Pjax4Prez wrote:Knickstape1214 wrote:Pjax4Prez wrote:
Again wouldn't say that. One is expected to be the anchor of your defense at center which Kanter has shown the inability to be. At the position of PG you can hide Jose in some instances avoid his liabilities by switching him to whichever perimeter position is the spot up shooter. Also they have Rudy Gobert to clean up a lot of mistakes as a defender. It's not like trey Burke was a great defender but they still had an elite defense at the end of the season
Calderon is a **** defender. There is no disputing that. A team that has gone with a youth movement, and that has shown improvement through the youth movement, is not going to trade for Calderon. Also, Burke > Calderon defensively (not that it means much). Dante Exum was the leading defensive guard for the Jazz.
The Hornets situation is completely different because they are a treadmill team going nowhere. Not only do they have a different owner with far less patience, but they were going nowhere fast.
If you think the Jazz would do a deal for Calderon, see what their fans have to say.
I forgot, a team's fanbase dictates what deals are made in the offseason.
As the previous poster said, if the Jazz are on the line of playoff contention and need more solid offensive production from the PG position, I don't see it as unreasonable that they would make a move for Jose if they cannot acquire other options. You're right in saying that a 1st maybe too much to ask but I would have to disagree in saying that the Jazz wouldn't trade a younger player (especially one they aren't crazy about) for a veteran player that knows how to get other players involved and help them improve offensively.
The Jazz were 19-10 after the Enes Kanter trade and that was while getting pretty awful offensive production from their PG position. Also it was while Alec Burk (a good slashing and ball-handling guard) was out. If they need a shooter to space the floor who is also smart and can handle the ball, Jose might be on their radar.
A team's fanbase can help get an idea of what the team might be looking for / wanting to do.
They'd be trading a player who, while has been bad since entering the NBA, is still on a rookie contract for a guy who is way older, a worse defender, and is getting paid twice as much. That makes no sense. The Jazz owner is not the Suns owner / Hornets owner -- he is not going to make rash decisions just to get to the playoffs.
With Alec Burks coming back, there is no need to trade for another guard. He can run an offense and, at the very least, play a combo role for them - taking up minutes at lead guard, leaving less time for Burke (or Calderon). I see them trading for Calderon as completely unreasonable given their recent moves and the direction they are heading. 19-10 with an elite defense after trading Kanter and, even though they lose Exum, they get back Burks -- no reason to make a short term move when their moves suggest that they have no interest in making those kinds of moves. They will be a team fighting for a spot (and will probably get it) without Calderon.
