Or you could compare the players by position and say that there is no way in hell TT is more valuable than Favors. Favors is gonna be a beast in this league, he just doesn't get a lot of run with Utah, or at least not nearly as much as TT gets here. He would be a huge piece on this team. Kanter gets even less time. And that SAC pick seems like it may never come about.
Fact is, in the real world, the Cavs will probably never get equal value for Andy. But, a trade like that is all about projecting young talent. Favors has a legit shot at becoming an all-star. Not sure anyone would say that about TT. I highly doubt TT has a whole lot of value around the NBA right now.
No way in the world UTA even considers this trade without the SAC pick...and they probably hang up within the first 2 minutes with it, anyways.
I don't believe I compared TT to Favors. Could you please correct me and point out where I did? Thanks. Also, the Kings will have to set a record in most years in a row without making it out of the bottom 10 in the league by a few years in order for us to not see that pick.
- Varejao isn't a top 5 defender in the league
- Favors is arguably the most valuable young big in the league who has yet to "break out" (so excluding love, etc)
- Thompson is not worth more than Kanter in ANY universe
- Jazz are rebuilding, thus making Varejao absolutely useless
If Grant called KOC and proposed that trade, he would get laughed off the phone and the league would think he's a clown. And rightfully so.
Varejao is always in the near top of the league in DPOY voting, and in recent years, he has gotten neglect due to our record, but that hasn't changed the fact that he is still a top 5 defensive player. He's also the best help defender in the league. He's one of the top big men in steals, and his defense causes tons of turnovers. I'd certainly consider him a top 5 defensive player. Please show me why he isn't because I don't see it.
Drummond is a more valuable big man who has yet to break out than Favors. Drummond's PER is already beating Favors' PER, and he's about 3 years younger. Drummond's potential is also much higher. For that matter, Faried could be put on that list above Favors as well.
Also, good argument about Kanter being more valuable than Thompson. Oh wait. At least give me something to discuss other than a "no he isn't" type statement. That really doesn't support any type of argument, nor does it really progress any discussion of value. Telling me "WHY is Kanter more valuable than TT" would be a good start.
And I'd hardly call the Jazz rebuilding. They are in the hunt for the playoffs and are going to be a late lottery team at worst. Right now, they're a treadmill team more than anything because the talent that they're going to lose is barely going to be replaced by the talent that they bring in and the talent that comes from the improvement of their already present players. If they really want to rebuild, then I personally think that they need to take a new direction with their team.
The first way they could improve is trading their two young big men who are not seeing much playing time for either draft picks so that they can draft some guards and small forwards or for already proven players of the same positions. The second way I see them rebuilding is trading away both Millsap and Jefferson for future 1sts, sucking for 2-3 years until they draft a few game-changers for their backcourt, then taking another stab at the playoffs with a revitalized, young team. Again, as of right now, they're going to be losing talent this offseason and either becoming worse next season or about the same, that being a late-lottery to 6-8 seed. Thus, in their current situation, I wouldn't consider them a playoff team. Do they NEED to rebuild? I'd say so, but they haven't taken that leap yet like you say they have. They're still hopelessly trying to win a championship by some miracle.
If you want to look at a rebuilding team, look at the Cavs or Toronto. Those are rebuilding teams.
