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Some of these trades have been taken from others - they are noted with an asterix.

*1) Utah Trades
Mehmet Okur

Oklahoma City Trades
Nate Robinson

OKC gets a good backup for Perkins, and if Memo comes close to his old form it changes the entire dynamic of their team. Utah gets out of five million in salary and nabs a nice backup point guard that can improve their bench.

*2) Pacers/Grizzlies/Jazz (slight changes from original)
Pacers Trade: Posey, Granger, #15, Josh McRoberts
Pacers Receive: Rudy Gay, Paul Millsap, CJ Miles

Pacers have a much deeper and complete team after this trade.

Grizzlies Trade: Rudy Gay, OJ Mayo
Grizzlies Receive: Danny Granger, Josh McRoberts, TPE

The Grizzlies are a more complete team after this trade with better floor spacing and defense.

Jazz Trade: Paul Millsap, CJ Miles
Jazz Receive: OJ Mayo, James Posey, #15

Jazz get some nice compensation for a guy that is a bit redundant although very talented. Mayo addresses a need for talented youth on the wing.

3) Jazz Trade: Devin Harris
Portland Trades: Andre Miller, 2011 Portland 1st #21

Since this would be a draft day trade the Jazz would have the option to waive Miller who has a non-guaranteed contract, or keep the hometown favorite and get a young guy to boot.

Depth chart after trades:
Jefferson/???/???
Favors/???/???
Hayward/Evans
Mayo/Posey/???
???/Robinson/???
Free Agents: Kirilenko, Fesenko
Just over $40,000,000 in committed salaries and 4 first round picks (likely 6, 12, 15, 21).

Certainly not a playoff team, but it is a great core to move forward with (Favors/Mayo/Hayward) with the potential to nab a couple other very good players.

Personally I would love to see the Jazz make an aggressive play for OJ Mayo. I think he is a very under-rated perimeter defender and I love the way he competes. Very young and still has room to improve and grow. He would be a great addition to our young core. I wanted them to make a move for him at this last deadline so any deal to land him will make me happy (especially if we can dump some of our older guys).

While I like Devin Harris as a player I like him more as a trade piece. Not sure if his value is as low as a 1st rounder and Miller but I don't completely hate the idea of that deal.

I am fifty/fifty on Harris, he's a good player, he's fun to watch, but he is injury prone and there really aren't many teams in need of an older point guard (Portland/LA). The only other trade I really see is Shannon Brown/Matt Barnes for Harris, but I don't think that really advances the goal of our team which is to rebuild with quality pieces, get cheaper, and have at most a three year turnaround.

OJ Mayo is a pretty average and will be getting paid a lot after this season.

OJ doesn't look like he has a lot of BBIQ in the game tonight. A few ill advised shots, if you ask me.

Jazzfan12 wrote:OJ Mayo is a pretty average and will be getting paid a lot after this season.

I tend to disagree. I think he is a lot like Millsap was when Boozer was here, he's very talented but buried in depth. He also really doesn't fit in with what Memphis does. The system that we ran under Sloan really benefits wings that can shoot and pass the ball - that's Mayo. Not only that, but at the moment no one is going to give him a substantial amount of money - if he plays well, maybe, but then he will have earned it.

babyjax13 wrote:

Jazzfan12 wrote:OJ Mayo is a pretty average and will be getting paid a lot after this season.

I tend to disagree. I think he is a lot like Millsap was when Boozer was here, he's very talented but buried in depth. He also really doesn't fit in with what Memphis does. The system that we ran under Sloan really benefits wings that can shoot and pass the ball - that's Mayo. Not only that, but at the moment no one is going to give him a substantial amount of money - if he plays well, maybe, but then he will have earned it.

" I think he is a lot like Millsap was when Boozer was here, he's very talented but buried in depth."
this whole post is filled with assumption, i can't just let it go because it made my stomach turn reading it

i think the thread is an overestimation of millsaps value, a cheap shot at harris, and a misinformed analysis of oj mayo.