homeytennis
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Remember Diamond Stone, Vernon Carey Jr, Tony Bradley and Dok were once McDonalds All Americans.
I think Justin Edwards was really good last year in it as well to the point where a lot of people had him #1 pre-seasonRemember Diamond Stone, Vernon Carey Jr, Tony Bradley and Dok were once McDonalds All Americans.
If Ainge and Zanik have a feeling they have wasted already 2 good years from Lauri being mediocre group of individuals who cannot advance to play in gamesIt doesn't... it could be Lauri/SGA and a portfolio of picks or other flexible assets... but you need to be able to still have a good chance at a top4 pick imo. OKC threaded the needle for a couple years and paid it off when they got Chet. I think we could very well be in the bottom 5-6 teams next year without moving Lauri. If you moved Sexton and really leaned into Lisan al Gaib I think the losses would pile up. I think it might piss off Lauri to have another garbage year and its a shame these great years are pretty much wasted for him.
We can extend him this offseason so I’m not scared of the FA aspect. Just think you have to think about it if we can’t add to this group in the medium term. I still am asking for the whole brinks truck if we move him but I could see someone saying yes.If Ainge and Zanik have a feeling they have wasted already 2 good years from Lauri being mediocre group of individuals who cannot advance to play in games
and even tank right-way then they should pull the trigger and blow whole current roster and keep only Sensabaugh, Hendricks, George and Kessler and some older players like Clarkson.
Ainge is not a stupid he knows damn well Lauri is UFA next year and if uncle Danny wants to get something back without losing LM23 for free
he needs to answer on the phone call and start negotiate for a trade of Lauri Markkanen during the draft night or next trade deadline.
The nets would likely be the top candidate and they have the most enticing package with those future suns picks. They also have the ability to renegotiate and extend if we take back Simmons expiring contract.Went down a rabbit hole with a thought today. Will expand on this at some point. If we wanted to move Lauri this offseason the following teams could provide packages I would look at:
- Rockets
- Warriors
- Kings
- Thunder
- Grizz
- Spurs
All those teams play in the same conference. I think you could get them bidding against each other and get someone to do something dumb/short-sighted.
I would put them on the list except I think they are the Donny destination. So their draft capital will go towards that. If it doesn't I could see a move like Lauri or I could see them blowing it up. I think they should be included though.The nets would likely be the top candidate and they have the most enticing package with those future suns picks. They also have the ability to renegotiate and extend if we take back Simmons expiring contract.
Still no. Keeping Lauri is preferable unless the offer is truly insaneWhere do you guys stand now?
I’ve always believed that having the star players is more of a power position than having whatever picks/assets you get for trading him. We should keep Lauri, having Lauri on our team is a privilege.
Having said that, I also don’t believe in wasting a player’s prime nor do I believe with trying to compete for a half a year only to quit and tank for the other half. By doing this, the Jazz have essentially limited the rewards for trying to win or lose. The goal for winning is the play in. The goal for tanking is to get the 9th pick. Not a ton of reward either way.
They may have squeezed out some extra value by waiting (or they may have lost some), but that comes at a cost of pissing off Lauri after lying to him. If the Jazz want to do Lauri+young players, I think that is fine. If that’s what the FO wants, do it. But actually do it. Don’t play half a season and then quit. Do not go after John Collins if your plan was to not compete. What they’re doing does not install a lot of confidence in me. Either #1, they totally went against their plan of Lauri+youngins and delayed their tank or #2 they actually thought they had a winner and now they’ve pivoted to tanking bc winning didn’t work. Either they had a plan all along but executed poorly or they had a bad plan, it didn’t work, then they switched it.
My first choice would be to move forward with Lauri and build around him. My second choice would be to move him and start over. My least favorite choice is to keep Lauri, but basically operate as if he’s not there and repeatedly wave the middle finger at him.
The good news now is that even if we keep Lauri I still think we are a bottom 2 team in the west. Most likely last in the west because I do like what the blazers did on draft night.Interesting to look back at this…I feel like if the plan is to move forward and build around Lauri, they are doing a pretty bad job….basically done nothing.
With all the opportunities passing by, the best option is to rebuild. Lauri+tank is still somewhat a viable option, but they’d need to make a Sexton trade.
And of course, it depends on what the offers on the table actually are.
That's hardly a contender, but could be a pretty good regular season team, which might get all the young guys a run of some playoff ball to get them going.I say we keep and extend Lauri and trade JC² for Zach Lavine and a pick and go for it.