Bad NBA Contracts for Assets Explained

[LoPo]

I think people understand this fine. People can understand an argument perfectly well and still think it's a bad one. Not trying to be a jackass, but it's not a great look to just assume people are stupid because they aren't agreeing.

I apologize if I was insinuating stupidity. I wanted to make some aware of possibilities while also sharing the opinions of a writer on certain contracts.

I'm perfectly fine if someone disagrees with an idea. Most ideas are food for thought and just serve as starting points of hypothetical discussions. I do find an issue when someone calls an idea idiotic when, for example, any logic at all will tell you that Washington would give a ton if some team would actually take Mahinmi's pathetic contract. Same with others.

 

[LoPo]

Yes, but not for a good asset. Houston for example is going to compromise winning it all this year to dump one bad

But they have to give a good asset to dump the contract. C'mon man. Nobody was taking Mozgov without Russell (a #2 pick). And Mozgov can freaking play. Nobody is taking Mahinmi without a big asset.

Houston would compromise it all by picking up Joe Johnson and Favors for Anderson and picks? Really? Compromise it all?

 

[gomretat]

There are probably some folks who don't get it but most do. The real issue is that folks simply disagree with what is being proposed as potential trades.

 

[LoPo]

How about this - I'm not even a betting man, but I'll make some kind of avatar bet if I'm wrong. If Houston, Washington, Lakers or New Orleans don't do a salary dump deal before the deadline in February, I'll let you set my avatar for the rest of the season.

Who wants to bet?

 

[infection]

But they have to give a good asset to dump the contract. C'mon man. Nobody was taking Mozgov without Russell (a #2 pick). And Mozgov can freaking play. Nobody is taking Mahinmi without a big asset.

Get a hold of the Washington GM and work a deal where we get Porter for taking Mihinmi and the rest of us will work on finding out how you can get in touch with DL.

 

[Archie Moses]

Quantify how much you fantasize about being in the front office, please.

 

[silesian]

I think everyone gets the concept just fine. I think the problem is more thinking that just because sometimes people give up assets to clear space that people would also give up their best assets to clear space.

The D'angelo trade would not have gone down if he had not (to some degree) fallen out of favor in LA. Lakers would not have moved Ball or even Kuzma to clear a bad contract.

 

[LoPo]

Get a hold of the Washington GM and work a deal where we get Porter for taking Mihinmi and the rest of us will work on finding out how you can get in touch with DL.

That's the thing, they want to keep Porter. They want Porter, Beal, and Wall to grow and add to that. Mahinmi screws that up. I think Washington would ship out one or two 1st round picks if they could get rid of Mahinmi, get under the luxury and get back anybody who assists their playoff run this year.

 

[LoPo]

Quantify how much you fantasize about being in the front office, please.

I don't fantasize about being in the front office as much as try to make teams better. I could spend hours fixing issues teams have. With a trade idea like the ones I proposing now, I predicted the Deron to New Jersey trade almost exactly to the last stipulation at least 3 months before it happened. All the signs were there.

And of course I have other ideas that are just terrible in hindsight. However, they all come with purpose on all sides.

 

[Coach Ellis]

All 3 of those teams would love to dump those contracts if they could. That's the point.

And the Jazz would be dumber than **** to take on any of the contracts you listed without getting a SIGNIFICANT asset back. It’s not worth handicapping your team’s financial flexibility down the road just to get a mid-to-late draft pick back unless you’re into full in tank mode and asset accumulation yourself.

They’d be stupid to give up a really good asset to shed a contract (unless they get desperate) and the Jazz would be stupid to take back a middling asset if a team gets to that point.

Of the entire list that was presented, the ONLY contract that I’d take on without a (nearly guaranteed) top 10 pick coming back would be Bismack Biyombo - and taking it on would be one of the assets that would be part of a package from the Jazz to take on Aaron Gordon’s Bird Rights before next year. Nothing less than that, and I don’t see the Magic letting him go.

 

[LoPo]

I think Anderson and a couple firsts down the road from Houston is worth it.

I don't see a Washington trade that helps us.

I would take Asik if we got a 1st from New Orleans. His contract isn't crippling and gone before Mitchell or Gobert need a new deal.

I would take Biyombo if it got us Fournier and their first. We ain't getting Gordon. Now that's ridiculous.

 

[Jazz4ever]

Quantify how much you fantasize about being in the front office, please.

So in what movie did you hear that word used that made you think it was the epitome of coolness?