Boris Diaw to Jazz: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction

July 5th, 2016 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »

After four-and-a-half seasons, Boris Diaw's time with the San Antonio Spurs is over. The team sent Diaw to the Utah Jazz for 2015 second-round pick Olivier Hanlan on Tuesday, according to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Diaw took to Twitter after the news broke: "Spurs' fans, thanks for all your messages. Great years here and a ring! Leaving but San Antonio will always be a special place to me."

He also had a message for his new team:



The writing was on the wall regarding Diaw's future when the Spurs started making a hard run at center Pau Gasol. Wojnarowski reported Monday that San Antonio was trying to offload him in order to free up cap space, and David Aldridge of NBA.com noted the trade will allow the Gasol signing to take place.

The Cauldron's Nate Duncan detailed the financial ramifications of trading Diaw:



He averaged 6.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists in his final season with the team. He also shot 52.7 percent from the field and 36.2 percent from three-point range.

Motivation will be one of the biggest questions around Diaw now that ...

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