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Originally Posted by Arles
Actually the deal is:
Utah Receives:
2014 1st Round Pick
2017 1st Round Pick
Andris Biedrins
Richard Jefferson
Brandon Rush
Golden State receives:
Kevin Murphy (2nd round pick out of Tennessee Tech in 2012)
Ability to sign Andre Iguodala
Avoid paying $40+ mil in Luxury tax
Avoid potentially being a tax repeater team next offseason
Those bottom two are certainly worth a pick in the late teens and one probably in the 20s. Add in Iggy and it's not awful. Heck, a few seasons back the Suns paid two first round picks to shed Kurt Thomas' $9 mil contract. Shedding $24+ million for two mid to late picks seems pretty fair for GS.
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Was going to make this post but Arles made it for me. Tho, again, not in a vacuum and consider opportunity cost. There are other deals they could have made but not getting Howard, Iggy is a good fit for them.
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