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Marc Stein: Jazz-Warriors discuss pre-Lottery trade (Source says trade "likely")

listening to Thrilling Gatino tell people to calm down and stick to the issue at hand is like Louis CK telling people he doesn't **********.
 
Easy. Burks and they get the pick this year. We get Thompson and no protection next year. They get a scorer and their pick, we get a shooter and a chance at a better pick next year. But mainly we get a shooter that can step in and get big minutes.
 
green said:
Easy. Burks and they get the pick this year. We get Thompson and no protection next year. They get a scorer and their pick, we get a shooter and a chance at a better pick next year. But mainly we get a shooter that can step in and get big minutes.
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There's no chance they essentially trade Thompson for Burks.
 
Hantlers said:
There's no chance they essentially trade Thompson for Burks.
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I wouldn't think so, but trading the protection for a late pick who will turn into another Quincey Lewis, Scott Pagent, Koufos, Almond, etc is just dumb. I would rather save the $$$ for a FA who has proved something and take my chances with the lottery. If we do a trade with GS, we had better get something back that immediately helps.

That's my thinking if I am KOC. I'm not helping the team that lost on purpose to screw me over for a late round first or even worse, a second round pick.
 
green said:
I wouldn't think so, but trading the protection for a late pick who will turn into another Quincey Lewis, Scott Pagent, Koufos, Almond, etc is just dumb. I would rather save the $$$ for a FA who has proved something and take my chances with the lottery. If we do a trade with GS, we had better get something back that immediately helps.

That's my thinking if I am KOC. I'm not helping the team that lost on purpose to screw me over for a late round first or even worse, a second round pick.
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Well if it could happen, all of us would be for it. However, there's just zero chance that GS is going to trade Thompson to us, especially after he had a killer 2nd half of the year. It's probably the most unrealistic trade posted in this thread, and that's saying a lot.
 
It's not as crazy as you think. Thompson avg 12 pts in 25 mins. Burks was 7 in 15 mins. Burke is more athletic and a better defender and ball handler. Thompson is a better shooter. Thompson is more polished offensively but Burks has a higher ceiling.

Anyways, this is all besides the point. The point is, trading for a late first round or second round pick is dumb. GS screwed Utah. We are going to help them for a pick that statistically won't be on the team in 3 years? No thanks. Like I said, I would rather have the cap space to sign a FA who has a proven skill set and the chance at #8.

This board completely over values draft picks, especially late first round and second round picks.
 
green said:
It's not as crazy as you think. Thompson avg 12 pts in 25 mins. Burks was 7 in 15 mins. Burke is more athletic and a better defender and ball handler. Thompson is a better shooter. Thompson is more polished offensively but Burks has a higher ceiling.

Anyways, this is all besides the point. The point is, trading for a late first round or second round pick is dumb. GS screwed Utah. We are going to help them for a pick that statistically won't be on the team in 3 years? No thanks. Like I said, I would rather have the cap space to sign a FA who has a proven skill set and the chance at #8.

This board completely over values draft picks, especially late first round and second round picks.
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In the 2nd half of the season, Thompson averaged 17 ppg in 31 minutes while shooting ~40% from 3. They aren't trading him.

The point is, trading for a late 1st and 2nd round pick is as good as we're going to get. We're not going to get a player like Thompson because we have a 27% chance of getting the 8th pick. Be a little more realistic.
 
This is truly a fascinating topic. If the deal gets done, it is guaranteed that someone will look brilliant and someone will look like a fool.
 
If the Jazz end up forfeiting the pick for a late first rounder and/or cash and the pick gets pushed back, holy **** will that be hard to swallow.
 
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