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Some guys in the General NBA Discussion board are saying that they've heard rumors of an Okur-Deng trade. Do you guys know anything about this?

Doesn't make much sense.

dont we havean awful contract for a small forward already? Why would we want another one?

I think positionally it makes zero sense, but, getting something of Deng's value for Okur (who is coming off serious injury) is pretty appealing from an asset standpoint.

stupid question..(sorry)

can you trade injured players?

(not a fan of this trade idea..)

Deng's obviously better than Okur at their respective career stages, but why the hell would we make our most glaring problem worse, when we're already loaded with swingmen?

I'd definitely do it! I don't see why Chicago would do it tho. It only frees up a couple million dollars and they have to take back a player who is injured and could miss a good portion of the year. It would make great sense for the Jazz if they don't keep Boozer. AK will spend more time at the 4 so Deng at SF would make some sense.

jazzfan1971 wrote:I think positionally it makes zero sense, but, getting something of Deng's value for Okur (who is coming off serious injury) is pretty appealing from an asset standpoint.

This pretty much sums up my feelings towards this trade idea.



New guy's Giriceck sig made me LOL.

Agree with Soul Patch on both accounts. But the thing we really have to focus here is the epicness of The59Sound's sig. It's just beautiful. True poetry.

schneiderjazz wrote:Agree with Soul Patch on both accounts. But the thing we really have to focus here is the epicness of The59Sound's sig. It's just beautiful. True poetry.

Gotta agree.

Deng is an ideal Jazz man. Quiet, excellent team player, great variety of skills. If chicago would take on Okur to gain an extra $2.5 million of cap space and lose Deng's long term deal, I would gladly take Deng as an important piece for the future. However, there is reportedly a deal for Deng with Portland on the table. Bulls would get Pryzbilla and Bayless and actually save more money this year, while taking on very little future money.

Deng is worth his contract, he puts up 18 and 7 as a small forward, blocks shots, hustles - he is an ideal player for our system. I don't see how this gets done though unless it is a three way. Maybe D'antoni wants Okur and Chicago wants Lee?

This could be part of a bigger change, there are rumors about Phoenix demonstrating an interest in AK.

Batu7 wrote:

schneiderjazz wrote:Agree with Soul Patch on both accounts. But the thing we really have to focus here is the epicness of The59Sound's sig. It's just beautiful. True poetry.

Gotta agree.

Haha; thanks, guys. I wonder if they keep travels per 48 minutes stats.

kebutah wrote:This could be part of a bigger change, there are rumors about Phoenix demonstrating an interest in AK.

Who do you think Phoenix would send back for him?

The only salary they have that is close is Richardson and I doubt we want him. Jazz have been interested in Amundson but he should be cheap,m so I think it would need to be some level of three trade.

hoopshype/yahoo show the Jazz have interest in Louis Amundson.

Bulls fan here....this was just a rumor...but...the reason behind it was to clear a couple of million off the books so we can sign two max FA's outright.

The59Sound wrote:Deng's obviously better than Okur at their respective career stages, but why the hell would we make our most glaring problem worse, when we're already loaded with swingmen?

Actually, given that Okur plays subpar help defense, the impact of trading Okur is about neutral at worst on the 5 spot. Watch the tape--or see the link below. Or both.
http://www.82games.com/0910/0910UTA.HTM

S2Minem wrote:

The59Sound wrote:Deng's obviously better than Okur at their respective career stages, but why the hell would we make our most glaring problem worse, when we're already loaded with swingmen?

Actually, given that Okur plays subpar help defense, the impact of trading Okur is about neutral at worst on the 5 spot. Watch the tape--or see the link below. Or both.
http://www.82games.com/0910/0910UTA.HTM

Are those minutes going to Koufos when we unload Okur?