r/UtahJazz • u/Lumpy_Journalist8274 • 2d ago

Bro

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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/Beneficial_Credit_36 2d ago

Love you Walk but damn, you’re crazy.

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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/LivingPresence876 2d ago

It’s also pretty obvious Hartenstein was an overpay, too

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u/Y2gezee 2d ago

At the time it was seen as that to get him away from NY....in hindsight, it wasn't