Today the Cavaliers and Jazz completed a deal: the Jazz sent two future second rounds and shooting guard Alex Box in exchange for the 37-year-old shooting guard Korver from the Cavaliers.
This is also Korver's second time wearing a Jazz jersey and becoming a member of Salt Lake City , and the Jazz have also added much-needed outside firepower. Neither Box nor Exum, who are both multi-million-dollar shooting guards, can afford the Jazz's outside offensive line. The Jazz have to use Sefolosha, O'Neal and other basic-salary players to take turns to fill the position. The second position has once again become the Jazz's priority. black hole.
After LeBron left, the Cavaliers quickly adjusted their direction after a poor start and decided to build the team from scratch, while JR-Smith and Korver have been regarded as not being in the future. JR has parted ways with the team, and Korver has also been put on the shelf. But unlike the former, Korver has received more attention, and more teams are planning to recruit him.
Although Korver can only play 15.7 minutes per game this season and only averages 6.8 points per game, his three-point shooting rate is still a terrible 46.3%. For the current team except Ingles , there is no one. For the Jazz, who can shoot three-pointers, it is like rain in a long drought. So what if he is 37 years old? Korver's role in the Jazz will be even more important.
There were rumors that the 76ers would ask for a trade for Korver, but in the end the two sides failed to reach an agreement. The Cavaliers once wanted to use a protected first-rounder plus Korver in exchange for Fultz, but the 76ers again How could they be willing to do this kind of loss-making deal? During the tug-of-war between the two teams, the Jazz suddenly stepped in and brought Korver to the Jazz again. In 2008, it was Sloan who ordered the trade from the 76ers to the Jazz. It was already 10 years ago. For Korver, it was a return to old places, but none of his former teammates were left. .
On the Cavaliers side, three old Jazz players have been gathered together: Hood, who is starting, and George Hill, who is still recovering from injury. One was signed by the King first, and the other was given up by the Jazz. The same deal was traded to the Cavaliers; and with the addition of Boxes at this time, the Cavaliers now have three young and strong Jazz players. The Cavaliers, who don't mind accepting Mesozoic contracts, are still collecting draft picks and trying to win lottery tickets. After all, the future is still very far away.
