Utah Jazz Talk

Well, now that the Jazz have a few games under their belt, how far do we think they are going to go?

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You can certainly have a lot of fun with ESPN Trade Machine. I tried to limit myself to trades that made a certain degree of sense for both sides and that only involved one team.

Here are a couple of trade scenarios that might work for the Jazz, especially considering that they Jazz have made it known that they have to trade Boozer (thus reducing the amount they can get from him).

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I haven’t heard this trade rumor come up, but in the wake of the knowledge that Portland is willing to throw a lot of up front money at Paul Millsap, in a front-loaded contract, even though most people agree that Millsap is too small to be a starting Power Forward in the league, it makes me wonder if the Jazz should pursue an alternative course of action.

Since everybody else is getting into the trade rumor arena, I figured it was time for me to throw my hat over the wall.

The Jazz could easily trade Carlos Boozer and CJ Miles (or Matt Harpring) to the New York Knicks for David Lee (via sign-and-trade) and Jared Jeffries.

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I’ve got to think that Kevin Pritchard is just floating this rumor out there to get a reaction, most likely from the Utah Jazz. He certainly seemed to encourage the rumor when he gave an interview to a local Portland newspaper, referring to it as a “toxic contract” so as to make it difficult for the Utah Jazz to match.

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The biggest news in the NBA on the trade rumor front is the proposed trade of Carlos Boozer to the Detroit Pistons for Richard Hamilton.

Carlos Boozer has one year left on his deal for $12.65 million.

Richard Hamilton has four years remaining on his deal, which will pay him $11.6 million this season, and $12.65 million each year for the next three years after that.

(Salaries according to HoopsHype.com)

Even straight up, my thoughts on this deal (more…)