Who the Jazz will get in return for Harris

by colinrr on Jan 20, 2012 12:09 PM MST

After the hard loss against the Mavericks, sports media exploded with stories and rumors about the Jazz shopping around PG Devin Harris. I personally have never seen Harris as anything more than a temporary PG for the transitioning Jazz and would love to see O'Connor make a good trade right now. The question is what kind of trade will we make:

Will we trade him straight up for another PG?
Will we trade him for a SG/SF and let Watson and Tinsley take over?
Will we package him with a big to make a move for a higher caliber player?

Bleacher Report posted an article listing three teams that may be interested in Harris. Here are some possible trades involving these teams as well as others that might have an interest in Harris (some may have to involve picks to make plausible).

Celtics - http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=8836eb2

Warriors - http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=86gdsev

Clippers - http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7xowspx

Suns - http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6rwxfzz

Nuggets - http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7dj5a2s

Mavericks - http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=8a9uvsw

Poll

What should we do with Devin Harris?

Trade him straight up for another player

31 votes

Package him with a big for a higher caliber player

50 votes

Don't trade Harris yet - might kill synergy

52 votes

133 votes | Poll has closed

All comments are the opinion of the commenter and not necessarily that of SLC Dunk or SB Nation.

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The only trade I could ever see being accepted is the Celtics one

It’s the only one that makes sense for both teams. We get a really good young PG and salivate over a future starting lineup of Rondo, Burks, Hayward, Favors, and Kanter while the C’s get to keep their Big 3 while adding a decent PG and a legit low post scoring threat, something they don’t have. KG would even be a good front court partner for Big Al. And if it didn’t work out, it would be easy to blow up the next year.

None of the other ones would ever be accepted by the other team.

by hibachi777 on Jan 20, 2012 12:42 PM MST reply actions

I've talked with a handful of Boston fans and writers who would know:

Rondo is only being traded if it brings Boston back a young superstar. Jefferson, Harris and even the Golden State pick wouldn’t be enough according to every Boston person I’ve asked.

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by clarkpojo on Jan 20, 2012 9:34 PM MST up reply actions

somehow i wondered onto this site

as a celtics fan the only way this trade happens is if we get favors and harris for oneal and rondo something like that

by JuJuan some moore on Jan 29, 2012 5:26 AM MST up reply actions

That's a horrible trade for the Jazz

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by Dyl on Feb 1, 2012 2:34 PM MST up reply actions

no one wants harris

he has one of the worst contacts in the nba
we would only trade rondo for a young talented big man (like favors) and then sending along players to fill the holes (harris for us oneal for you)
Im not saying this is a good trade for the jazz Im just saying thats the only way we would trade rondo

by JuJuan some moore on Feb 3, 2012 5:00 PM MST up reply actions

I really like the idea of getting Rondo, but short term it would really hurt our team since Jefferson is our most reliable scoring option. In another year or two that trade would awesome.

The other trades that I would be interested in would be Andre Miller, but Denver would have no reason to do this trade unless we threw something else in. And we aren’t going to give up anything other than a second rounder for a temporary pg.

I also like the Suns trade, but Nash isn’t going anywhere unless it’s to a contender.

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by TurboJazz224 on Jan 20, 2012 1:22 PM MST reply actions

Trying to find realistic trades makes me kind of wistful for the glory days of the early 80's

We could easily find a a dumb GM willing to give up a young star, and maybe 2-3 guaranteed lottery picks too, for Devin Harris.

I got the crap beat out of me in Provo one time

by Yucca Man on Jan 20, 2012 3:17 PM MST reply actions

Or Isiah Thomas?

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by JazzHype on Jan 20, 2012 3:49 PM MST up reply actions

Ha

Yeah. Isiah would be awesome too.

I got the crap beat out of me in Provo one time

by Yucca Man on Jan 20, 2012 5:16 PM MST up reply actions

Does that mean

you want to acquire Isiah Thomas from the Kings, or that you wish Isiah Thomas was still a GM so we could fleece him?

by Caderade on Jan 21, 2012 12:47 PM MST up reply actions

Still a GM so we could Fleece him

I got the crap beat out of me in Provo one time

by Yucca Man on Jan 21, 2012 2:11 PM MST up reply actions

Isiah Thomas from the Pistons != Isaiah Thomas with the Kings

The one with the Kings has the more culturally accepted number of vowels in his name.

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by JazzHype on Jan 21, 2012 3:26 PM MST up reply actions

Don't see any of those trades happening

some have tossed around Jamar Nelson for Harris straight up – but I don’t see how that is any kind of upgrade.

i did see this package (involving Nelson and Harris) as an interesting one to get a consistent three point threat . . . would you give up Miles for Reddick?

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=832ujnv

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by jazzed on Jan 20, 2012 9:47 PM MST reply actions

My dream trade:

Harris, Jefferson and the GSW pick for John Wall and Rashard Lewis. Absorbing Lewis’ contract is a a steep price…but I’d do it in a heartbeat. But no way Wizards would do it

by Stockton2Malone on Jan 21, 2012 12:46 AM MST reply actions

you are correct

i doubt the wizards would take our entire team for Wall, even if it meant absorbing LEwis.

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by BigBenSportsGuy on Jan 21, 2012 9:04 AM MST up reply actions

I shouldn't be surprised.........

but it made me laugh yesterday when people were texting into 1280 the zone, some of them dead serious (though I have to believe that some were TIC), saying that the Jazz should trade Harris for Jimmer. lol……..I love you BYU fans…………..so cute.

