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Celtics receive: Derrick Favors, Marvin Williams, Jamaal Tinsley and Raja Bell

Jazz receive: Paul Pierce, Avery Bradley, Chris Wilcox and Boston's 2013 first-rounder

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Utah possesses a boatload of bigs and the Celtics could use one. Believe it or not, Garnett won't be around forever and this deal would give the Celtics their next big man to solidify their long-term foundation next to Rondo. It would also give the Celtics a pass-first (pass-only?) point guard in Jamaal Tinsley, which is kind of a big deal considering the C's don't have a pure point guard on the roster without Rondo.

Favors remains one of the most promising young bigs in the game, averaging 15-and-10 every 36 minutes along with high-impact defense. But he's struggling to find 20 minutes a night with three other productive players in the Jazz frontcourt. By sending Pierce to Utah, this would be a cold move by the Boston front office, but the Celtics should have an eye on the future given Rondo's injury and this could save them about $1.5 million if they want to eventually get under the tax.

The only way the Jazz think about this deal is if they are big on Bradley's potential ahead of Gordon Hayward and they believe that Enes Kanter has a brighter future than Favors. Though Pierce would be reunited with former teammate Al Jefferson in this scenario, it may not offset the lifestyle change of moving from Boston to Salt Lake. But would a healthy Mo Williams, Randy Foye, Pierce, Paul Millsap and Jefferson make some noise in the West? Maybe, but it's hard to justify Utah going all-in this season without a backcourt player to build around; Bradley is probably not that guy.

StocktonShorts wrote:Was that Tom Haberstroh again?

Neon Black wrote:I am so tired of people that honestly think they're smarter and more equipped to run the Jazz than O'Connor and Lindsey. You want Favors and Kanter to play more? Guess what, we'd have NEITHER if O'Connor hadn't of traded Deron.

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countrybama24 wrote:

Neon Black wrote:I am so tired of people that honestly think they're smarter and more equipped to run the Jazz than O'Connor and Lindsey. You want Favors and Kanter to play more? Guess what, we'd have NEITHER if O'Connor hadn't of traded Deron.

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Stop putting them on a pedestal just because of their job title. I am smarter than both of them, and I would get the Jazz closer to a championship. But that's not their mandate, which is just to make money. What the Millers don't realize is the difference in profitability isn't THAT much if you took two years off to build a real championship core over the long term, but hey, hope that extra $5M over a 10 year period is worth depriving your fan base of a genuine contender. Screw the real fans, let them watch this sham of a team.

DelaneyRudd wrote:
You have good opinions, but you don't have the phone number of the other teams GM, you don't talk to agents, you don't know which players are crazy and which are sane.