While the hands tick toward the February 19, 2015 3 p.m. ET NBA trade deadline, we count down the clock to wait and see if Enes Kanter is traded away…
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way
Waiting for #WojBombs, obviously, which have been few and far between this NBA trade deadline. Adrian Wojnarowski is the hooked-in of the hooked in, basically an NBA robot in the Matrix when it comes to trade deadlines and NBA free agency.
This has been one of quietest NBA trade deadlines to date, thus far. Usually there are some minor moves or salary dumps to report, but this deadline has been bereft, like a sage in a desert with barely 18 hours left to count down.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
Enes Kanter demanded a trade from his adopted hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah before the Utah Jazz would take nine days off for the NBA All-Star break, presumably at the behest of his agent, Max Ergul.
Dunking with Wolves
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
Kanter cited discontent with former Utah Jazz head coach Tyrone Corbin, and a lack of minutes for his frustration, despite playing a career high 27 minutes per game and keeping his starting job after injury under new Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder.
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Radio voice of the Utah Jazz, David Locke said today that Kanter hadn’t hurt his value at all, that it was purely a market issue, a stance that eludes common sense in negotiations when it comes to leverage, something Max Ergul and Enes Kanter surrendered with their thoughtless demands.
Public statements of discontent put Jazz brass on the defensive, on their heels, in a position to have to rebuild Kanter’s trade value should they wish make a positive gain in negotiations and not appear desperate to suitors.
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I’d something more to say
With Enes Kanter in the final year of his rookie contract, his public outburst again puts the Utah Jazz front office at a disadvantage heading into restricted free agency and the matching of offers.
David Locke said today that Kanter hadn’t hurt his value at all, a stance that eludes common sense in negotiations when it comes to leverage
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It’s good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away, across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
For their part, the Utah Jazz have responded calmly to the emotional discharge by the young, disheartened Jazz big man, playing the part of the solid homeward stalwart, reporting they intend to keep Kanter for the long-term.
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This is both very much in the genuine vein of the Miller family group and the Jazz front office as a whole, acting as a sound negotiating tactic, sending a message to potential suitors, while at the same time surely quietly attempting to bring the discouraged young man back into the fold of the only NBA family he’s ever been a part of.
Meanwhile, we bide our time. Counting down the clock to the trade deadline, not really knowing what will happen. After all, when was the last time you heard a Utah Jazz trade that actually leaked before it happened?