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re: NBA Trade Deadline 3PM ET Feb 5th

Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:05 am to
Posted by Soggymoss
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:05 am to
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Not sure why Cleve would trade Garland for James Harden

Money. That deal with a Ball salary dump gets them below the 2nd apron
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 6:45 am
Posted by PELsu
Member since Oct 2021
1733 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 6:42 am to
Go get Darius Garland
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
7918 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:45 am to
Garland is always hurt and kinda soft but he dos fill a huge shooting void
Posted by NOSHAU
Member since Feb 2012
13731 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:49 am to
Pelicans expressed interest in Harden? What in the hell? Dumars may be even more incompetent than anyone gives him credit for. That makes absolutely NO sense.
Posted by Mad Scientist26
Member since Jul 2018
2316 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:54 am to
I honestly have no idea what Dumars is looking to build with this roster. It’s like a broken core of (Trey and Herb lead by Zion of all people) in the way of the young promising core of (Fears, Queen, and what should have been a 2026 1st round pick).
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
33257 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:05 am to
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I honestly have no idea what Dumars is looking

He's not, he's probably not even in the Airline office half the year.
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:21 am to
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Pelicans expressed interest in Harden? What in the hell? Dumars may be even more incompetent than anyone gives him credit for. That makes absolutely NO sense.



i don't understand it either.

And I would have loved to hear and see Harden's reaction when his agent tells him the Pelicans are interested in you.
Posted by Soggymoss
Member since Aug 2018
17653 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 12:46 pm to
Posted by Soggymoss
Member since Aug 2018
17653 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 12:46 pm to
Posted by PELsu
Member since Oct 2021
1733 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 12:48 pm to
Soooo, Ja Morant?
Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
12475 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:03 pm to
Jazz have been holding onto that war chest for a few years. Not surprised they finally went in on someone, but I'm not sure JJJ is the guy I would have picked.
Posted by Soggymoss
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:25 pm to
Posted by Macintosh
Lane State University
Member since Sep 2011
56549 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:27 pm to
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but I'm not sure JJJ is the guy I would have picked.
yeah.. I will say that team can work if Kessler is the starting center.

George
Bailey
Lauri
JJJ
Kessler

Is a fun lineup with shooting and length. Kessler in there helps with the rebound deficiencies
Posted by Chalkywhite84
New orleans
Member since Dec 2016
34569 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:29 pm to
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yeah.. I will say that team can work if Kessler is the starting center.

George
Bailey
Lauri
JJJ
Kessler

Is a fun lineup with shooting and length. Kessler in there helps with the rebound deficiencies


That's a huge team. I'm wondering if they are going to make another trade.
Posted by Peytonknows
NOLA
Member since Nov 2006
19440 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:37 pm to
I actually like that lineup to be honest. They are going to be hard to defend like you said with the length and shooting.
Posted by Demps
Member since Oct 2025
1222 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:40 pm to
This is from back in December. My guess is we are not trading him. Nobody has yet to make an offer

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Posted by Demps
Member since Oct 2025
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:41 pm to
Wait a minute. Things might have changed

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Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
30331 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:51 pm to
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yeah.. I will say that team can work if Kessler is the starting center.

George
Bailey
Lauri
JJJ
Kessler



Is this serious?
Do you think they are going to play Lauri and JJJ at the 3 and 4?
That isn't happening, and anyone that thinks that lineup would work is a doofus, Jazz staff included. The Jazz are already the worst team defending the 3 point shot in the league, just slightly worse than us. A lineup of 3 guys who can't defend the perimeter at all would all but insure you're last in that category for the foreseeable future, and you aren't winning shite if you are the worst 3 point defending team in the league.
The Jazz are considerably better defensively with Kessler than without him though, but there's no way that works with JJJ and Lauri playing with Kessler.



I would not be surprised at all if Kessler is traded before the deadline. He's going to be a RFA and the Jazz aren't goign to want to give him 4/$125M b/c they are goign to have to give Keyonte George a very nice extension this summer, something they probably didn't expect they would need to do when this season started.
It would be beyond stupid to have $125M/yr on 3 guys who play the 4 and 5. That's not how you win in this league.
Posted by Macintosh
Lane State University
Member since Sep 2011
56549 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:54 pm to
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Do you think they are going to play Lauri and JJJ at the 3 and 4?
lauri played the 3 in Cleveland. To me that’s the only way this team does well. If they don’t then the trade doesn’t make sense. Neither JJJ nor Lauri are good rebounders.
Posted by Mad Scientist26
Member since Jul 2018
2316 posts
Posted on 2/3/26 at 1:55 pm to
I would have hoped that they finally move on from Zion but I doubt that the Pels will do the right thing.
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