Collin Sexton traded to Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkic

[LoPo]

How does that make us better and able to pivot to contention anytime in the next century?

Oh, I don’t like it. Just trying to read the tea leaves of others

 

[fishonjazz]

Worst thing about nurkic is his efficiency.
If you are center then you should be over 50% from the field at a minimum. Should be easy to reach that.
Bad from the field, bad from 3, bad from the line. All on low volume

 

[rippimpc]

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Klutch wanted Sexton in Charlotte because they know LaMelo will get injured and Sexton will get a legitimate shot at proving he can be a winning player as a starter.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Klutch wanted Sexton in Charlotte because they know LaMelo will get injured and Sexton will get a legitimate shot at proving he can be a winning player as a starter.

Come on. Sexton has started 82% of his games over 7 seasons and averages 30mpg for his career.

He's had all the "legitimate shots" in the world. This narrative that the Jazz were somehow holding him back is beyond ridiculous.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Dumb counterpoint.....You don't want to waive Sexton because you can't use his salary in a trade later. But you also can't sit him/send him home because he's Collin Sexton. Maybe you can bench/send Nurkic away? Keep the trade option open w/o the messy benching situation.

Idk....seems like we just got a very expensive Eubanks and paid for it

Hard for me to imagine that Milwaukee would say no to us bailing them out of Dame straight across. And I get the feeling that Collins in this environment will not net much of anything, either.

This is in contrast to SENDING an asset and looking like fools.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Come on. Sexton has started 82% of his games over 7 seasons and averages 30mpg for his career.

He's had all the "legitimate shots" in the world. This narrative that the Jazz were somehow holding him back is beyond ridiculous.

Well one last legitimate shot if you want to put it that way

 

[David Hume]

@KqWIN is describing relative deprivation. Pretty neat. He might have some background in political science, sociology, or anthropology.

one of your all time best posts. i agree with everything you said here, but your first paragraph in particular. i kinda hate to admit it, but it describes me to a T. i get the added bonus that i really like watching young prospects get a lot of playing time and shots.

iow, it's easy for me - either be a legit contender, on your way up (young guys improving, win/loss record improving year to year, going deeper and deeper in the playoffs each year, etc), or tank. and I simply don't mind the last option at all because, as you said, it's low to zero stress, i get to watch prospects play, and along with the low stress, you get to have hope for the future.

 

[KqWIN]

Calling my shot....Nurkic will be redirected to another team (LAL or BOS most likely) and this trade will start to make sense.


.......please Austin

 

[framer]

It will be a bummer if Charlotte lucks out and finds a situation where a team gives them a second rounder or two for Sexton at the deadline.

No, because at that point, playing in the East, they may have 10 games on us in the win column.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Calling my shot....Nurkic will be redirected to another team (LAL or BOS most likely) and this trade will start to make sense.


.......please Austin

Dream scenario (at this stage) is Ayton signing with Boston.

 

[framer]

And that truth much more easily explained. You could make the argument that (on paper) Nurkic is better than Sexton. And we needed a C more than another small guard. I understand valuing PT for our young guards, don't understand prioritizing wins right now.

We are running with a second year pg. That is going to be rough, wins will be hard fought. However, the time has come to prioritize defense and we can't do that with Sexton, Clarkson, and Paper Mache at the Center spot. The Jazz need a proper center when Kessler sits.

Just like getting Olynyk for Bojan was widely criticized on this board, it helped unlock Lauri and probably got us better value on the other players we traded. I think the coaches wanted Nurk and Ainge went and got him with what we had to spend in matching salary.