Will Markkanen re-sign?

fishonjazz said:

We have no idea who we add in the next off season. There are no guarantees. Winning as many games as possible right now also doesn't guarantee we will or wont make the playoffs next season. Winning now could actually decrease our chances of making the playoffs next season.

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No, we don't. But if the the whole point is to get rookies and youth, then you'll play them next year, right? Right?

Winning now is neither here nor there. I haven't seen anyone calling for the team to make a real playoff push at the deadline. However, there are people calling to lose as much as possible. That won't just magically happen. It means putting losing players on the court, which you then have on your roster.

And the topic is: Will Markkanen re-sign? Losing as much as possible, through bringing in scrubs and salary albatrosses or whatever (and then playing all the young guys next season), makes it more unprobable he will. That's the cost. Tanking isn't free. Some might be ok with that, some won't. But there's no fantasy land where it has no cost and no effect on Markkanen's decision.

SoberasHotRod said:

Who's Will Markkanen?

Does Lauri have a brother?

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Apparently Lauri appreciates Hardy so much that he will name his unborn son Will.

Once we traded Royce, Rudy and Donovan, I was all for a “tear it down to the studs - and then burn it down to the foundation” type of tank. I was perfectly willing to trade everyone that came back in those trades and then go with a completely young and inexperienced team.

Once we started the season, and Markkanen, Kessler and Agbaji all showed up and proved to be key pieces moving forward. . . well. . . I don’t want to burn it down to the foundation anymore.

I am still hoping DA tears it down to studs though. I don’t see Conley, Olynyk, Beasley or Gay as being long-term parts of the team, and I have concerns about letting Clarkson hit unrestricted free agency. As such, I’m perfectly willing to see if there’s any type of positive asset that can be acquired by moving them now. If we play heavy minutes to Sexton, THT, NAW, Agbaji, Markkanen, Vando and Kessler and still make the playoffs, great. Plus we’ve cleared up (hopefully) cap space, minutes and roles on the team moving forward. Plus added or improved our assets in the process.

This is a perfect “can’t lose” scenario. . . as long as we don’t stand pat. I feel like shaking things up and making some deals right now would help the team immensely in the long run.

That would also be $70M of incoming salary. Probably little of it expiring. Which you have to do something with. Release and wreck cap space; play and take minutes away from others; trade and possibly need to use your assets in the process.

I have no doubt he will resign assuming the jazz don’t lowball and disrespect him in that fashion.

I hope so, but nobody truly knows but him and his agent...

sip said:

Stop acting like you actually know what Lauri wants.

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I am pretty sure I am not acting that.

Hayward should be a GREAT example for Lauri to re-sign. He had done nothing since he’d left Utah.

Right now alot of Lauri's extension and staying to Utah is up and depend on that how soon Jazz is at least a playoff team.
2 years is not long time so Ainge should already have a vision and clear plan how to impress Lauri to get him sign a extension.

I don't want to guess or speculate what will happen next 2 years because no-one cannot say that for sure.
I know this probably isn't nice to read but i say this.

Anything can happen in 2 years and absolutely everything is possible.
Lets see closer summer 2025 what happend / happens.