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Does Lauri Get Traded?

Does Lauri Get Dealt Before The Season Starts?

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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Jazz are probably going to make the cost of trading for Lauri prohibitive at this stage.
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Lauri might be at the zenith of his market value right now even with his contract situation. It's obvious after they made all
3 draft picks this is likely to be another player development type season with no playoffs. This would be his 8th season in the league with 0 playoff appearances. The best thing for everyone might be to trade him if they can get 1-2 prospects + 2 premium draft picks.

The WC is going to be a gauntlet next season and even teams like Portland are making trades to get better. If that doesn't pan out, I'm going to assume even if they keep Lauri and play him with all their first and second year players they will be a bottom 5-6 team. Outside of maybe Portland, every other team in the WC will likely be better unless Ainge can pull off a miracle trade for a star in the next few weeks.

Then again maybe he's onboard for the "vision" and a huge pay increase will be enough to keep Lauri happy in Utah for another season. If he stays I expect he might get frustrated playing alongside a bunch of 19-21 yo kids. He didn't seem all too excited after they traded his buddies Olynyk and Fontecchio at the deadline.
 
There is a script for the Jazz to be very good in 2026. If Lauri can stick around then I don't think we should trade him. Wanna watch him playing the pick n roll with Flagg.
 
The timeline of this team no longer makes sense to keep Lauri, IMO.

And Houston has both the want and young talent/picks to make this work for everyone.

Choose your fav young dude on their roster, ask for him and a **** ton of picks and let’s rip the bandaid off.

Is Sengun fully off limits?
 
Bodhi said:
The timeline of this team no longer makes sense to keep Lauri, IMO.

And Houston has both the want and young talent/picks to make this work for everyone.

Choose your fav young dude on their roster, ask for him and a **** ton of picks and let’s rip the bandaid off.

Is Sengun fully off limits?
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Lauri and Walker for Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr. and ~three or four real 1sts. Walker gives them a real defense they don’t have. (Jazz eventually flip Sengun.)
 
Bodhi said:
Sengun would be the haul so no flipping needed.

I would do that deal.
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Really hard for me to buy in on centers that don’t protect the rim like at all unless they’re an all-world talent (I probably need to do more Sengun research).
 
NUMBERICA said:
Really hard for me to buy in on centers that don’t protect the rim like at all unless they’re an all-world talent (I probably need to do more Sengun research).
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Dude is a problem. I honestly could see Houston having him essentially off limits.
 
NO which is what i really want. If he's ok with being crazily financially compensated for another couple of years before the team becomes relevant again then keep him. You can't have ALL young players and nobody who knows how to play
 
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