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A Big Move on the Horizon?

Jack Strop said:
Who do they send in return? Does NY want their overpaid players?
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Yeah, this looks like a salary dump for them rather than attempt to get better. If they can trade some of their crappy long term contracts for a crappy short term contract, that is a win for them, no matter how Melo plays. Of course I would rather the ball be taken out of Lillard's hands and given to Melo to shoot a midrange all day long.
 
framer said:
Yeah, this looks like a salary dump for them rather than attempt to get better. If they can trade some of their crappy long term contracts for a crappy short term contract, that is a win for them, no matter how Melo plays. Of course I would rather the ball be taken out of Lillard's hands and given to Melo to shoot a midrange all day long.
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Which is why I doubt Portland has a shot at getting Melo. NY probably stopped the Houston and Cleveland talks because they were dissatisfied with the prospects coming their way. Portland doesn't really have anything to offer them.

And Melo has to waive his no-trade clause.
 
Kuzma looks like the real deal. That proposal of mine of Favors and Diaw for Deng, Kuzma, Bryant, Randle and a future protected first looks better and better.

Deng would have taken the place of Jerekbo but oh well. Still happy with what we have.

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LoPo said:
Kuzma looks like the real deal. That proposal of mine of Favors and Diaw for Deng, Kuzma, Bryant, Randle and a future protected first looks better and better.

Deng would have taken the place of Jerekbo but oh well. Still happy with what we have.

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Nah, still not a good deal. Deng's contract is just too bad to take on for the Jazz.

The Jazz have a realistic shot at Klay Thompson (and it seems like they are angling for that w/ the length of contracts they have been targeting). If they got Deng that would ruin it.
 
Jack Strop said:
Which is why I doubt Portland has a shot at getting Melo. NY probably stopped the Houston and Cleveland talks because they were dissatisfied with the prospects coming their way. Portland doesn't really have anything to offer them.

And Melo has to waive his no-trade clause.
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They could use other salary like Davis harkless and Aminu... I mean their crappy contracts are the same as Houstons crappy contracts.

Ny is really over a barrel here... if Cleveland wanted to swap love for melo I'm not sure why they didn't just do that. Not sure if it was ever offered but it is tough for them to dig in and ask for a lot in any trade.
 
LogGrad98 said:
The conference is stacked and right now there are so many variables almost any prognostication is just pure guess-work. Several teams have new guys to integrate, there are rumors of more to come, maybe at the trade deadline, and the Jazz took at least a half-step backward, if not a full step, unless they can really integrate the new guys effectively and someone really steps up. There is also the injury bug to worry about. So many un-knowns. I would only be mildly surprised to see us win 50+, I also would not be surprised to see us win 30. Personally I think we will be chasing the 7th or 8th seed this year, maybe the 6th. But if we really get some guys to come back strong (like 4 of them) or start strong (the rookies, new players), we could be top 4 again.
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We have a better chance at winning 60 games than winning 30 IMO.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
We have a better chance at winning 60 games than winning 30 IMO.
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What was best case scenario according to him last season if the Stars all aligned? 49? Obviously he is one of the pessimist on this board.

But I might be one the optimist. But I think fans should be optimistic. I'm fairly confident we will win about the same number of games as last season if we have league average health. If we have the health of the last 2 seasons that number could dip into the high 30s. If we were really healthy and things click I could see getting close to 60. If I was Vegas I would put our win number at 46.
 
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