After releasing Otto Porter and Kevin Knox, and making the two draft selections, our two trades from last year boil down to:
Give: K. Olynyk, S. Fontecchio, and O. Agbaji
Receive: I. Collier, K. Filipowski, K. Lewis Jr., and G. Procida (draft rights)
Thoughts?
by Johnthelion17
12 Comments
Honestly 29 and 32 ending up as Collier and Filipowski is a phenomenal result. Feel like the Jazz FO either got lucky or did a shit ton of research
I like it. Olynyk was going to the Raptors anyways, as on interviews apparently he wants to finish his career in Canada, so he was leaving the Jazz in free agency
Ochai has potential, but he plays invisible, and Fontecchio doesn’t fit are timeline, and likely might get 10-15 million a year anyways
Thanks for compiling this. I was just thinking what Jazz ended up with for those trades.
If one of Collier, Filipowski or Procida end up being a key part of the rotation on the next contending Jazz team (like in maybe 2026-27) then these trades were worth it.
I don’t think Jazz will miss Ochai (his shot looks good but doesn’t go in enough) or Olynyk (his age didn’t fit our timeline) but I do think Fontecchio is going to have a nice 3-5 year run in the NBA as a good rotation player so we may regret dealing him away.
Much better than when they occured
I mean, better than 2023’s deadline trades at least.
A+ draft. Danny Ainge and company freaking ate
I’m fairly optimistic. We didn’t lose much, and if at least one of these guys pan out, I’ll be happy.
I still think the fo should have kept Mitchell and Gobert close to the chest.
They were the best chance we had at getting some damn silverware.
I’ll never not miss Kelly. He’s stunting on fools up in heaven now. RIP in Peace KO. I hope your swimming in a pool full of Snapbacks Scrooge McDuck style
Fontecchio has been amazing for us
I will never forgive the FO for giving away Fontecchio
I will never forgive the FO for giving away Fontecchio