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Jazz offered Millsap a big contract and he turned it down to test free agency. The Jazz want to keep him so won't trade him for trash.
Jefferson they won't be re signing to the Jazz so they will want to get at least something for him.
I think this article says it best:
http://www.prosportsdaily.com/Headli...ticleId=228683
Trade makes no sense...Milsap on the other hand would. Ibaka would not get those 15 ft baseline shots, an tbh the Spurs could have lived with all else except Ibaka...they simply were not prepared for that.
Two bad contracts for another....Jax, filler (Bonner) for Milsap.
Jazz offered Millsap a big contract and he turned it down to test free agency. The Jazz want to keep him so won't trade him for trash.
Jefferson they won't be re signing to the Jazz so they will want to get at least something for him.
I'm not so sure about this trade. If we can get him without giving up Splitter I wouldn't mind but then the question becomes who should start. Duncan/Jefferson doesn't seem like it'd be a very good defensive tandem since they're both pretty slow and would get murdered on the PnR. In that case, is Jefferson willing to come off the bench? Doubt it. After the Drew Gooden and Richard Jefferson trades, I'm kinda weary of players putting up good numbers on bad teams.
Getting DeMarre Carroll with Al would be perfect.
I approve
I guess I would also pass on Al Jefferson, but he is not on a bad team. Utah is 6th in the stronger Western Conference ... that makes them at least above average.
The Jazz need a wing, and floor spacers. As you mentioned, Milsap isn't going to resign there anyway, so they get another expiring contract in Jack, a WHITE floor spacer in Bonner, and possibly toss Neal in.
I'm not saying Utah will do this, but it is far from an absurd trade if you think about it. Hey, if Milsap leaves the Spurs at the end of the year, fine. We use him to help get a ring this year.
Utah fans adore white players...I can't emphasize this enough.
What I like the most about this article is that Sheridan claims he has connections that allow him to write articles about trades that aren't rumors... then goes on to describe a ty trade idea... and concludes that he can't say the teams are actually discussing this trade.
All those lame beat writers are so butthurt that Woj is the only guy with connections in the whole league. Woj has more connections with any team that the local beat writer. Clowns.
Gooden was a buyout pickup, like Diaw was last season. It was absolutely the right move to make at the time. , I'd do it again this season if Gooden got waived and my team had an open space. Even though he isn't as good as his numbers suggest, he's well worth a pro-rated share of the league minimum.
That being said, I totally agree that putting up good numbers on a bad team doesn't mean much. Al Jefferson doesn't fit the Spurs' system, and with the way the league is trending now, it doesn't make sense to try to change their system to accommodate Jefferson's style.
Yeah, i concur. Rather than Big Al, if we want a half season rental for a strong post season push from the Jazz, we should trade for Paul Millsap. Your proposed idea isn't bad, we lose Jax as our backup SF, but then we can actually put Boris to replace him at that spot, and dedicate Millsap as our 3rd big off the bench. Boris has been more effective as a SF this season (shoots more, not rebounding won't be a problem) and defensively holds his own.
Our post season rotation:
PG: TP (Manu as the designated back up PG @10 min/game)
Swingmen: DG, Manu, Kawhi, Boris
Bigmen: TD, Tiago, Millsap
Spot minutes: Neal, Bonner, Baynes
I'm not saying Millsap won't re sign there at all, I think the Jazz have as good a chance as any to get him in the summer. Jefferson is the player who is almost guaranteed to leave in the summer, so we can probably get him fairly cheap. The Jazz will almost certainly roll the dice on Millsap and keep him this year, hoping to re sign him.
Well, Sheridan is saying that he has numerous sources putting Spurs as front runner for Al Jeff. After that, he is trying to build a trade that is good for both teams while admitting he maybe isn't this trade that isn't discussed. The part worth discussing isn't the trade build by Sheridan, it's what he claims his sources are saying.
Now, you can always think that either Sheridan is lying or that he has crappy sources, but it's possible that Spurs are interested in Al Jefferson and that they are the favorites to get him.
get him !
No milsap..I rather keep Blair
Cant be serious.
cant be...
I don't like it. It's a pace issue. Jefferson is the very definition of a lumbering player. I don't hate him as much as I hated SUCKMYWOKANDI back in the day. But I'd rather keep the corporate knowledge going and growing. Given a choice between what Utah has, I like Milsap more but to me, the choice should be...do we need to trade at all? Best record in the L with now 3 players at 6-11 plus a 6-10 marksman and a 6-7 blob with long arms. Plus, if I needed 6-9.5 and up, why not just go talk to Antonio McDyess again since he already knows the system and he is well rested.
There is another route the Spurs could go to shore up the rotation a bit. I actually wouldn't mind this scenario: get Jermaine O'Neal from the Suns.(1.35 mill this year, ufa end of season) I hear he is on the outs with Suns management atm. Get a veteran backup pg on the cheap (Fisher) (ouch, that hurts), and assign Nando to the D-league... I mean , Pop isn't going to trust him in the playoffs anyway, so why not.
I realize this isn't the big move fans would salivate over, but adding veteran depth at two positions of need with little investment and no long term commitment isn't a bad deal.
We would be so old.. OKC would be licking their chops. And I, for one, hope to never see Fisher in a Spurs uniform.
Wow, I didn't know the Spurs all of a sudden started floating trade ideas out to the major news agencies two weeks before the trade deadline. Sounds realistic to me!
would waste cap on this clown
spurs should be looking at monroe with that cap they are building up
I would agree
I suspect there is very little substance behind this rumor.
But dude he said "Secretariat".
word .............. blair will be spurs x factor in the playoffs ...........
diaw + sjax for jefferson
one sided trade lets go
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