Trade away your 2nd best big and a proven playoff shotmaker for Al Jefferson. Screams RJ trade 2.0 tbh. Horrible for the Spurs.
Al Jefferson has always strike me as a player who would be a great fit with Spurs personality wise. He was humble enough to say he didn't deserved a max contract and he is a Duncan's fan.
Saying that, I wouldn't trade Splitter for him because it would make Spurs weaker defensively while I'm not sold it would make them that much better offensively.
To me, the true question is more should Spurs offer something like Jackson+Bonner+2 first round pick for Jefferson?
2 1st round picks? Way to much for Jefferson imo.
I think I'll be happy if the Spurs never trade for another guy named Jefferson. Rather pay Splitter AlJeff money for the next several years.
I agree with throwing Green in there instead of Tiago. Play Leonard 40 mpg.
As a few have pointed out, throwing Splitter into the mix is the real deal-killer here. Otherwise, the Spurs probably jump at this trade, and would probably be willing to throw in some combination of first round picks and Euro stash value. The only worry would be defensive depth at the 3, but one that can potentially be addressed via a few different avenues.
Long term questions post-trade: Would re-signing Splitter, Jefferson, and Manu force the Spurs into luxury tax territory? Can Splitter/Jefferson be a cohesive front court post-Duncan?
Play Leonard 40 mins?!? Are you a lunatic?!?
I wouldn't touch Jefferson with a ten foot pole.
Well, if one of them would is a 2013 first round pick, it's more like 1 and a half first round pick.
2013 draft is said to be very weak and Spurs have currently the best record in the league.
Not a joke: The Jazz are probably one team that would place some value in Matt Bonner. A stretch-4 off the bench would fit well into their roster, and be a replacement for Mehmet Okur. (Not to mention that a couple of Matt's best games have occurred against the Jazz.) Matt would also be very popular in Utah.
That being said, I'm not sure that Jack+Mills+Bonner+first round pick for Jefferson would quite get the deal done on the Jazz end.
Like some have mentioned this sounds just like one of them fancy smokescreens.
Jackson, Green, Bonner, Blair for Jefferson and Heyward plus whatever for salary match. Throw in Joseph and a first pick.
The Jazz boards are filled with non-stop hate for Al Jefferson and his (lack of) defense. Giving up Splitter, Jack and Patty for that is an absolute joke
It shouldn't be an issue. Even if Diaw doesn't opt out, Spurs will he something like $34M below the tax next summer before re-signing these 3 players.
Sherridan, and I say this without any hate or anything, might literally be the worst basketball writer out there. Since his depature from ESPN, he has been incredibly bad. He wasn't great to begin with, but it seems like he wanted to be his own boss and felt he had a big enough name to make it on his own, but he is horrendous.
Agreed, 2013 and 2015 picks would be a great deal for the Spurs, considering 2013 is likely to be 29 or 30th and 2015 shouldn't be lottery.
If we could get it done without giving up Tim/Tony/Manu/Tiago/Kawhi then it's a no brainer. Jax + Green + Neal + 2013 and 2015 1st
Giving up Splitter is too much. It's not a fluke the Spurs are better defensively with Tiago on the floor. The strange thing in saying that is purely on value, it would at least take Splitter to get him, but from a Spurs perspective IMO it's too much. There is no question in my mind that Al Jeff would be a great locker room fit and work very hard - from a culture standpoint there might not be a better player to bring in. I actually think the offense would be better overall (his ability to work the block, but also shoot from 15 feet would be an asset), but the defensive drop would be too big of a concern.
This CRAP article should read "Jazz frontrunners to Land Splitter"
Garnett not really. Gortat, Chandler, or Noah on the other hand...
The Jazz got Al Jefferson with 2 late picks when he wasn't an expiring. Why do we have to pay this much for an UFA ?
Not to mention having to re-sign this dude to a huge contract after this season. This deal makes no sense for SA. It makes our defense much worse (especially defending the P&R) and both Timmy/Al play in the low-block offensively.
I guess the wild card is what they sign Manu for. Jefferson+Splitter would probably cost somewhere around $20 million in some form or fashion. If Manu takes $8 million (middle of the road, perhaps conservative, estimate), that leaves them with $6 million under the tax and 10 players under contract.
spurs fans have been burned so badly by past rumors, they don't even want to acknowledge this one. personally, this will only be a good move if the spurs keep tiago.
There are two different parts in this article:
- The first part is where Sheridan said his sources are saying him that Spurs are heavily favorite to get Al Jefferson.
- The second part is Sheridan trying to build a trade that works for both side.
The rumor isn't that Spurs will trade Splitter for Al Jefferson, it's that Spurs are interested in Jefferson an are the frontrunners by a huge margin to get him.
Now, the big question is, how reliable are Sheridan sources?
Gortat I don't see it, the other two are untradable and either former DPOY or favorite for the upcoming DPOY but even then they are true centers imo and I think Garnett would be a better fit next to Tim.
If you don't think Garnett is a better defender than Splitter, well let's just say I disagree...
so... we get Jefferson without giving up any good player... sure
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