Danny Ainge is brutally honest on why the trades were made
The Utah Jazz were 26-26 knocking on the door of the play-in and the front office traded three players, the lineup was altered and they lost 25 of their next 30. Why would the Utah Jazz have done that? Danny Ainge is brutally honest about why those deals were made and says it was universally unanimous in the front office to why those deals were done.
Is Keyonte George a franchise point guard? Danny Ainge gives his thoughts on that and the value of having Keyonte George struggle this year as the #1 option without Jordan Clarkson and Lauri Markkanen. Plus, Ainge gives his thoughts on Taylor Hendricks and Brice Sensabaugh.
With the Atlanta Hawks getting eliminated the first big name is likey available. Would you trade for Trae Young? He is a top 10 pick and roll guard in the NBA, he is with the elite scoring guards in the NBA. However, is this a player you want to make a move for?
Plus, David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider gives his thoughts on two playoff series that intrigue him this weekend.,
0:00: Introduction
3:00: Ainge on why the trades were made
6:00: Ainge on how he views the big wins
13:00: Ainge on Keyonte George and Taylor Hendricks
18:00: Ainge on the NBA Draft
25:00: Would you trade for Trae Young
28:00: Two interesting playoff match-ups
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22 Comments
Im not on board with Young let him go to the spurs or with Edwards . Do everything we can to get Flag in next years draft
The problem with the Jazz is that from the outside looking in, there appears to be no plan.
We traded every starter last year because we were offered too much to turn down, but the trades made before the deadline seemed to come from nowhere after putting together a competitive team.
Then, this season, we expected to either tank in a weak draft or try to make the playoffs to safguard our pick to the Thunder. Yet again, we made the trade before the deadline and went from being competitive to being in full tank mode.
Can we just pick a plan and stick to it?
WE had 2 guys that could get a bucket, but we traded them.
No way to Trae Young. If you didnt think Don was good enough Trae certainly isnt. Im not paying 50 mil for a defensive liability. No team he is on will ever win anything of significance because of it. And hes also kind of high volume and inefficient.
He is I.T. with extra steps. He is basically a super fancy tank commander. You will NEVER be better than Dobert Era Jazz with Trae as the top player. Theres just no point to players like Trae when players like SGA exist.
Winning Championships is a process. For us it's getting in the play-in game 1st. Then playoffs, then C.Champ. Then finals. NBA Championships are so tough to get.
Give the Fanzz something to root for every night. If you don't, then ticket sales will plummet. Trades should happen in the off season.
Give the Fanzz guys that we want to root for, not A**holes. Trae is a borderline A**hole. If he is on our team. We would root for him until he gave us a reason not too…
wrong analysis by Ainge and staff. He says we werent good enough which is probably true but the real analysis do the players you traded away could be part of the future vs the players you get in those picks. The players Jazz traded away are good solid players to come off the bench on a winning team. Clarkson and Collins are the guys that should have been traded away not the guys we traded away.
Trading for Trae just seems like a terrible idea for a team that is already 30th in team defense.
Trae Young I am ok with it but would cost too much. George, Collins and picks. I would rather wait for the next star bc his size sucks!
I have always said we should have traded Gobert and Kept Mitchell and tried to win something with MItchell and if not done and he still unhappy trade him this year like Cavs are going to do. Sure get less picks but Twolves gave us enough picks.
The players we traded, kO , 33 year old free agent, fonteccio, another free agent 18:31 who is going to get a big contract with Detroit that we couldn’t afford and ochoe who was a bust! We got two draft picks by trading them
Absolutely not to Trae Young.
Still doesn't address why the team keeps starting great and then deciding to tank after the trade deadline. You know…..like go all in like Spurs did and get a top pick instead of a 9….
Frankly, the worst place you can be is in the play in tournament. That is the least desirable outcome for an NBA season. No chance at a championship, and little real chance to improve. You could stay there for years before you slowly start to decline.
I hope it does not take 20 years to build the Jazz into a contender again.
Oh Danny everyone I talk to has lost faith in you… could’ve been in the playoffs the last two years how much better would our players be if they had that experience? Will never know, but we will know we are rebuilding.
Another great show today. Trae Young isn't very exciting as an option unless he comes really really cheap. Is he even a top 20 player? Two top 30 guys barely gets you into the play-in, so it doesn't feel like a fit per DA's other comments. The Jazz should just wait for a real star to become available, but, in the meantime, tank as hard as possible to maximize their own draft assets. Ron Harper's son looks like the real deal in '25.
No to T. Young please, he will kill the team. Unless the Jazz wants to tank to the bottom for Flagg next season? But T. Young will lock up a lot of cap space and the Jazz will lose a lot of assets to the Hawks.
Please NO to Trae. Recipe for medicracy with no hope for improvement
No way u get Young. No no he's not a good two way. No
The Jazz are a total disaster. It seems that Ainge's plan is for us to suck. I was a lifelong fan but I won't watch them anymore, I am done.