re: Thoughts on Jarred Vanderbilt?

Vanderbilt is a great defender and rebounder who doesn't take bad shots. He is going to excel in a Rodman/Draymond role somewhere. The fact that he makes under 5 million is also a huge plus.

He certainly won't help with teams crowding Zion, but he would dominate the offensive boards when they do.

Minutes could be a problem. But it's a much better problem than being undermanned.

Herb to Denver is no go for me. They have enough offense to cover him and he has enough defense to cover them. They'd go from playoff team I don't believe in to legit contender in our way. They can have Naji, he's good but not build a defense around you good.

I don't get the infatuation with Beasley. Setting aside his offcourt issues, he is a streaky shooter who makes 15 million per year, doesn't rebound, and rarely plays defense.

Gary Harris, Grayson Allen, Alec Burks,
and Payton Pritchard are all better and cheaper 2 way shooters. Seth Curry and Luke Kennard are cheaper and better shooters. And Gary Trent and Buddy Hield are significantly better players and only slightly higher paid.

Including Beasley in a Vanderbilt trade should damage Utah's return, not increase it.

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Gary Harris, Grayson Allen, Alec Burks,
and Payton Pritchard are all better and cheaper 2 way shooters. Seth Curry and Luke Kennard are cheaper and better shooters. And Gary Trent and Buddy Hield are significantly better players and only slightly higher paid.

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Salary($mm) Rk Player “3P%” TRB BLK STL

$14.7mm (NR) Luke Kennard 0.472 4.1 0.2 0.9
$13mm (NR) Gary Harris 0.466 3 0.3 1.2
$10mm 6 Alec Burks 0.444 4.9 0.2 1.2
$12.8mm 20 Kelly Olynyk 0.413 6.3 0.8 1.4
$7.5mm 70 Coby White 0.374 4.4 0.2 1.3
$11.5mm 72 Terrence Ross 0.373 3.3 0.3 1
$17.2mm 91 Gary Trent Jr. 0.36 2.6 0.3 1.9
$12.2mm 93 Josh Richardson 0.359 3.9 0.4 1.3
$18.6mm 94 OG Anunoby 0.358 5.6 0.8 2.1
$15.5mm 96 Malik Beasley 0.357 4.7 0.2 1.1
$4mm 106 Terence Davis 0.347 6.8 0.7 2.1

*Ranked by 3pt%

This is a pretty good list of floor spacers that may be available and aren’t a sieve on D.

**Per 36 for comparison


Salary($mm) Rk Player "BLK" 3P% Pos Age

$10.3mm 14 Mo Bamba 2 0.376 C 24
$2mm 15 Naz Reid 1.9 0.343 C 23
$2mm 22 Wenyen Gabriel 1.6 0.375 PF 25
$7.4mm 38 Zach Collins 1.3 0.37 C 25
$3.5mm 41 Mike Muscala 1.3 0.37 C 31
$5.8mm 43 P.J. Washington 1.3 0.364 PF 24
$11mm 44 Nicolas Batum 1.2 0.397 PF 34
$2.6mm 47 Trey Lyles 1.2 0.363 PF 27
$18.6mm 78 OG Anunoby 0.8 0.358 SF 25
$12.8mm 87 Kelly Olynyk 0.8 0.413 C 31
$4mm 92 Terence Davis 0.7 0.347 SG 25

*Ranked by Blocks per game (per 36)

This list is guys that could be gettable and can protect the rim a bit/defend and also shoot a bit.

Note - there is some overlap with the first list

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Listening to the Zach Lowe latest podcast now, and he's talking about how Beasley/Vanderbilt would really fit a need for us.

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I would love that trade. Super high on beasley.

What would that trade look like?

To the person above talking about trading val and playing billy, that's a no for me.

Val only makes 15 mil. They should be able to find someone at the deadline or next yr to split time with him. I've always wanted to sign javale mcgee or a guy like him.