Kessler to Orlando

babyjax13 · Post #1 » by **babyjax13** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 5:12 am

ORL trades: Wendell Carter Jr., Jett Howard, 2028 WAS/LAL 2nd (more favorable), 2030 MIL 2nd
UTA trades: Walker Kessler, Svi Mykhailiuk

Utah's offense looks so fun with a center that can pass and shoot, so I am completely in on trading Kessler to lean into this new identity with Ace. WCJ is a bit older than Kessler (26 vs. 24) but he is also locked in at a pretty reasonable price moving forward. We also get a look at Jett Howard who has not been good so far, and two potentially early future 2nds.

Orlando saves a lot of money this year. Moving forward, Kessler is probably about the same price as WCJ + Howard (they are at about $23 million combined next season). With the addition of Bane they have more spacing, so Kessler helps them lean further into their defensive identity.

SlimShady83 · Post #2 » by **SlimShady83** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 5:34 am

Man come on, can you do a Kessler to Lakers please, you know you want too haha, I wouldn't mind Svi back either.

As for Trade I don't mind it, as long as I don't see Kessler going to Bos/Den/Clip I'm good.

Edit: Reaves/Kencht, Kessler/Svi :nod:

JJ_PR · Post #3 » by **JJ_PR** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 5:38 am

Pretty solid deal. I have it slightly in favor of Orlando, but it makes sense for the Jazz as well.

babyjax13 · Post #4 » by **babyjax13** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 5:50 am

SlimShady83 wrote:Man come on, can you do a Kessler to Lakers please, you know you want too haha, I wouldn't mind Svi back either.

As for Trade I don't mind it, as long as I don't see Kessler going to Bos/Den/Clip I'm good.

Edit: Reaves/Kencht, Kessler/Svi

I think Reaves is quite a bit more valuable than Kessler and LA should keep him as a nice complimentary scorer long term to Luka.

SlimShady83 · Post #5 » by **SlimShady83** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 5:56 am

babyjax13 wrote:
SlimShady83 wrote:Man come on, can you do a Kessler to Lakers please, you know you want too haha, I wouldn't mind Svi back either.

As for Trade I don't mind it, as long as I don't see Kessler going to Bos/Den/Clip I'm good.

Edit: Reaves/Kencht, Kessler/Svi

I think Reaves is quite a bit more valuable than Kessler and LA should keep him as a nice complimentary scorer long term to Luka.

That's why I didn't include the picks this time around, but I'd even be willing to throw in the FRP :nod:

I like Reaves and he "Is him" but It's all about LaLuka now, Kessler/Ayton frontcourt OMG, Hayes off the bench. Easily find playmaking guards to fill the roles compared to C's

babyjax13 · Post #6 » by **babyjax13** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 6:03 am

SlimShady83 wrote:
babyjax13 wrote:
SlimShady83 wrote:Man come on, can you do a Kessler to Lakers please, you know you want too haha, I wouldn't mind Svi back either.

As for Trade I don't mind it, as long as I don't see Kessler going to Bos/Den/Clip I'm good.

Edit: Reaves/Kencht, Kessler/Svi

I think Reaves is quite a bit more valuable than Kessler and LA should keep him as a nice complimentary scorer long term to Luka.

That's why I didn't include the picks this time around, but I'd even be willing to throw in the FRP I like Reaves and he "Is him" but It's all about LaLuka now, Kessler/Ayton frontcourt OMG, Hayes off the bench. Easily find playmaking guards to fill the roles compared to C's

I am super skeptical about Ayton, but I do hope he works out.

JRoy · Post #7 » by **JRoy** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 12:35 pm

No way UTA goes for that.

Godaddycurse · Post #8 » by **Godaddycurse** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:40 pm

Can orlando afford kesslers next contract?

Post #9 » by **jbk1234** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 2:32 pm

The Magic should absolutely do this and worry about Kessler's contract next summer. I'd argue that WCJ is on a bad contract now given how many games he misses.

