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WOJ: Korver to Jazz for Burks and 2 second rounders

I'm sorry but giving up two 2nds and the best scoring punch the Jazz had off the bench (for better or for worse) for a 37 year old Korver in a vacuum isn't a great deal. Think two seconds is a bit much even if DL sucks *** at picking in the 2nd round, still assets they could've used later on in a hypthetical Exum/Favors trade. Guess we'll see.

In context of the team I think it makes sense if there's another move coming later on, but I'm not sure of the fit for Korver on the team currently as our 2nd unit sucks *** offensively now in terms of guys who can create (Korver doesn't help that) and our 1st unit doesn't really have a fit for him if we continue to run Rubio/Mitchell/Ingles/Crowder/Gobert.

The one lineup that I think would be really, really good with Korver now here would be dumping the PGs to the bench and running Mitchell/Korver/Ingles/Crowder/Gobert. I think that lineup could absolutely run through the majority of the league and it gives Mitchell the most space he'll have in any of the Jazz' lineups to be able to create and have driving lanes while still being pretty good defensively. Could even switch Gobert for Favors if you want to trade some defense for even more spacing.
 
MDAV28 said:
Why do people care if he's 37 if he can hit 3s at nearly 50%? His lateral movement is passable if that's the worry.
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He also takes care of himself... he can play until he's 1000
 
MDAV28 said:
How is that big?
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We still have the following expiring deals:
Favors $17
Rubio $15
Thabo $5.25
Udoh $3.36
Neto $2.1

We were pretty close to the luxury before this deal. And we all know that we don't have the type ownership who wants to forfeit the revenue that comes from not being a luxury team.

With this $4 million cushion, we could be more aggressive with our expirings to go after a player or players who make a good bit more than the players we send out. So for example, we could send Favors and Thabo and bring back Otto Porter WITHOUT going into the luxury. Before this trade, that little example would have put us in the luxury.
 
Steve Novak wasn't available?

Maybe we can still get Novak if we trade Exum for him.

Jingles, korver, and Novak. The old slow white guy shooting lineup. Niang isn't old but he could be the center in that lineup.

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Handlogten's Heros said:
Kyle is a good team defender and can work well in a system.

I think AB was sending Quin to the looney bin. I would have preferred Thabo go... but this is a good deal and will make a big difference.

Great work DL.
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Korver on this team means AB would never play if he stayed. The Jazz really need Thabo to get back on track
 
Sit in the corner and hit threes.

Sad to see Alec go but I think he'll have a lot more freedom to be himself in Cleveland.
 
Wow! I was absolutely shocked when I saw this thread. I never expected Lindsey to do anything this soon. I love this trade, our biggest need is shooting and we just added one of the best in the league. I am a little weary of adding his contract and losing a little cap space for next season. But overall I really like this move.
 
I could be wrong, but I'm not so sure that we keep Korver. Maybe he is thrown in another deal. But regardless, we needed Korver more than we needed Burks who Quin never trusted.
 
LoPo said:
I could be wrong, but I'm not so sure that we keep Korver. Maybe he is thrown in another deal. But regardless, we needed Korver more than we needed Burks who Quin never trusted.
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Huh? Of course we are keeping him.
 
I'm glad Alec got some proper burn with our team before we sent him away, and I'm glad we paid him some money instead of spurning his talent.

Cleveland's team is his for the taking-- Hood's been sucking wang and Cedi isn't ready to seize reigns on that team, maybe Alec can do some damage in the weaker conference.

Similar to everyone else here, I'll always be rooting for him. Good dude. Best of luck, Alec!

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As for the trade-- it's just interesting. I think Alec didn't really fit with the team, and I suppose we had no interest retaining him. I hope we can get two good years out of Korver.
 
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