Chargers Jazz Angels
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the reported rumors is Portland would offer #23 and Nicholas Batum to move up. would you do that?
I wonder what how far Burke +23 +a second rounder would move us back up?
God I can't wait for the season to get close. If for nothing else than these stupid trade ideas will get off of the front page faster.
this wasn't a trade idea just wondering what jazzzfanz think
No. I'm just not sold on Batum even breaking our regular rotation. For a one year rental, a guy who's not in the future of the team and to move down for basically taking on a contract they probably don't even want? Why would the Jazz consider that?
Exactly, If anything, Portland should be GIVING UP an asset in exchange for a team taking on Batum's contract. I don't know what they're smoking up there, but every GM in the league is laughing at that offer.
Let's not get carried away. No way he has negative value. I could see a team like Boston with multiple picks taking a chance in hopes he just had a down year. Portland might be able to move up as high as 16 or so, but if not, they aren't going to have to pay to dump him.
(by the way, Batum is better than anyone available at #12. I love how much people completely, irrationally, overrate draft picks).
OK, Portland sends us Batum and we send them the 2nd of our 2nd-rounders. He's a salary dump. Actually, I take that back. I wouldn't want him even at that price...unless Gobert insisted. Use up all Utah's cap space on a position that is our deepest. And he's 1 and done: he slumps again and Jazz won't want him back; he plays well and he becomes a FA in the crazy market of 2016. Would rather see DL take that $12M and find another big or somehow address the PG situation.