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You're the GM this offseason. What do you do?

LoPo said:
This is quite the read on "deals that need to happen". https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...l-to-celtics-or-pelicans/?ftag=SPM-16-10abi8e


6. Utah lands Conley from Memphis
The Lakers are moving toward a top-seed candidate, but still, with the expected decline of the Warriors, the West is open and the Jazz are one All-Star-level piece away from being one of the serious contenders. Conley, a perfect fit next to Donovan Mitchell and with pick-and-roll partner Rudy Gobert, can be that piece. With Conley, Mitchell, Joe Ingles, Jae Crowder and Gobert, Utah would have one of the top starting lineups in the league.

For the Grizzlies, Dante Exum is the prize. It was reported he was the guy they were asking for when these two teams discussed a Conley deal at the trade deadline. Utah said no then, but it would have to reconsider now. To make deal work money wise, Utah picks up the $16.9 million team option on Derrick Favors before dealing him, then he expires next summer for Memphis. Grayson Allen and the No. 23 pick bring more youth and upside to the Grizzlies, who already own the No. 2 overall pick, where they are expected to take Conley's replace in point guard Ja Morant.
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That feels like a lot, I'd want to keep Allen at least. And to do it before the draft and kill FA agency... eh.

But I'd talk myself into it, and be excited.
 
Jingled said:
Me too. I don't think it is an overpay.
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I’d rather be done with Bradley and Exum... I’d rather keep our future picks than Allen. I think it’s solid.
 
Ineptimusprime said:
Hope it goes down. The best realistic good outcome this offseason is Conley trade + operating over the cap with max exceptions to fill out the roster.

I think adding Conley makes us a contender and will improve our ability to add some other good players with exceptions in FA.
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Yeah I have been lukewarm on trading for Conley. I have been hyped on using cap space to get a better and younger player in few agency but that probably wouldn't happen anyway unfortunately (we are never anyone favorite choice) so I'm warming up to trading for conley.

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David Stern said:
I guess I shouldn't question the FO until the summer is over, but if the deal ends up being something like Exum+Favors+23 for Conley when Rubio+Exum+23 for Conley would've gotten a deal done at the deadline, then our FO is dumber than we thought.
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A trade for Conley certainly ends my Kevin Love predictions, so the board would be grateful for that. I hope we could land Niko or Jabari with the MLE. And Caruso with the FTW.
 
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Ugh I would not be excited if we traded all that for Conley. He's 31 and fragile. He gets hurt and this board will be on suicide watch.

I'd rather use the space for someone younger who can grow with DM and Gobert. But this "win now" mentality is the way it is now days. So whatever..
 
infection said:
A trade for Conley certainly ends my Kevin Love predictions, so the board would be grateful for that. I hope we could land Niko or Jabari with the MLE. And Caruso with the FTW.
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I think if the trade is setup with Exum in it we would then operate under the cap and use our space 12M ish and room exception. Depends on Korver...
 
themanknownassting said:
Ugh I would not be excited if we traded all that for Conley. He's 31 and fragile. He gets hurt and this board will be on suicide watch.

I'd rather use the space for someone younger who can grow with DM and Gobert. But this "win now" mentality is the way it is now days. So whatever..
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You know who is really fragile? Exum. Kawhi played all of 60 games this year after missing all of last year. Yes, different players/tiers etc. But when you throw out your best lineups, you win games. Mike Conley the basketball player is better than most of who we've had on this team for the past several years.

And those younger players? You have to draft them. They're tied up as RFAs for the first 7-8 years of their careers. Convincing someone to sign here is difficult, to say the least. You'd rather wait to strike out in a few weeks than get a sure thing?
 
themanknownassting said:
Ugh I would not be excited if we traded all that for Conley. He's 31 and fragile. He gets hurt and this board will be on suicide watch.

I'd rather use the space for someone younger who can grow with DM and Gobert. But this "win now" mentality is the way it is now days. So whatever..
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I agree with this. I'm sick of acquiring 1-2 year stopgap PGs while the FO waits for Exum to become unded and magically transform into the next Kobe. I think we're more than one piece away from contending.
 
Even if Conley is hurt most of the season, we're still improved because we're not trying to force a center to play PF and we will have hopefully picked up another PG who's not Exum. And maybe Jazz leaves if Exum is gone, so there's literally no way to lose the Conley trade.
 
David Stern said:
I agree with this. I'm sick of acquiring 1-2 year stopgap PGs while the FO waits for Exum to become unded and magically transform into the next Kobe. I think we're more than one piece away from contending.
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Jazz looked damn good when they got good point guard play out of Rubio. They looked worse on the days Rubio was ineffective.
 
Grimmetal said:
You know who is really fragile? Exum. Kawhi played all of 60 games this year after missing all of last year. Yes, different players/tiers etc. But when you throw out your best lineups, you win games. Mike Conley the basketball player is better than most of who we've had on this team for the past several years.

And those younger players? You have to draft them. They're tied up as RFAs for the first 7-8 years of their careers. Convincing someone to sign here is difficult, to say the least. You'd rather wait to strike out in a few weeks than get a sure thing?
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Can the jazz just wait to strike out in free agency and then call up Memphis for a trade?

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