I really wonder how realistic this framework is. I really love Walker Kessler as a backup big who can give you 20-24 minutes a night off the bench. It’d allow us to stick with our five-out for the most part.
Kessler is only 22, and he’s under a very team friendly deal for the next two seasons, and after that I don’t expect it’d take much to re-sign him, maybe ~15 million a year or so. This could be a cost controlled big who’s an elite shot blocker and rebounder off the bench for the next 6+ years. He’s not able to play much in Utah due to spacing, but would be the only non-shooter in our rotation. We’d be a nightmare defensively in the Chet/Kessler minutes.
This is a move that would also allow us to go out and sign a guy like Malik Monk, who’d be an excellent fifth starter or sixth man, whatever you’d prefer.
As for Utah, they trade for a high upside table setter who’s shown some stuff, but clearly needs the ball in his hands. They could get a cost controlled floor general for the next decade if he pans out like we all think he could. We’d also do Giddey right by sending him to a developmental situation with one of the better up-and-coming coaches in the NBA.
by KingCakeBabyOKC
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Here we go another Giddy trade
This is not even conversation starter for Utah.
Love Kessler but I prefer swinging for the fences with Lauri
So many of you are fixated at solving the backup center position without addressing the gaping hole at forward in the starting 5 I don’t understand it
For the love of god can the mods please make a trade megathread
why would they want giddey when they already have keyonte george?
Thunder – gaping hole at the starting 4 spot:
90% of trade suggestions – what about this backup center?
Get ready to learn downvote buddy.
Unless Giddey gets significantly better on the defensive side of the ball, pretty clear bust
Jazz wouldn’t make that happen.