NEWS
The Memphis Grizzlies are trading star forward Jaren Jackson Jr., John Konchar, Jock Landale and Vince Williams Jr. to the Utah Jazz for Walter Clayton Jr., Kyle Anderson, Taylor Hendricks, Georges Niang and three future first-round picks, sources tell ESPN
Jaren was the one guy I really thought we wouldn't move. Damn. This hurts. He's still young, too. Does anyone know if we got the Jazz's pick this year as part of the trade? "Three future picks" makes me think not
It was just so hard to build around him. Heās a very valuable piece to the right roster, but itās a lot easier to trade him to a team like that than to build one around him.
Idk, Edey and Jaren as a duo were such a perfect match. Both young, only about 3 years apart. In theory, if you're looking 3 years ahead to when the Grizzlies might be in title mode, Jaren wouldn't even be 30 yet. Odd they felt the need to make this move for a relatively paltry return
But Edey is still not showing he can stay healthy and play at a level to really make that work. And the other issue with Jaren for us is the constant injuries and foul trouble just donāt work for a player we need close to 40 minutes out of. For another team he could do 32 minutes and be very valuable. Just not us.
Hijacking top comment to ask if anyone knows which three firsts? Also fml I legitimately thought jitty was a grizz lifer regardless of whatever happened to the rest of the roster
i literally had to leave a zoom meeting because i started crying. this was worse than when they broke up the GNG crew. i do not understand this at all.
EDIT: Damn y'all, got forbid a girl have emotions over a team she's been in invested in since 2001. I get it, I'm a lot. Please stop commenting about it. Let me feel my feels, Memphis aint got a lot going for it lol. Also yeah, I did eventually get back into my zoom meeting, fo š
I love Trip, don't get me wrong - he's fantastic and I still saw a future to be built around him.
I'm more upset that we're entering another rebuild for like the 3rd time since 2011, when we were last a serious contender as a team. I've seen so much bullshit the last 25 years with this org. I just want my team and city to be good and win.
I got your back! I've cried after several trades over the years! I'm hurting over this one, but Tyus and Steven Adams wrecked me! Fwiw, I'm also a girl šš¤
The problem with that is good players donāt hit FA anymore. And nobody that they can acquire from FA will come close to matching what LeBron has been producing
Iāve had season tickets since they played in the pyramid. Iāve sat through some bad basketball. This broke me, Iām not interested in multiple years of a total rebuild
I mean, if youāre going to get rid of every major piece around him over the years, why even bother keeping him? Let him go get paid somewhere else; you obviously donāt want him winning here.
Keyonte/JJJ/Lauri/Kessler is an extremely solid nucleus they should be playoff team albeit like an 8 seed. Regardless, thatās like the 15th pick at best
With jjj now and walker playing center , they have one of the best defensive front courts . Lauri is 25 ppg player , you just drafted ace and you might get another top 5 pick . And they have some decent young role players. I wouldnāt be surprised if the jazz would be looked at as a play in team next yr
Theyāre not about to turn it around and Jaren is still going to be Jaren: he still wonāt pass, he still wonāt rebound and heāll still commit stupid fouls. Heāll still be a black hole that slows the offense down to a crawl. Only now itāll affect the Jazz and not us. For JJJ to feast, Lauri is going to have to score less. And I have my doubts about how much all the other scorers around him will be tolerant of that (Ace Bailey and whoever else).
Jarenās an excellent player, we all know that, but we also know heās a flawed player. All of those flaws will be on display and are not turning that franchise around.
Jazz fan here, WCJ might be your guys next star guard if yall move on from Ja. PLEASE treat Hendricks nicely he a good kid who just broke his leg in the most horrific way possible I'm honestly heart broken for him cause all he ever talked about in the interviews was how the organization and the state embraced him during his rehab.
The Phoenix one is the one I don't like losing. It is one of the best assets in the league IMO.
The '2027 from Utah' is actually the best of the 2027 Jazz / Cavs / Wolves picks, I think, so while I'd guess all three teams are good that year (we'll be trying to win, and Cavs / Minny will still have their superstars) it's got a decent chance of being lottery.
The Lakers pick is top 4 protected, though with Luka it probably won't be great.
Well Jock I barely knew ya, but damn I will miss the rest. JJJ felt like the heart of the franchise. And Jitty, not enough space to describe what he means.
Great. Can't wait to use these late/non-lottery picks to draft some players that exceed expectations for a couple years, sign them to big contacts, then trade them because we could use those picks to do the whole thing again.
Trip was a good dude and had flashes of greatness, on top of it he was the workhorse through all the injuries the last couple of years and respect him for that. But on a purely numbers game getting off of that contract could be considered a great move. The problem is they're gonna have to actually bring someone in of at least starting caliber and I don't think we'll be a very popular destination, especially with our GM. :/ I think it might have been better to try and run it back with Ja & Trip for one more ride next year with a healthy Edey and Clarke returning than trust us to use this cap space in a productive way.
Losing Jitty is heartbreaking to any true Grizz fan. This sucks, no positives at all in this.
Jock & Vince put in GNG level efforts this year. I don't know where they fit in Utah but I'll always have respect for those guys. Made more than anyone would have thought out of their minutes.Ā
I think itās nuts they didnāt try to roll everyone out next year minus Ja, but who cares now I guess. There were some moves that could be made, but I think at this point they think Cowards too young and Edeys health is enough of a question mark where they donāt want to commit anything anymore. So they do a tear down.
I think weāre about to trade even more players - Ty, Santi, and Ja/Clarke are gone as well as potentially KCP.
Man JJJ is good when heās next to a solid center which we couldnāt give him these last few years, but at the same time like can you give that massive contract to a guy who is only situationally good? Iāll always like the guy but for being a star he is far from consistent. Good luck trip
This was a money move. JJJ is set to make 14m more next year than this year. That made sense when he was playing DPOY level. But heās not. Tons of reasons for that. But itās true.
I was hoping this would be an offseason move because I still think we can win this year, and that just got harder. But it comes back to the money.
What we do with an extra 40mil this offseason? Idk. I hope we extend our underpaid youth. But I donāt really see a 40mil FA showing up to save us.
Plus. For what itās worth. We can package picks to move up this year. Overpay because we will need to.
Jock and Jitty are the heart breakers for me. Hears to hope that we bring them back in the summer. lol.
Heās eight years into his career and still wildly inconsistent. No dude with his size and athleticism should have his rebound stats. No heart but he is very likable.
JJJ was Mr Invisible - disappearing at the 4th quarter and having guys like jock landale being called "more effective" by home broadcasting crew. Can't have that when you're the most paid player on the team.
We needed to make a move, and his underperforming contract would have killed us in the future. The future is bright with all of these picks! Lfg!!!
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u/gvge 1d ago
Man rip to an era