Bos/Utah trade idea (no Big Al)

[wdleehi]

Would the following make sense.


http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=a45q3xr



Pierce give Utah leadership and and a playmaker outside of the paint.  I think Pierce can transform that team from just making the playoffs to being a threat.


Boston gets Favors and buys out the two guards in their last years of the contract.  In the end, they pay Favors about 5 million next year vs. 15 million for Pierce next year (or 5 million not to have Pierce)




Would not have made this trade before Rondo's injury.

[wdleehi]

Replacing Favors with Kanter also works. 

[ssspence]

Don't see Utah giving up either Kanter or Favors for Pierce. They're not close enough to title contention to justify such a move.

[nostar]

Yeah Utah doesn't want Pierce and maybe more importantly Pierce probably doesn't want Utah.

[CelticsFan9]

Pierce going to Utah doesn't make them a contender.  Pierce won't want to go there.

Out of Utah's four bigs, their front office likes Favors the most, because he has the most star potential.  They're not giving him up.

[CelticConcourse]

Favors and Kanter are staying in Utah, and so is either Millsap or Jefferson.

[pearljammer10]

I dont see the Jazz sending out Favors or Kanter for Pierce either. So this makes more sense from our perspective but I dont think the Jazz do it. And we'd have a tough time giving Milsap a new deal.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=al86aso