Anyway, I would like a guy like Lowry. I think that with this team, that is what we need now. We don’t need a guy who is useless without the ball, we need someone to get us into our offense and take advantage of scoring chances when they are presented. Watson and Tinsley are great at this. Harris? Not so much. I have to give him credit though, he is trying hard.

I love Raja Bell’s answer to the media yesterday about the trade rumors. I get so tired of the media. Why ask a guy what he thinks of trade rumors? I wish the media would just focus on the upcoming games and less on the day to day drama. Looking at you Brian T.!

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by BigBenSportsGuy on Jan 21, 2012 9:08 AM MST reply actions

we have 10mil sittin on the table.

lets get D Will back straight up for Harris.

by UtonganKidInCali on Jan 21, 2012 9:33 AM MST via Android app reply actions

trade exception

by UtonganKidInCali on Jan 21, 2012 9:33 AM MST via Android app up reply actions

D Will said when he was here that the Utah chapter of his live is over. Like forever.

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by JazzHype on Jan 21, 2012 3:27 PM MST up reply actions

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6lssws5

by messupbro on Jan 21, 2012 10:12 AM MST reply actions

Don't see why the Celtics would go for that

Also, I wouldn’t take any trade that doesn’t bring back another PG. I don’t trust Tinsley to play significant minutes, and I don’t think we can play Watson for more than 30 per night. By the way, there’s no way we’re getting Rondo, Lowry, Wall, or anyone of that caliber.

by Caderade on Jan 21, 2012 12:50 PM MST up reply actions

add rondo and favors

by JuJuan some moore on Jan 30, 2012 1:12 AM MST up reply actions

Celtics trade: not happening, Warriors trade: not worth it, Clippers trade: not happening (they don’t need another PG, we should have traded Memo for Mo. They need a 3rd big and Mo is their third PG), Suns: not happening, Nuggets: not happening, Mavs: not happening (although it would be ironic). I still think our most realistic option would be to bring back a guy like Jose Calderon. It’s tough to see how we get back a young, talented PG for Harris unless we include the GS pick or another player, like Millsap/ Jefferson/ Miles. It might be worthwhile, since there aren’t really any PGs in the upcoming draft that blow me away.

by Caderade on Jan 21, 2012 12:57 PM MST reply actions

After watching the wolves play us tonight

I have to believe there is a way to get Kahn to trade us Harris and a bag of chips for Ricky Rubio. That kid can ball.

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by jazzed on Jan 22, 2012 12:37 AM MST via Android app reply actions

If only Kahn were that stupid

But Luke Ridnour might be a realistic option.

by Caderade on Jan 22, 2012 11:17 AM MST up reply actions

Ridnour can be a chucker though. Works much better as a 2 guard, in my opinion.

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by JazzHype on Jan 23, 2012 10:12 AM MST up reply actions

How about this trade

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine

Have Watson start, and have Ben run the 2nd unit with Burks in the back court. He can bring scoring to 2nd unit lineup.

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by EcERyda69 on Jan 23, 2012 12:03 PM MST reply actions

Dont know why the link didnt show up

Trade Harris straight up for Ben Gordon http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2381/ben-gordon

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by EcERyda69 on Jan 23, 2012 12:08 PM MST up reply actions

I found Your Trade Machine...

How’s about THIS Trade done with http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine

I Know this will PISS OFF A LOT of the Al J fans out there …So What he’s soft and doesnt play D… Jazz Trade Al J AND Harris to …wait for it …
ORLANDO MAGIC …for ….Superman and PG Chris Duhon to back up Earl … it works on that Trade Machine … I know it’s a Pipe Dream… BUT …why isnt KOC Atleast calling about it …

by GatortheRaider96 on Jan 24, 2012 1:12 PM MST reply actions

Because

D Howard has only given Orlando permission to talk to a few teams and Utah is not one of them.

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by jazzed on Jan 24, 2012 1:37 PM MST via Android app up reply actions

Yeah, no thanks.

Im not interested in renting Howard for half a season…

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by TurboJazz224 on Jan 24, 2012 3:18 PM MST up reply actions

Really?

Even if it only cost us two guys who don’t factor into the long term plans of the team, you wouldn’t trade for the best center of the last 10 years? He would make us 10 games better probably.

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by clarkpojo on Jan 24, 2012 10:49 PM MST up reply actions

I have to admit that it would be fun, but no thanks.

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by TurboJazz224 on Jan 25, 2012 12:49 PM MST up reply actions

Shaq is the best center of the last 10 years

Or maybe Tim Duncan, if he counts as a center. In any case, if I were Orlando I’d rather get Bynum than Al.

by Caderade on Jan 26, 2012 11:16 AM MST up reply actions

Portland needs a big and is stacked at the wing.

What do you guys think of Harris and a big, for Raymond Felton and Gerald Wallace?

by aPleasureToBurn on Jan 30, 2012 9:00 AM MST reply actions

I can't see Portland taking that

They won’t give up their starting PG for a third big and a washed up Harris. We need to look for a team that has 2-3 starting caliber PGs that needs a starting big man.

by Caderade on Jan 30, 2012 9:39 PM MST up reply actions

Harris for ANYBODY

Please make the deal already. I don’t care what we get back because the guy is worhtless right now yet Corbin keeps starting him. Start Watson and play Tinsley at back-up(we aren’t even sure what he can do yet). But he can’t be much worse. Maybe for good measure throw Miles and Bell in there too.

by calijazzfan64 on Jan 30, 2012 5:24 PM MST reply actions

err

Harris is 24 of his last 37 . . . and playing much better/more aggressive since put on the trading block . . . might have been what the doctor ordered . . .

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by jazzed on Jan 30, 2012 9:42 PM MST up reply actions