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Yeah you’re crazyI may be crazy, but I'm kind of interested in Julius Randle.
Yeah you’re crazyI may be crazy, but I'm kind of interested in Julius Randle.
I think the reason that the Celtics might be looking to trade Richardson is because of the luxury tax (they're nearly $2.8M over the line). This idea would do nothing for that.I think Josh Richardson might be my favorite realistic trade target. Averaging 9.5 points a game, shooting nearly 40% from 3 and most importantly is a good perimeter defender. I wonder if Joe's expiring contract and one or two second round picks could get a deal done? I definitely wouldn't want to give up a first for him.
Jazz are nuts if they give up a first for Covington.
Lowe can go **** himselfGive me Marcus Smart, I’m all in. If you were to plug him into Royce’s spot as a starter, that gives us 3 ball handlers at once which is awesome, remember how psyched everyone was when joe was in for Royce and we had that incredible ball movement, except we get his defense with it.
When we want extra defense, we could keep smart on the floor and bring Royce in for someone else.
Royce gets most of his shots as wide open 3s, he isn’t actually that great if defenders are close and he doesn’t take many when they are. I believe Locke said Royce gets more wide open than anyone else in the NBA.
Anyways, if you look at their stats, Smart actually shoots about 38% on wide open shots, so if you were to give him the same shots we give Royce I think our offense would be just fine shooting wise, plus his ball movement could help both Don and Mike get more catch and shoot 3’s which would be great. Smart also guards 1-4 some 5s for a moment now and then. From what I’ve read, they have even used him against the mega star forwards in certain match ups.
Anyways, check out these shot types and tell me that giving him Royce’s wide open catch and shoots would hurt us:
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Marcus Smart | Memphis Grizzlies
Marcus Smart Stats and news - NBA stats and news on Memphis Grizzlies Guard Marcus Smartwww.nba.com
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Royce O'Neale | Phoenix Suns
Royce O'Neale Stats and news - NBA stats and news on Phoenix Suns Forward Royce O'Nealewww.nba.com
Also, on Zach Lowe’s podcast it sounded like they thought we could have a shot at Smart with Joe Ingles expiring (and injured) contract plus a first round pick.
I’d do it in a heart beat.
Hmmm ... who to trust?:I think the reason that the Celtics might be looking to trade Richardson is because of the luxury tax (they're nearly $2.8M over the line). This idea would do nothing for that.
While the Celtics probably have multiple options to get under the threshold, the cleanest fit to do so involving the Jazz would be a Richardson + Nesmith (remember when everyone was sure he was a better prospect than Bane?; apparently the Celtics may be willing to move on from him now, however) for Clarkson swap (of course additional draft assets could be added as needed). No idea if the Celtics are interested in Clarkson, but the financial fit is good for them (not for the Jazz, of course, who would add to their luxury tax).
If there were no draft assets added, I'd probably go for that deal straight up, and hope, while shedding a tear, that the Jazz can find some way to use Joe's contract to reduce the luxury tax.
Yeah you’re crazy
Any trades need to move Royce from our 2nd best defensive player to our 3rd and 4th best defensive player. Not sure Rob Covington does that. That gives us a legit 4 size wise, but I"m not sure they aren't a wash defensively, and maybe Royce is better than Robert.
If we get Smart and Richardson -it's done. Royce is now our 4th best defensive guy and the Jazz move up the D ladder in a big way.
I don't really see any possible scenario where we land both Smart and Richardson.
We won't get Smart and Richardson unless we give them Conley.Any trades need to move Royce from our 2nd best defensive player to our 3rd and 4th best defensive player. Not sure Rob Covington does that. That gives us a legit 4 size wise, but I"m not sure they aren't a wash defensively, and maybe Royce is better than Robert.
If we get Smart and Richardson -it's done. Royce is now our 4th best defensive guy and the Jazz move up the D ladder in a big way.
The role I’d give is for him to play for the Knicks.If you put him on the floor with Conley, Mitchell and Gobert, and give him a focused role, it might work. Risky though.
Everyone seems to think that Roco sucks because he’s not prime Ron Artest. He’s maybe slipped a bit, but he’d be the best defender on our team besides Rudy by a mile. We know how bad the defense is…and yet the thought of trying to improve it with well established great defenders like Roco or Smart gets everyone so queasy.
If you don’t think those are great defenders and/or won’t change the defense, to each their own. But understand you’re rolling the dice again with a team that completely embarrassed 2 years in a row and has only looked worse since then. Don’t complain about the defense if you aren’t willing to put serious chips on the board to try and fix it.
As bad as things are right now, this is still likely the best chance to win the title in decades. Having Mitchell+Gobert on the same roster is incredibly rare and we don’t know how long that will last. It could seriously end this summer for all we know. There is no rebuilding, the time is now. The entire rotation is old outside of Don and you can’t flip everyone to extend that window. Even if you could, how long until Don demands out? He’s not waiting for another cycle of young players to develop. It’s all in right now.
I'd be fine with adding Roco, but I definitely don't think he's worth a first round pick, especially considering he's on an expiring contract.