Greg Miller Q&A

[seejaydeja]

http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/ask_greg_m ... wers2.html
Interesting Q&A session with Greg Miller.

On the Brewer trade

Personally, it was gut-wrenching to see Ronnie go. From the business side, it was the smart thing to do.

[HammerDunk]

http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/ask_greg_miller_answers2.html
Interesting Q&A session with Greg Miller.

On the Brewer trade

Personally, it was gut-wrenching to see Ronnie go. From the business side, it was the smart thing to do.

Haha, the owner even says it was a money move.

[DelaneyRudd]

I think that's an easier answer than justifying why he doesn't think the friend of the super star got moved for no returning player is worth keeping around. The combined value of all parts of the deal worked to a sum that had the Jazz say yes.

[jazzed77]

awesome job of selective quoting....entire quote reads:
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Tom from Logan wants to know:

Greg, why did you trade Ronnie Brewer?


It was a hard decision to let Ronnie go to Memphis.

But the fact of the matter was that Ronnie’s contract was expiring at the end of the season, we expected him to get an offer from another team as a restricted free agent next summer (similar to Paul Millsap’s situation last summer) that we were not prepared to match, so rather than just letting him go and getting nothing in return, Kevin was able to get Memphis to send us a future first-round draft pick. That gives us the ability to acquire another premium talent that we would have otherwise not been able to have.

Ronnie is a great kid, and we love the work ethic, attitude, and professionalism he brought to work every day. But, we felt like we had enough depth at his position that by letting him go, we could give more minutes to Kyle, CJ and Wesley.

Believe me, we thought long and hard about this.

Personally, it was gut-wrenching to see Ronnie go. From the business side, it was the smart thing to do.

[DelaneyRudd]

I like how Jonathan from Logan just assumed his sisters couldn't run the business.

[StocktonShorts]

http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/ask_greg_miller_answers2.html
Interesting Q&A session with Greg Miller.

On the Brewer trade

Personally, it was gut-wrenching to see Ronnie go. From the business side, it was the smart thing to do.

Haha, the owner even says it was a money move.

That's not at all what he said. Here's his entire answer:

It was a hard decision to let Ronnie go to Memphis.

But the fact of the matter was that Ronnie’s contract was expiring at the end of the season, we expected him to get an offer from another team as a restricted free agent next summer (similar to Paul Millsap’s situation last summer) that we were not prepared to match, so rather than just letting him go and getting nothing in return, Kevin was able to get Memphis to send us a future first-round draft pick. That gives us the ability to acquire another premium talent that we would have otherwise not been able to have.

Ronnie is a great kid, and we love the work ethic, attitude, and professionalism he brought to work every day. But, we felt like we had enough depth at his position that by letting him go, we could give more minutes to Kyle, CJ and Wesley.

Believe me, we thought long and hard about this.

Personally, it was gut-wrenching to see Ronnie go. From the business side, it was the smart thing to do.

[DelaneyRudd]

http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/ask_greg_miller_answers2.html
Interesting Q&A session with Greg Miller.

On the Brewer trade

Personally, it was gut-wrenching to see Ronnie go. From the business side, it was the smart thing to do.

Haha, the owner even says it was a money move.

But the fact of the matter was that Ronnie’s contract was expiring at the end of the season, we expected him to get an offer from another team as a restricted free agent next summer (similar to Paul Millsap’s situation last summer) that we were not prepared to match, so rather than just letting him go and getting nothing in return, Kevin was able to get Memphis to send us a future first-round draft pick. That gives us the ability to acquire another premium talent that we would have otherwise not been able to have.

That sounds like what everyone around here was saying. Getting something now while they can.