It's a bad idea for the Jazz though.

babyjax13 · Post #10 » by **babyjax13** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 3:34 pm

Godaddycurse wrote:Can orlando afford kesslers next contract?

I believe so. If he is around 25 million it is close enough to neutral over the next 3 seasons that they should be fine.

Post #11 » by **Texas Chuck** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 3:57 pm

Love it for Orlando. Utah doesn't need to give Kessler away though to get an offensive center in house. Those guys are always available. Trade Kessler to a team willing to give you a first and then trade salary/2nds for Vuc is but one easy example.

jayjaysee · Post #12 » by **jayjaysee** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 4:24 pm

Texas Chuck wrote:Love it for Orlando. Utah doesn't need to give Kessler away though to get an offensive center in house. Those guys are always available. Trade Kessler to a team willing to give you a first and then trade salary/2nds for Vuc is but one easy example.

Makes me wonder how Nurk/Kessler for Vuc/Portland first/2nd(s) would go.

Chicago gets a long term center to go with their youth movement.

Utah hopes Portland progresses in the next 3 years.

jayjaysee · Post #13 » by **jayjaysee** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 4:31 pm

As for the OP..

I think Utah should go get the best asset possible for Kessler and just throw Flip out there full time.

It probably won’t go well, but why not give him a chance

SkyHook · Post #14 » by **SkyHook** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 8:56 pm

jayjaysee wrote:As for the OP..

I think Utah should go get the best asset possible for Kessler and just throw Flip out there full time.

It probably won’t go well, but why not give him a chance

The Jazz see Flip as more of a four than a five and I agree. As positively surprising as Nurk has been to me and others, I'd like to see what a healthy Utah roster looks like with an integrated Kessler rather than to overreact to preseason performances without him. And I don't think that Ainge and Co feel any pressure to make changes at this stage.

BlazersBroncos · Post #15 » by **BlazersBroncos** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 9:00 pm

This seems light for Walker. UTA should aim for a FRP.

What about Kessler + small filler (Svi or Love work) for Jalen Smith + PDX FRP?

UTA gets a floor spacing look at PF/C (Jalen isnt a passer but he can shoot at least) and a FRP.
CHI gets a excellent rim protector, a guy who fits their core age range and a potentially really nice rim finisher for Giddey in PNR.

SkyHook · Post #16 » by **SkyHook** » Tue Oct 14, 2025 9:00 pm

SlimShady83 wrote:Man come on, can you do a Kessler to Lakers please, you know you want too haha, I wouldn't mind Svi back either.

As for Trade I don't mind it, as long as I don't see Kessler going to Bos/Den/Clip I'm good.

Edit: Reaves/Kencht, Kessler/Svi

As ever, a complication of any Kessler to LAL trade is that it devalues the Lakers draft capital which the Jazz already own. For that reason alone, Utah would need to extract an overpay above and beyond the return available from another team. I don't see a feasible scenario.

babyjax13 · Post #17 » by **babyjax13** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:56 pm

BlazersBroncos wrote:This seems light for Walker. UTA should aim for a FRP.

What about Kessler + small filler (Svi or Love work) for Jalen Smith + PDX FRP?

UTA gets a floor spacing look at PF/C (Jalen isnt a passer but he can shoot at least) and a FRP.
CHI gets a excellent rim protector, a guy who fits their core age range and a potentially really nice rim finisher for Giddey in PNR.

That pick will never convey as a first, and Smith doesn't do what I would be looking for out of a center. Walker is quite good, I like him a lot, the return either needs to be a great fit, or it needs to be an adequate amount of compensation.

babyjax13 · Post #18 » by **babyjax13** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:57 pm

Texas Chuck wrote:Love it for Orlando. Utah doesn't need to give Kessler away though to get an offensive center in house. Those guys are always available. Trade Kessler to a team willing to give you a first and then trade salary/2nds for Vuc is but one easy example.

I think Vucevic results in a few more wins than I'd want this year :lol: