JayTWill wrote:KnixinSix wrote:JayTWill wrote:
I was wondering the same thing. Hornets fans seemed to love him until they saw more of him when Williams went down last year. Many of them were complaining about him being out of position defensively too often. I don't see enough of him to have a strong opinion. I do remember he was one of the league leaders in goaltends at some point with 20% of his block attempts being goaltends.
I kind of feel like we could get similar results from Hukporti since he basically jumps at everything too but i'm not sure how much of a good or a bad thing that is yet. At this point I just want extra bodies that Thibs might actually play and i'm open to breaking up Mitch's contract into more depth but Mitch might need to show a pulse first to have some trade value.
This is why Kessler is obviously the better get of the two. But will Ainge take our offer even if we overpay a bit?
What motivation does Utah have to deal a young quality starting big with another year and half left on a cheap deal before restricted free agency while he is averaging 11 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks in 30 minutes with great efficiency? What are the chances that anything the Knicks offer the Jazz becomes as impactful as Kessler?
He is not too old for the rebuild. He is not inhibiting their tank and they don't have any cap issues to worry about in the present time.
They have zero reason to trade Kessler for what we can give them. Ainge isn't Steve Mills. This trade is 99.9% dead on arrival. The only reason I leave that.01% up there is because Leon has done this before.
I would love to know if other potential targets besides Kessler/Richards that we could/should go after. Richards just doesn't jump off the screen as a player we need whenever I have seen him play. Nick Richards may be an insurance move but, at $5mil we would be hard pressed to find a deal outside of Precious for Richards as the main package. I would rather keep Precious.
We have been rumored to have interest in Steven Adams but, that trade would have to involve Mitch because Adams makes $12.6mil and it's the last year of his deal. What do we do next year? Lose the salary slot that Mitch would have because we will be OTC? Not a good idea at all.
Jonas? Not known for his defense. His salary is also an issue.
What else is out there? Diving into these trades leads me to believe we are going to definitely take the huge risk of Mitch staying healthy for the season once he returns. The question pivots to what CHEAP insurance options are out there or, who do we trade Mitch for? These Kessler/Richards/Adams/Jonas rumors seem like a waste of time even discussing at this point.
Edit: unless Utah wants salary relief next year and would take Mitch/Sims for Clarkson/Kessler? Mitch/Precious//filler for Sexton/Kessler? Still seems unlikely but, those trades would kinda make sense for both teams. Except we only have the one "first Rd" pick to send out.
RIP mags
