With the trade deadline approaching it makes me think about what the Jazz could do to start contending again. My question, as unrealistic as it is, is which starter would you be most okay with losing for a trade. If the Jazz could aquire a superstar player out of Dante Exum, Rodney Hood, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, and Rudy Golbert who do you think they should trade? Basically, which starter do you think they would trade if they had the opportunity to acquire an all star. Sorry probably not the most realistic but I'm just curious.
Who would you give up?
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Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Maybe u should check with me before posting stupid threads.
Stifle Tower
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Depends on the superstar and the position.
Can we acquire Paul George? Then give up Hayward.
Lillard? Then that makes Exum expendable.
Anthony Davis? Hey, as much as I like Favors, yes, I'd do that trade.
Also, to get your hypothetical superstar do we need to give up two of those players PLUS a couple of firsts? Well, then I think you look long and hard at doing that, How many championships did New York win by selling the farm to get Melo? How about Brooklyn and Deron, Johnson, Lopez and Pierce? Both those teams are in the crapper for many more years by trading away too many assets.
I'd exclude Exum from your list, though. There is no way anyone knows right now that he'll reach the level of the others, It's all conjecture based on his size and his good defense. But if he never develops offensively, he might not last as even the starter.
To answer your question, right now I'd consider trading Hayward. There's no guarantee he stays, And he'll command the most money. He's not an all-star, yet will probably ask for $30M/per. That's just not good bang for the buck. I'd rather get a DWill-like haul for him, Hayward doesn't have quite the accolades DWill had, but I think he could fetch a similar return: a promising young prospect, future pick and a decent SF to take his place.
Can we acquire Paul George? Then give up Hayward.
Lillard? Then that makes Exum expendable.
Anthony Davis? Hey, as much as I like Favors, yes, I'd do that trade.
Also, to get your hypothetical superstar do we need to give up two of those players PLUS a couple of firsts? Well, then I think you look long and hard at doing that, How many championships did New York win by selling the farm to get Melo? How about Brooklyn and Deron, Johnson, Lopez and Pierce? Both those teams are in the crapper for many more years by trading away too many assets.
I'd exclude Exum from your list, though. There is no way anyone knows right now that he'll reach the level of the others, It's all conjecture based on his size and his good defense. But if he never develops offensively, he might not last as even the starter.
To answer your question, right now I'd consider trading Hayward. There's no guarantee he stays, And he'll command the most money. He's not an all-star, yet will probably ask for $30M/per. That's just not good bang for the buck. I'd rather get a DWill-like haul for him, Hayward doesn't have quite the accolades DWill had, but I think he could fetch a similar return: a promising young prospect, future pick and a decent SF to take his place.
Stifle Tower
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Backseat moderating?
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Exum and a pick for Lillard and I don't even think twice.
Cappy_Smurf
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Neither do the Blazers.
b_line
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I bet they think about how funny it was multiple times.
RJF
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b_line
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You forgot Hayward.
Nope. I didn't.
Hey Thee, take a break, you don't have to be a prlck every day of your life ya know.
Cappy_Smurf
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No, B-line is right. You definitely forgot him. Here, let me just fix that.