bkohler wrote:Spoiler:
The issue with those moves is that they present very little upside, to the point that the juice isn't worth the squeeze, so to speak.
You do this kind of thing in the beginning of the season, not at the trade deadline. It's very possible that the Jazz wouldn't have made the playoffs anyway but now no one will ever know. All the fans and players know is that they were in a good position to get there and the front office pulled the rug from under both the players and the fans and put them in a tough spot for the second season in a row, and this time they did it for what is very likely to be an inconsequential return. It breeds resentment among the players towards the front office, and among some of the fans as well. I'm all for accumulating assets but not all assets are worth accumulating, given the cost, and the cost is not only measured by what assets you gave back. On the face of it, the Jazz got decent value in the trades they made, it's just that it doesn't feel like it was worth making those trades in the first place. At least not at the timing they were made.