margodydek
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Hey Borat, can you explain to me why NJ didn't improve (in the standings) after the trade, and we got better? I'm looking forward to you really selling me on Brook Lopez.
Hey Borat, can you explain to me why NJ didn't improve (in the standings) after the trade, and we got better? I'm looking forward to you really selling me on Brook Lopez.
There were two ways to do a Deron trade:Eric may be Robin to batman, but Favors and Kanter look like regular folks. My point was that unlike KOC, who jumped the gun and got average players, NO actually got some proven great young talent for their superstar. And yes, NO still lost in that trade, but not in a one way landslide fashion, like King raped KOC.
There were two ways to do a Devin trade:
1) Follow the Denver model and get a few good, but not great players. Was/Is Denver better than Utah. Yes, but now what? They're stuck in mid-playoff territory with no real chance of contending unless they cut payroll and then sign some impact FA's.
2) Go for broke with a rebuild and trade for assets. The key piece is obviously Favors. It's very difficult to get quality bigs, and if one comes on the market, you have to overpay by a LOT (Asik, Nen, McGee, just to name a few). Will Favors ever be a superstar? Probably not. But he's already shown great defensive promise. Plus, they get (at worst) a serviceable center in Kanter. Harris netted Marvin Williams, who at worst is either a quality SF or a salary slot that can be used for a FA and the GS draft pick is still TBD.
Did Brooklyn "win" the trade? Certainly didn't the first 1 1/2 years (zero playoffs for Brooklyn vs. 1 for Utah). Will they this season? Probably. Nets should have a 50-55 win year. But welcome to luxury tax hell, Brooklyn. No biggie for Prokhorov. He doesn't care about paying tax through the end of the contracts for Johnson and Wallace. But let's see what happens when those contracts are up. If the Nets haven't won a championship, they'll have to play for a year with Deron + scrubs as I doubt even Prokhorov wants to pay the "repeat offender" tax, which uses a 2 1/2 x multiple to calculate the tax.
And let's see how Favors, Kanter, the GS pick and either Marvin, or the player we get for his salary slot turn out. Given Utah's situation (small market, owners not billionaires), I'd take an all-star quality player + three other solid starters/6th men for a MAX PG.
Thanks, I did mean Deron.motown, i think you meant "deron trade"...
aside from that, i agree with just about everything there. except that i'm not ready to say favors won't become an all-NBA level player. he has gotten better since being here, he's starting to play more confident, and he just hit a ripe old 21 years of age. i realize gordon is young, too -- he'll turn 24 later this year -- but i think his ceiling is already a little better defined.
put another way, i'd rather have a package built around favors than a package built around gordon. if either of them is going to become an unstoppable force someday, it's derrick.
How can anybody evaluate this trade until Favors has a few more years in the league? If Favors reaches or is close to his potential then it would've been a fair trade with just Dwill and Favors.
The Nets won becuase they will soon have a nearly $100 million payroll. Yea, they are the winners.
....plus, there's no guarantee the Nets will even be a playoff team next year, let alone a contender! And no guarantee they will beat us head to head, at home or away!
The Jazz should dominate the paint vs the Nets. I think the Jazz have a good chance at taking at least one of the games.
The Jazz will beat them both times.... because have you seen how much D-will sucks over the last year and a half!??
I'm pretty sure the Jazz will win at home but they can suck on the road, especially the east coast trips. Either way, I think it's up to the Jazz in these games. The Nets are going to be so dysfunctional.