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SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Jazz won for the 19th time in the last 20 games Monday against the Philadelphia 76ers. It s a fun and historic stretch. Fans are commenting and we are reading (the nice ones at least), so we thought we d add to the conversation.
Here are the talking points after Utah s win over the 76ers from KSL.com commenters. Trading Dante Exum for Jordan Clarkson was one of the best trades the Jazz have ever made. jaredteerlink
Recency bias is a natural and beautiful thing. Clarkson s 40-point night on Monday was one of the big catalysts to Utah s eighth straight win, and he is the undisputed favorite to win Sixth Man of the Year (if he continues to play even remotely at his current level, he very well may be a unanimous selection). But where does the Dante Exum and Clarkson swap land in the history of Jazz trades?
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Warning: this is an entirely speculative conspiracy theory based on few facts and loosely connected assumptions. It is also tainted by years of dark, cynical fandom that only a Wizards fan can understand. Having said that, this theory explains John Wall’s abrupt departure from Washington in a way that actually makes sense.
Let’s go back to the year just before John Wall signed his ridiculous-max four year $171.1 million contract. For those of you doing the math at home, that’s $42.7 million per year or $521,000 per 48-minute game. But let’s not get ahead ourselves with silly assumptions like people who sign contracts to play professional basketball for the Washington Wizards actually play basketball for the Washington Wizards (see Dwight Howard, Andrew Nicholson, Ian Mahinmi, Martell Webster, Mark Price (though technically he didn’t sign with the Wizards), Lorenzo Williams, John Williams.okay I’ll stop.