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Post by Seattle on Jul 31, 2007 17:00:01 GMT -5
Jazz Trade:
JR. Smith
Michael Beasley
Taj Gibson
Jazz 2011 1st Rounder
Sonics Trade:
Emeka Okafor
Alright I may be insane for trading Meka a day after taking this team, but looking it at, Meka and Parker just aren't enough - and I don't have a flexible cap situation or many picks to further build this team into a contender. So Meka had to go for some more young pieces to build on and probably Parker will too.
Beasley is sexy and VERY young, the Jazz first should be decent even with Okafor, Smith is a great young guard with a reasonable deal and Gibson is promising as well.
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Post by Utah on Jul 31, 2007 17:27:16 GMT -5
Emeka is the best player in the deal by far at this point. Beasley is a great young prospect and J.R had a great tc for me and was playing very well. Gibson doesn't suck and is very young with room to still improve. The pick is the question mark. If my team sucks then I am a clear loser, but if Emeka can really turn things around then I'll be very happy about it. Seer was great to deal with on this.
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Post by Seattle on Jul 31, 2007 17:33:08 GMT -5
I definitely agree that the Jazz win this deal talent wise... No argument there.
But for me to turn this team from a decent playoff team into a contender I was bound to need more pieces to work with.. and moving Meka - and probably soon Parker, is just the price I'll pay to get younger and deeper thus allowing me to rework this squad.
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Post by Philadelphia on Aug 2, 2007 8:44:49 GMT -5
Good all-around trade...I kinda like it for the Sonics, call me strange.
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Post by Seattle on Aug 8, 2007 0:56:59 GMT -5
Anyone wanna re-think this with the Jazz' current record?
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Post by Utah on Aug 8, 2007 10:38:19 GMT -5
I want to rethink it with my current record. I never thought I would miss JR as much as I do. Hopefully I can get out of the top 5 but either way, that's the risk that you have to take. It was still good to deal with Sonics on this one.
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Post by Seattle on Aug 8, 2007 13:11:30 GMT -5
I want to rethink it with my current record. I never thought I would miss JR as much as I do. Hopefully I can get out of the top 5 but either way, that's the risk that you have to take. It was still good to deal with Sonics on this one. No matter what ends up happening with the pick this will never be a bad trade for you because you got an MVP type player... and anytime you get the best player in the deal it's hard to say you lost the trade. All that will end up happening is that maybe it will be a little more "fair" of a trade now. |
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Post by Philadelphia on Aug 8, 2007 16:45:35 GMT -5
Looks like no one can call me strange now for liking this deal for the Sonics.
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Post by Los Angeles Lakers on Aug 8, 2007 19:18:37 GMT -5
Okafor is still god-like.
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