story already written for Feb. 22nd.

SALT LAKE CITY — In determining whether or not to wheel or deal leading up to Thursday's NBA trade deadline, Utah Jazz (Senior VP) Kevin O'Connor and general manager (Steven Lindsey) had a rather simple mindset for choosing what player swaps to pursue.
"Improve the team," he said, "but not for (28) games."
The Jazz GM (and VP) spent all morning on the phone and a lot of time in recent weeks trying to see what possible improvements could be made, but none fit that mantra well enough to pull the trigger.
Hence, the Jazz ended the day with the same (15) guys they had when it began.
"Down the stretch I didn't think there was anything on the table that we looked at that we thought could improve our team," O'Connor said. "We looked at a lot of things, but when we came to the final judgment we like our young assets and we weren't ready to part with that, so we just stayed pat."
O'Connor (and Lindsey) gave a "no comment" when asked if most trade offers include demands for the Jazz's young core of Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter and Alec Burks.
But with those four lottery picks on the squad who are (22) or younger, the Jazz are in long-term thinking mode. O'Connor pointed that out earlier in the week.
Sure, they want to win now — "Our goal is to make the playoffs," O'Connor insisted — but the Jazz weren't willing to mortgage their future success or cornerstone pieces for a quick fix.
O'Connor (and Lindsey) said the team did some groundwork for possible trades this offseason when the Jazz will likely be busy before June's draft and perhaps again around training camp time.
(Several) players will not be under contract so the Jazz will have to pick up (additional) guys.

O'Connor also declined to comment about whether or not the Jazz came close to pulling off a deal.
When asked to evaluate the day's trade winners, O'Connor responded: "I think everybody improves their team. You get paranoid at this time of the year. You can give a good reason for every trade."
And, as was the case for the Jazz, every trade not made...

PRESSURE'S OFF: Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin is "very comfortable" with his squad, so he wasn't disappointed no player movement was made.
"We'll continue to grow and get better with each other," Corbin said. "Now the pressure or the stresses of trade deadline has passed and we are who we are and we're going to be that way until at least the end of this year. Let's move forward."


The changes I made to the original article posted March 16, 2012 in the Deserted News are in parentheses. Any bets on how accurate this will be?
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MoTown16 said:
Here, let me post this in advance. Got the story already written for Feb. 22nd.

SALT LAKE CITY — In determining whether or not to wheel or deal leading up to Thursday's NBA trade deadline, Utah Jazz (Senior VP) Kevin O'Connor and general manager (Steven Lindsey) had a rather simple mindset for choosing what player swaps to pursue.
"Improve the team," he said, "but not for (28) games."
The Jazz GM (and VP) spent all morning on the phone and a lot of time in recent weeks trying to see what possible improvements could be made, but none fit that mantra well enough to pull the trigger.
Hence, the Jazz ended the day with the same (15) guys they had when it began.
"Down the stretch I didn't think there was anything on the table that we looked at that we thought could improve our team," O'Connor said. "We looked at a lot of things, but when we came to the final judgment we like our young assets and we weren't ready to part with that, so we just stayed pat."
O'Connor (and Lindsey) gave a "no comment" when asked if most trade offers include demands for the Jazz's young core of Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter and Alec Burks.
But with those four lottery picks on the squad who are (22) or younger, the Jazz are in long-term thinking mode. O'Connor pointed that out earlier in the week.
Sure, they want to win now — "Our goal is to make the playoffs," O'Connor insisted — but the Jazz weren't willing to mortgage their future success or cornerstone pieces for a quick fix.
O'Connor (and Lindsey) said the team did some groundwork for possible trades this offseason when the Jazz will likely be busy before June's draft and perhaps again around training camp time.
(Several) players will not be under contract so the Jazz will have to pick up (additional) guys.

O'Connor also declined to comment about whether or not the Jazz came close to pulling off a deal.
When asked to evaluate the day's trade winners, O'Connor responded: "I think everybody improves their team. You get paranoid at this time of the year. You can give a good reason for every trade."
And, as was the case for the Jazz, every trade not made...

PRESSURE'S OFF: Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin is "very comfortable" with his squad, so he wasn't disappointed no player movement was made.
"We'll continue to grow and get better with each other," Corbin said. "Now the pressure or the stresses of trade deadline has passed and we are who we are and we're going to be that way until at least the end of this year. Let's move forward."


The changes I made to the original article posted March 16, 2012 in the Deserted News are in parentheses. Any bets on how accurate this will be?
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Did you really post tomorrows news story a month ago?

Can you tell me what the market is going to do in March?
 
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