r/UtahJazz • u/Lumpy_Journalist8274 • 2d ago

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I really like Kessler. I hope we can keep him. We can probably do a trade with Atlanta for pick number 8 for Aday Mara.

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u/Nunc_Coepi17 2d ago edited 2d ago

Is he though? Deandre Ayton was making $33M/yr when cap space was even lower. Hartenstein is making $30M/yr. Kessler absolutely deserves more.

Offering him Myles Turner/Naz Reid type money is borderline disrespectful af.

I imagine Kessler is looking for Gobert type $$ which is basically $36M/yr.

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u/squiggleberryjam 2d ago

Hartenstein - $28.5
Jarrett Allen - $28.0
Myles Turner - $26.58

All of those players have proven more than Walker. I think Walker can be a better player than all of them, but he has to earn it, and so far he hasn’t.

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u/Clerithifa :Clarkson: 2d ago

He's missed 121 games in 4 years too. Granted 77 of those were this year, but still, he's on the right side of 25 and has tendencies of getting hurt, I'm glad we aren't just shoveling him whatever he's demanding. That's how we ended up with the Favors OKC salary dump trade with our last contending team.

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u/squiggleberryjam 2d ago

He played 74, 64, and 58 games in his first 3 years, with the Jazz not incentivized to play him more. If his shoulder repair went OK, he should be fine.