There are a
lot of trade proposals that get posted on this site and usually I am the first
one to get annoyed that so many get posted. But here I am about to propose a
trade to everyone on this site. But I feel like I have to get my idea out there
because I have been thinking about this for quite some time. I know that many
of you reading this won't agree at all, but I at least hope you can hear me
through.
Now the Jazz
have been playing quite well and I don't want to sound negative, but I don't
know how long they can keep this up. We are the second best team in the West
with a record of 9-4, but if I'm being honest a lot of our wins came
against average or weak opponents and I think once we hit the rough parts of
our schedule we will slide a little. We have a great corps of young players
that I think really gives us a bright future. But I am always thinking of ways
that we could improve our team. Many times with a young team what is required
is patience and experience and I think that is the case for us, but at the same
time we have quite the glaring weakness in our team. That weakness is that we
are quite lopsided. We have four players that are starting caliber players
fighting for time at the Center and Power Forward positions with Millsap,
Favors, Jefferson, and Kanter while at the same time we really only have one
starting caliber player for the Small Forward and Shooting Guard spots with
Hayward, Miles, Bell, Howard, and Burks. If we could tweak that just a bit and
trade one of our big men for a shooter I think our team will be set.
So analyzing
this. Who is it that we could give up? Kanter is a rookie that I think could be
a solid true center, something that the Jazz haven't had in quite a long time.
He is untouchable. Favors is the other player that is untouchable. He is our
future at Power Forward. That leaves two players, Millsap and Jefferson. Who
could we give up? Now I think most Jazz fans right now are going to jump on the
trade Jefferson boat. I think we should do the opposite. I think we should
trade Millsap. Now I know the cries for my head are going to start now, but I
think that is the right decision. Millsap is playing really good right now and
we could get a lot more out of him than if we traded Jefferson. Once again it
is easy to say that we should trade the player that isn't playing as good or
the one that is playing with less energy, but think of the other team in the
trade. I think there are a lot more teams that are wanting to trade for Millsap
out of any player on the Jazz. If we get rid of him, we would have a trio in
the front court of Kanter, Jefferson, and Favors that can still work well. This
would give Favors and Kanter more playing time and experience as we train them
up to be the corps of our future. It would also give Jeremy Evans a better shot
at some more playing time. Meanwhile we get help in the back court. Hayward is
going to be a star. But everyone else I'm not so sure about. Burks I'm excited
about, but he still needs a lot of time to grow. Meanwhile Bell puts a great
effort into his game every day, but he is ancient and would be better coming
off the bench. CJ Miles scares me every time he steps on the court because he
is horribly inconsistent. Josh Howard has also been a pleasant surprise, but
once again is getting up there in age and certainly past his prime. Better
coming off the bench. If we could get one stud player to team up with Hayward
at the 2-3 spots and have Bell, CJ, Burks, and Howard coming off the bench for
depth with what I said earlier with in the front court I think we have a much
better team both right now and in the future.
Now the
question is who exactly do we get in return for trading Millsap? Thinking
realistically again, we would need to find a team that is in the opposite
predicament as us. Someone who has one two many SGs or SFs and not enough man
power up front. Now I am open to suggestions as to which team qualifies for
this and who would be a fair swap, but one team I found is the 76ers. They have
Spencer Hawes and Elton Brand up front. Not a bad duo. Hawes is having a nice
year, but Elton Brand is ancient and the depth there upfront for them isn't
great. However, they have a logjam down at the 2-3. They have Jodie Meeks and
Andre Iguadala as their starts at the 2-3 with Evan Turner, Thaddeus Young, and
their leading scorer of the year Louis Williams sitting on the bench. A
straight up trade of Andre Iguadala for Paul Millsap would work great for
both teams.
Here's the
aftermath of that. Our starting lineup looks like this: Al Jefferson, Derrick
Favors, Andre Iguadala, Gordon Hayward, and Devin Harris with Kanter, Evans,
Howard, Bell, Miles, Burks, and Watson as our bench. Not a bad deal. Meanwhile
the 76ers get Hawes, Brand, Young, Meeks, and Holiday as their starters with
Millsap, Williams, and Turner as their main bench players. I think it would be
a solid deal. What do you think? If you have any counter offers on your mind
that you would think would work better and be a great deal for both teams, I
would love to hear it.
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