They were already safely below the LT.
Memo traded to NJ
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Okur always did a decent job? If Slothing around, and not jumping are your thing....
Lopez isn't done for the year (not yet, anyway). He's scheduled to be back before the trade deadline and he'd be the centerpiece in a trade for Dwight. Trading Dwight is not a financial move for Orlando, it's a pure necessity, so they want talent back primarily with all focus on financial savings secondary.
Besides that, the Nets are not in a rebuilding year. You don't trade your once All-Star PG and three lottery picks for a guy with a year left on his deal. NJ is win-now because if they don't, they just set themselves back a decade. Okur is a stop gap, and it was a smart move for them. Assuming Memo can play at all (and even if he can't, they had nothing resembling a C on that team).
Again, NJ is ALL IN. They are not rebuilding (right now).
MVP
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Seriously, this all neg or rep thing is to funny, are you that upset that you need to cry and complain about it? Who gives a rat's *** if you have 0 or 10, not like it will make your posts any more valuable. If you could not comment anything constructive why would you suspect any different reaction anyway? What is there some kind of annual prize at the end of the year for poster with highest rep? I guess if it is so important to your self esteem and you are so sensitive about it I will not do it in the future just to save you some tears...I would hate to read in the news that some crazy jazz fan jumped of the bridge due to negative rep in internet forum.
MVP
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Go give a hug to PKM and you both can cry together about it...
margodydek
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Just wanted to throw something out there:
Everyone remember when LA traded Odom to Dallas for a TPE, and immediately people started saying, "Oh, they're gearing up to make a trade for Dwight, and they'll use this TPE to bring back Hedo". But once the dust settled people realized it wouldn't work because the TPE was only for $8.9MM?
Well we just got a TPE for $10.8MM and guess how much Hedo's contract is? What do you know, it's $10.6MM.
Just a little something to chew on during the holidays.
Everyone remember when LA traded Odom to Dallas for a TPE, and immediately people started saying, "Oh, they're gearing up to make a trade for Dwight, and they'll use this TPE to bring back Hedo". But once the dust settled people realized it wouldn't work because the TPE was only for $8.9MM?
Well we just got a TPE for $10.8MM and guess how much Hedo's contract is? What do you know, it's $10.6MM.
Just a little something to chew on during the holidays.
MVP
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are you suggesting Jazz would bring Hedo? Why? He is even more washed up then Howard...and he is the most selfish chucker left in NBA.
You're really smart.
The Fresh Prince
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Yet you preach about Andrei and how he's not washed up.
margodydek
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In the alternate universe where the Jazz do make a trade to get Dwight, then they would have to bring back Hedo, so yes I am suggesting the Jazz would bring him back. Why you ask. Well to get Dwight Howard in a Jazz uniform. And just so you don't misinterpret this like my last post, this will not happen, but I'm bored so I thought I'd throw it out there.
MVP
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What Howard has to do with Hedo? I am not sure I underestand your logic here. Howard will never play for Jazz so why even consider it?
MVP
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Compared to Hedo? AK is like young mustang vs old horse ready to be euthanized.
margodydek
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As Clark Griswold would say, "Where's the tylenol?"
MVP
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so why don't you explain in simple language what this is about? Sorry I am just lost here...
InGameStrategy
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It appears, AKMVP, that Ms. Dydek is suggesting that the Jazz trade away our good-outside-shooting, poor-defending Turkish center (Slowkur) for a good-outside-shooting, poor-defending Turkish forward (Turkey-glue).
<<scratching head>>
(dandruff-free)
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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But now we have some flexibility to make other moves.
MVP
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0.428 career FG is not good shooting in my book. Seriously, Hedo sucks, thats why I am lost why we are even talking about him?
candrew
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NJ is out of the running for Howard TODAY - The Magic aren't going to wait on NJ while the centerpiece of their trade offer recovers from a broken foot and Howard keeps whining about being in Orlando.
And of course NJ is rebuilding - they're just trying to do it Mark Cuban style. If they're not, they're ****ed. Even with Lopez they'd be lucky to win 20 games this year.
margodydek
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Look, I think the chances of the Jazz trading from Dwight Howard went from 1% (pre Memo trade), to 2%. Obviously I do not think they are going to do it. I was merely pointing to the fact that Hedo's salary this year matches up perfectly with the Trade Exception we just got. $10.8/$10.6. I do not want Hedo on my team. Nobody wants Hedo on their team (including Orlando), that is why whoever wants Dwight will have to take back Hedo and his awful contract.
The Jazz won't do it (although I do think they now have the pieces to pull it off), but if someone said you could have Dwight for 1 yr (possibly 2) but you have to take Hedo's awful contract (which lasts 3 more years) and give up Al + CJ + GS Pick + Gordo or Burks, I'd do it.
And for the last time, this is occurring in an alternate universe - not ours.
gregbroncs
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Wait you would give up Al, CJ ,GS pick and Hayward while also taking on a bad contract for a 1 year rental of Howard? I don't think that would be a smart thing for this team to do. If Howard agrees to an extension I'm all for it. But not for a rental.