[Stein] Houston hasn't stopped trying to move Ty Lawson

I wonder who the other player utah will include in the trade. besides hayward, favors, burks. all of utah's players salary are 3 mill and below. literally have to include multiple players just to match

 

Booker.

 

That works per ESPN Trade machine.

Given that Utah is well below the cap, and so does:

Trey Burke + TBooker for Lawson + TJones....if Utah wants a Booker replacement

in the latter scenario we shed more salary, but don't get a pick for TJones.

 

Has Houston ever completed a trade with Utah?
I highly doubt this happens.. we are competing with Utah for a PO no way we possilbe give them a piece with puts them over the top.

Lawson + Gobert/Favors = lethal

 

Didn't we deal for Glen Rice with them?

 

Yep, I was looking at that earlier.

It may not look as sexy on paper, but I think those two fit better on the team itself.

 

Why would Morey care if Utah beats us out for the #8 Seed?
If this happens, we get to KEEP our 1st rounder instead of ship it to Denver.

This trade would be close to a push in output for both teams,
but eliminate any luxury tax for Houston.

If it keeps them below the #8 seed, that's more than fine.

 

Utah is so far below the cap the salaries don't have to match but man getting Trey Lyles would be nice. Ty and Jones for Trey Burke and Trey Lyles. That could be good for marketing

 

Can we throw in Dekker? He looks like a (white) guy that would fit in Utah.

 

So is this happening?

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Growing sense around the league is that the Jazz are poised to go through with the Ty Lawson deal with the Rockets</p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/700215481429417985">February 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Lmao the other team is a dumpster? hate the Jazz but this :grin:

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ty Lawson talks are serious and Jazz have committed to ship out Trey Burke ... 12 hours and change left for someone to trump Houston's offer</p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/700216023648079872">February 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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It's happening!

 

A Jazz beat writer in response to Stein, FWIW:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This league is so funny. In the last couple hours I've gotten a diminishing sense that a Ty Lawson deal is likely. <a href="https://t.co/4o4Zo1zXMq">https://t.co/4o4Zo1zXMq</a></p>&mdash; Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) <a href="https://twitter.com/andyblarsen/status/700216260739485696">February 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Trey Burke? Another lottery pick bust-to-be Morey taking risk at?

 

Why not? Morey is the worst drafter in the entire league. Let someone else draft.

 

worst is a bit of a stretch. average..

 

It's funny to me that he seems have a knack for finding rotation-quality talent outside of the draft.