You don't need Diaw to make it happen anyway. Love for Favors and Joe Johnson just works straight away without any 3rd team...
Edit : and yes, they retain the cap space for any trade anyway.
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A Big Move on the Horizon?
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You don't need Diaw to make it happen anyway. Love for Favors and Joe Johnson just works straight away without any 3rd team...
Edit : and yes, they retain the cap space for any trade anyway.
What free agents in their right mind would sign on to a team just to be used as pawns and traded straight after though? Makes no sense to me why they would do that.
jiggamanjazz
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How many years does k love have left on his contract? Its interesting that all these signings are 2 year deals. There has to be a reason that DL wants all that money opening up in 2 years.
I don't know why people keep bringing up Kevin Love. It's nothing more than a fantasy. Cleveland is contending right now. They aren't trading Kevin Love unless it's for something that gives them a better chance to win. Melo doesn't give them a better chance to win. Ryan Anderson doesn't give them a better chance to win. A whole bunch of lesser assets doesn't give them a better chance to win.
I agree Favors will probably be traded anyway since I doubt Udoh would have left Euroleague where he was the MVP to become the 3rd Center on the Jazz and play a few minutes per game... It just doesn't make sense.
So Favors is out, unless we want to pair him again as PF with Rudy, but it won't happen, Quin Snyder doesn't like that and it's true it wouldn't work anyway, especially with Rubio as PG. We need shooters now. Kevin Love would be perfectly fine.
So Favors is out, unless we want to pair him again as PF with Rudy, but it won't happen, Quin Snyder doesn't like that and it's true it wouldn't work anyway, especially with Rubio as PG. We need shooters now. Kevin Love would be perfectly fine.
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Jack Strop
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No bearing at all. Waiving Diaw allows Utah to use cap space to sign the three new players. Since Ingles still hasn't officially signed, Jazz will be at $99m counting his cap hold. They'll be at $109m when they then submit his new contract.
Waiting for the usual critics to complain about Utah getting "nothing" for Diaw.
Jack Strop
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As for a trade, Favors and Burks is a perfect salary match for 'Melo (for Utah to be the 3rd party). What is Love's salary?
Ryan Anderson would need to come with another very good asset.
Ryan Anderson would need to come with another very good asset.
$22,642,350 for 2017/2018
They won a championship with him. I'd say he fits pretty good.
What are they getting back for Love that is better than him?
Jack Strop
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Actually, Favs and JJ for Love makes perfect sense. Jazz give up both because they are expiring. Cleveland wants that in case Lebron leaves next year. Cavs get an interior presence AND JJ gives them the outside shooting they trade in Love, who Lebron has been disappointed with at times. Utah gets a shooter who still has years left on his contract.
RandyForRubio
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Barely /=/ none
Edit: Anyone else noticed now all the names ended with 'O'? Thabo, Udoh, Jarebko?
The 'O' team?????
RandyForRubio
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Klay.
Jack Strop
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Perfect match for Favs and JJ.
Favors is a serious downgrade from Love. Let's be real. He'd be a slight upgrade defensively maybe. But it would be a huge hit to their spacing and overall offense. Favors doesn't help them beat Golden St. Who is he taking away defensively? Zaza?