NBA Trade Rumor: Andrei Kirilenko to Utah Jazz for Jeremy Evans and Toure' Murry

Do you like trade rumors? You're going to get a lot this season for the Utah Jazz, I presume. ESPN's Marc Stein offers up an alternative to the obvious Andrei Kirilenko to Cleveland Cavaliers and/or Philadelphia 76ers rumor -- the front running rumor if you ask me, like, what else should the Brooklyn Nets do?

Well, Stein tweeted:

And a rumble from the trade front: Word is Brooklyn's market for Andrei Kirilenko is expanding beyond merely dispatching AK-47 to Philly

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) November 24, 2014

One intriguing option, if Nets wait 'til Dec. 15 when trade market expands, is said to be AK-47 back to Utah for Jeremy Evans/Toure Murry

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) November 24, 2014

Yesh. Saying goodbye to Toure' Murry (NBA-DL Dwyane Wade) and Jeremy Evans for a guy older than both of them, who isn't going to be able to do as many things is tough. However, the idea that the team that gets the best players wins the trade it's obvious that this would be yet another trade win for Dennis Lindsey.

It's important to note that the Jazz and Billy King (current GM of the Nets) have made a bunch of trades before. (From my post a few days ago):

N.B. King was the GM of Philly from 98 till 07. Here is a list of the UTA/PHI deals during that time period:

• June 24th, 1998 -- Nazr Mohammad traded for future 1st rounder (Quincy Lewis, 1999) (on draft night)
  
• June 7th, 2005 -- Future 2nd rounder (Alex Acker, 2005) for future 2nd rounder (Ante Tomic, 2008)
• June 28th, 2007 -- Herbert Hill for Kyrylo Fesenko (on draft night)
• December 29th, 2007 -- Gordan Giricek and future 1st rounder (Trevor Booker) for Kyle Korver

N.B. King was the GM of Brooklyn from 2010 onwards. Here is a list of the UTA/BKN deals during that time period:

• February 23rd, 2011: Deron Williams for Derrick Favors, Devin Harris, Cash, a future 1st rounder (Enes Kanter, 2011), a future 1st rounder (Gorgui Dieng, 2013)
• December 22nd, 2011: Mehmet Okur for a trade exception and a future 2nd rounder (2015)

So this would be the 7th Billy King / Kevin O'Connor (Utah) trade in recent history. Interesting.This trade can't be consummated until December 15th, but if this trade does go through, what will the outcome be?

Hollinger's trade machine suggests that:

And ReamGM posits this outcome:

So, in a word:

In slightly more words, it's hard to say. Would I stand by this trade? Yes, BKN gets two expiring deals, and possibly more depth for a playoff run. Utah gets an impact bench player who has a very high basketball IQ and can defend a few different positions. Also it means that MashK's boutique store can re-open. (I'm guessing that it closed.)

Speaking of money, what's the money here? All three players are expiring deals. The Jazz would be taking on AK's $3.3 million and the Nets would be taking on $2.8 million. The actual difference ($531,364) isn't that much.

I think there's no real truth to this rumor, I don't know where it comes from besides Stein. This could just be agent spit-balling. At the end of the day it may just mean that the Cavaliers will have to give up more than Jeremy Evans and Toure' Murry. I don't know if they can much to give.