UTA - PHI: Embiid + George to Utah

[Daddy 801]

Important point to remember:

The medical retirement is only available to the team that signed the player to the contract. Therefore, Philly is never trading Embiid, because he has massive negative value anywhere else.

Unless, of course, he miraculously gets healthy. And then Philly keeps him anyway.

Didn’t know that. Zero chance I would trade for him knowing that.

[BigGargamel]

At some point the Jazz will have too many first round picks. We saw how that worked out for Houston, how that's working out for OKC. Utah already has a ton of young players on the roster. You want to tank until the end of time for.....? What's the end goal if a deal like this happens? They'll stink forever, and still probably not land one or two elite talents in the draft.

[Daddy 801]

At some point the Jazz will have too many first round picks. We saw how that worked out for Houston, how that's working out for OKC. Utah already has a ton of young players on the roster. You want to tank until the end of time for.....? What's the end goal if a deal like this happens? They'll stink forever, and still probably not land one or two elite talents in the draft.

I’d say it’s working out great for OKC and Houston. You get as many picks as possible until you find your stars. Then you can package other picks for a player like Orlando did for Bane or Houston did for Durant.

I fail to see why you think getting picks is a problem. It’s the only solution unless you are a large market.