Jazz President Ainge explains rationale for Kessler trade
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Jazz President Austin Ainge discusses the team's decision to trade Kessler, revealing the organization had debated the move for about a year and initially planned to keep him even at restricted free agency, but the Lakers' offer became too valuable to refuse.
Sports Illustrated
“It's something that we had been talking off and on for a year about, and we really valued Walker. Walker's a good player. And we were planning on keeping him. But that [trade] offer got high enough that we thought it was the right move to make for the Jazz, for building a championship team.”
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