I keep getting conflicting stories about the Utah trade. Can someone please clarify what exactly we gave up to ship Rice out at the beginning of the last year of his contract. According to nbadraft.net- a future (conditional) first round. According to Clutch- our 2004 first rounder and the B.Drew obligation.
It is a "conditional" pick ... but it's conditional on the Rockets not being in the lottery. If the Rockets make the playoffs, the pick goes to Utah. ALONG with the Bulls obligation. Deseret News: Amaechi a Rocket; will Rice show up? In the trade, Utah shipped the 6-10 Amaechi and a second-round draft pick that it received from Sacramento in the Keon Clark deal this summer to Houston for Rice and a couple of "protected" first-round draft picks, one which could take up to four years to reach fruition and one which could turn into two second-round picks, depending upon where Houston finishes in the draft order next spring and possibly later than that. ... The draft picks Utah receives are complicated propositions depending upon where Houston finishes related to the draft. The Jazz receive Houston's first-round pick next spring, unless it falls within lottery range (1-13, though it's not clear if the deal stipulates all 13 possible lottery placings). If Houston does fall into the stipulated lottery area, the pick shifts to the next season, but the placing in the lottery goes down. For instance, if this year the deal calls for the Rockets to place in the first 12 of the lottery, and it does, the next year the stipulation might be that Houston would have to place in the top 10 in the lottery. If it does that again, the pick shifts to three years out and a lower lottery placing until the fourth year, when it's no longer protected; the Jazz would then receive Houston's pick regardless of the Rockets' lottery placing. Salt Lake Tribune: Jazz Trade JAZZ GET: * Forward Glen Rice, owed more than $7 million on the final year of his contract (and who counts $9.6 million toward the salary cap because of signing bonuses). * Houston's first-round draft pick in 2004. If the pick is among the first several in the draft (the teams have agreed on an undisclosed range), Utah gets the 2005 pick instead, with the same condition. That stipulation continues for four years, with the range narrowing each year. If the pick has not been conveyed by 2008, the Jazz get Houston's pick unconditionally that year. * Chicago's first-round draft pick in 2004, which the Rockets acquired in a 2000 trade. If the pick is among the first 19 (considered likely), it reverts back to the Bulls, and the Jazz receive Chicago's second-round picks in 2005 and 2006 instead. * An undisclosed amount of cash. NBA.com: Jazz Trade John Amaechi ... the Utah Jazz traded center John Amaechi and a second round draft pick (received from Sacramento in the Keon Clark trade) to the Houston Rockets for small forward Glen Rice and Houston’s first round draft pick in 2004. The pick is protected to within lottery range. Additionally, Houston gives the Jazz a conditional first round pick in 2004, acquired by the Rockets from Chicago in 2000. If Chicago retains the pick then the Jazz will receive two second round picks from Chicago, one in 2005 and 2006. Utah also receives additional consideration from Houston.
