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If we dealt Lauri, would we get to hang a banner for best draft capital? Do we as fans get to wear a ring?
 
I personally dont think Lauri trade is in the books rn. I think the first thing that they would do is a soft reboot and youth movement while trying to snatch a top pick and create even more cap space for next offseason (shipping out Sexton and Clarkson).

Tank this year, ship out the vets and start George, Ochai, TH, Lauri and Kessler with the end of bench filling up the rotation. Thats not gonna win you many games. Or if it does you are in REALLY good shape.
 
infection said:
If we dealt Lauri, would we get to hang a banner for best draft capital? Do we as fans get to wear a ring?
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It would be pretty disheartening. I will get you a ring though if it happens.
 
HermanG said:
I personally dont think Lauri trade is in the books rn. I think the first thing that they would do is a soft reboot and youth movement while trying to snatch a top pick and create even more cap space for next offseason (shipping out Sexton and Clarkson).

Tank this year, ship out the vets and start George, Ochai, TH, Lauri and Kessler with the end of bench filling up the rotation. Thats not gonna win you many games. Or if it does you are in REALLY good shape.
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And this is probably the route you go and I'm guessing Lauri would rather be good but that he will still sign an extension and be patient. If you don't hit a homerun in the draft or FA it may become an issue... its just hard to see us making a big jump in time to really maximize Lauri's prime.

The assets we'd have accumulated would make Hinkie and Presti blush... we don't really NEED them but we are in a tough spot and picks are the most fluid asset. shrug.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
They aren't as different as you'd like to think. I don't think Giddey is a PG. He's a tall playmaker who can't shoot.
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Even if he’s not a pure point guard we can slide him to the two next to keyonte he’s a better playmaker than anyone on our roster right now and it’s not even close if we do this move we probably sell of clarkson and sexton for whatever we can get to open up room for Hendrix

I think a lineup of

Keyonte/THT
Giddey/sensabaugh
Ochai/Simone
Collins/Hendricks
Kessler/olynk

Would be a lot more fun to watch than what we are watching right now because we are horrible in every factor of the game of basketball besides offensive rebounding right now and we get to see THT shoot as much as he wants off the bench while being a solid distributor to the rookies


For the record I think we can be awful this year while keeping Lauri and land a guy like collier who I think could slide next to keyonte very well in the back court while keeping our front court together

Collier
Keyonte
Lauri
Collin’s
Kessler

Has some potential with THT sexton or clarkson as the sixth man but still would need to trade at least one hopefully 2

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Domino said:
Even if he’s not a pure point guard we can slide him to the two next to keyonte he’s a better playmaker than anyone on our roster right now and it’s not even close if we do this move we probably sell of clarkson and sexton for whatever we can get to open up room for Hendrix

I think a lineup of

Keyonte/THT
Giddey/sensabaugh
Ochai/Simone
Collins/Hendricks
Kessler/olynk

Would be a lot more fun to watch than what we are watching right now because we are horrible in every factor of the game of basketball besides offensive rebounding right now and we get to see THT shoot as much as he wants off the bench while being a solid distributor to the rookies


For the record I think we can be awful this year while keeping Lauri and land a guy like collier who I think could slide next to keyonte very well in the back court while keeping our front court together

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Sadly if we do trade Lauri it is likely we are building on guys selected in the next 3-4 drafts rather than configuring things around guys we have. You basically move to ground zero at that point. Key, Giddey, Walker all could be good building blocks but you aren't really making plans around them yet ya know.
 
I highly doubt Lauri gets moved anytime soon but the return would need to be incredible.

Unfortunately the warchest of picks doesn't really kick in until the '25 draft and they would need to make some major moves between now and then if they have any chance at all getting a rebuild completed while Lauri is still in his prime. Jazz don't even keep their '24 pick unless they are really bad, which seems to be the current path we are on. They could potentially secure a top 3-5 pick in the next draft and then trade a bunch of assets for another star next offseason. It's a small needle to thread while the clock is ticking on Lauri.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Sadly if we do trade Lauri it is likely we are building on guys selected in the next 3-4 drafts rather than configuring things around guys we have. You basically move to ground zero at that point. Key, Giddey, Walker all could be good building blocks but you aren't really making plans around them yet ya know.
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That’s what I was trying to get at just in the wrong words I’m just saying I’d rather watch that team play and suck this season while gaining assets than our current team


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Handlogten's Heros said:
Sadly if we do trade Lauri it is likely we are building on guys selected in the next 3-4 drafts rather than configuring things around guys we have. You basically move to ground zero at that point. Key, Giddey, Walker all could be good building blocks but you aren't really making plans around them yet ya know.
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Ainge would be in his 70s by the time we could conceivably be contending.
 
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