Kosar86 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
True, but ALOT of that was because Boozer got hurt for a year, the Jazz sucked, and ended up with Deron Williams.
If they win a few more games that year and end up with raymond felton, he isnt looked at as great.
I loved what the seattle gm did in his first year.
They ended up with Deron because Kevin O'Conner did some nice trading with some picks that he had by doing some previous nice trading.
To get Deron they traded their 6th pick and a late 1st round pick (something like the 21st) to Portland for the 3rd pick. They got that late first round pick from Detroit by trading Carlos Arroyo. At the time there were quite a few Piston fans who were proclaiming to the world that they "raped" the Jazz with that trade. Yet that trade allowed the Jazz to get Deron. Getting Deron wasn't all luck. It was also some solid manuevering by O'Conner.