If we draft Kanter is Al in line to be traded?

3960HOOD · Post #1 » by **3960HOOD** » Sun May 22, 2011 8:23 pm

If we do draft Kanter and he pans out are we going to trade Al and rely on a young front court? Maybe a Al for Andre Igoudala trade?

kamazilla · Post #2 » by **kamazilla** » Sun May 22, 2011 8:37 pm

Yes, though it is not imminently necessary or even immediately desirable. Kanter could learn a lot from Al in one season.

MeestR · Post #3 » by **MeestR** » Sun May 22, 2011 8:47 pm

even if the jazz draft kanter, i expect iggy to be traded long before big al becomes expendable.

Ming Kong! · Post #4 » by **Ming Kong!** » Sun May 22, 2011 8:58 pm

3960HOOD wrote:If we do draft Kanter and he pans out are we going to trade Al and rely on a young front court? Maybe a Al for Andre Igoudala trade?

I think we can get more than Iguodala. I like that Kanter can learn toughness from Millsap, a post game from Jefferson, shooting from Okur, and defense from Favors. The Jazz need to get Karl Malone as an assistant coach so he can get the most out of our bigs! I guess we need to let Okur walk, which I'm fine with since Kanter grew up watching Okur and he has a pretty good stroke himself. Since Millsap can play SF with Hayward playing SG, I don't think there is as big a probable as people think. You just need to distribute 144 minutes between Jefferson, Favors, Kantar, Millsap and AK (or his replacement). That's 28.8mpg between them, it's not a big deal, here is what I could see play out.

32 Jefferson
30 Favors
30 Millsap
26 Kantar
26 AK47

There you got it.

Favors (22)/Kantar (26)
Jefferson (32) / Favors (8)

Then split the SF and remaining backup PF minutes between Millsap and AK.

Something like that. I would like to move Jefferson to a full time PF. If we could get Millsap to play most of his minutes at SF it would be most ideal. Ofcourse he'd start the season splitting minutes between both position until he gets the hang of SF, but I don't see it taking long for him to adjust.

Colossal Ruvall · Post #5 » by **Colossal Ruvall** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:26 pm

I was in love with Al when he first came in (No homo) but I don't think he really fit in.
I mean he did, but when things started getting rough, he wasn't really the cornerstone you were looking for.

I wouldn't be sad to see him go for a nice return.

Also, the way he acted at the end of the year towards Corbin still bugs.

hoops4life · Post #6 » by **hoops4life** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:36 am

No, I doubt it.

Getjazz · Post #7 » by **Getjazz** » Mon May 23, 2011 2:04 am

Are you crazy!?!?!? Big Al was 100% in all yr!!!! He loves it here and was our leader on a BAD team in a horrible situation. He scored and kept us in most games. He is going to be a great asset next yr and you will fall back in homo love with him for sure.

Post #8 » by **StocktonShorts** » Mon May 23, 2011 2:42 am

There's no reason to trade anyone in the off-season unless it's related to draft-position. The soonest I see anyone traded to give PT to younger guys is at the All-Star break.

Neon Black · Post #9 » by **Neon Black** » Mon May 23, 2011 7:51 am

Can we give the whole "Malone needs to be an assistant coach" thing a rest? I mean let's face it, the guy is a nutjob and a PR nightmare. I don't think he would be a great mentor. As for letting Big Al go...how about we find out if Kanter is actually worth a damn first, as well as giving Al another good season to see what he can do.