Jakob Poeltl traded to the Spurs as part of Kawhi deal

[Larry B]

It seems like Toronto is giving up a lot for a one year player who doesn’t want to be there.

[ironman1315]

Sounds like they are trying to blow it all up. Man I wish the Jazz would get Poeltl or Wright though. We need more capable backups at those two positions.

[EagleMountainUte]

Wright would be soooo good next to Mitchell. 

[ironman1315]

You get Wright, Exum (if he learns to shoot), and Mitchell as an occasional hurry-up three guard line up and you could have something deadly.

[EagleMountainUte]

I prefer Rubio to Exum. I don’t know about Exum at all. He really didn’t add value it felt like during that run to end the season. Neto felt like he added more value. 

[ironman1315]

Exum shut down Harden. His biggest value is perimeter defense. If he could get a midling offensive game he would be a really good player. Not a great starter, but certainly a great role player.

[EagleMountainUte]

Harden had 41 and 32 his first two games. Paul and Capela were the guys the Jazz couldn’t stop though. 

[ironman1315]

Exum guarded Harden on 22 possesions in game 2. In those possessions, Harden was 0-7 with 2 points, had one assist and one turnover.

[EagleMountainUte]

Yeah but how many turnovers and break downs did the Jazz have offensively?  He feels like an anchor at times. 

[ironman1315]

Which is hy I put a condition on it.

But, during the Houston series, Exum had a 99 offensive rating compared to netos 89 and turned the ball over 17% of the time (Ingles was at 21%). I’m not saying he is better than Rubio, but he’s got speed that Rubio doesn’t. Hence why the line-up would be limited and designed to wearout the other team as a hurry-up offense for a time.

[EagleMountainUte]

Ingles was really sucky in that series. I felt like he suffered more than Mitchell did from not having Rubio. Mitchell just wore down because of what he was asked to do.

[RiseasUtes]

Danny Green is a great defender and the Raptors are hoping to convince Leonard to stay.  Big gamble, but they weren’t going to get over the hump without making a move like this.  Jakob now gets to go to a great system for his game.  If Pop stays it will help his career out quite a bit.

[Stone]

I would not touch Kawhi unless I knew he wanted to play for my team long term. Who is to say he doesn’t just sit out this next year in Toronto with an “injury.”

[EagleMountainUte]

Well I would want him to work out as well. I am wondering how good he is after this injury. 

[EagleMountainUte]

Love this trade Raptors figure they can maybe beat Celtics with him. Maybe they can. I don’t think so, who is there new coach?  

Poeltl is lucky to go to a great franchise. Even in rebuild mode the Spurs are my second favorite franchise if I had one.