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Does Lauri Get Traded?

Does Lauri Get Dealt Before The Season Starts?

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Jaanipoeg said:
Lauri definitely struggled and was a bit frustrated post ASB/Conley trade, he definitely made it easier for him. But Lauri did have his Euro breakout before talking into training camp with the Jazz.

I think it's also fair that Conley was uniquely set to help Lauri pop off even more. Lauri is a shot finisher at heart, Conley wouldn't "make" many other players elevate their stats as much
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AGAIN, for the people who trouble hearing because Lauri's discharge is so deep in their ears, I'm not saying Lauri was good becaues of Conley. I'm saying Conley made the team win, which led to Lauri being able to put up stats for a WINNER as THE GUY. When you do that and become an all-star, it raises your value. It's not a debate. Yall being extra weird.
 
I don’t think ATL will be terrible, Quin will get that team to extremely mid….but with the new lottery odds, having a later lotto position is way more valuable than before.

If the Jazz got SAS, ATL, and their own 2025….they could have a ton of lotto balls. West is super competitive so I’m not sure Lauri makes SAS a playoff team right away.
 
Elizah Huge said:
San Antonio has a very good collection of juicy picks that aren’t theirs. I think I like their potential package the best at the moment unless Houston is willing to trade a blue chip prospect with a bunch of future picks.
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I kind of care less about the blue chip thing now because I dont think that prospect really exist on the market currently and the Jazz have so many prospects and will draft so many more next year that I dont really care about getting anymore young players.
 
I’ve been texting HH the last couple of days saying the percentage is growing…
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
No my logic was we kept Conley and Conley boosted his own value along with everyone else by making the Jazz look like winners. It's a fact. You just sound like a dumbass, I'm sorry. You fail to understand some pretty clear logic and are getting weird about Lauri's improvement being just him? I dont care how good Lauri's stats are, if the team isnt winning he isnt an All-Star (like this past season). Being an all-star matters. Winning matters. It raises value. It's common sense.
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Yeah, Lauri being injured had nothing to do with him not being an all star last year. And without that one all star appearance Lauri wouldn’t be worth much at all by your logic? We get to talk about offers that are too good to refuse because that’s what happens with everyone who gets to the all star game once.

Or… Lauri broke out because of Lauri and his value is his own doing.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I kind of care less about the blue chip thing now because I dont think that prospect really exist on the market currently and the Jazz have so many prospects and will draft so many more next year that I dont really care about getting anymore young players.
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Amen Thompson is basically who I was talking about but Jabari Smith Jr could be that guy too.
 
KqWIN said:
I don’t think ATL will be terrible, Quin will get that team to extremely mid….but with the new lottery odds, having a later lotto position is way more valuable than before.

If the Jazz got SAS, ATL, and their own 2025….they could have a ton of lotto balls. West is super competitive so I’m not sure Lauri makes SAS a playoff team right away.
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With Dejounte out they are a Trae injury away from being an exceptionally pathetic team. And even with Trae healthy they may be fairly pathetic.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Lowe mentioning it unprompted is a lot different than McMahon talking about it on a pod when asked what’s going on in Utah and him saying “he’s available if the Thunder want to give J dub and 5 picks”. That’s essentially a **** off… listening was a tone change. Lowe isn’t a rumor monger… him mentioning it how and when he did was an absolute change.

It changed when Bridges was moved for likely a variety of reasons.
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If Lowe didn’t dismiss it twice in the same 10 second clip, I’d be with ya. But the two pieces of info that people said indicated a change (Woj+Lowe)….both of them downplayed it immediately.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Amen Thompson is basically who I was talking about but Jabari Smith Jr could be that guy too.
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I like Amen, he is exciting, but ehhhhh. He's got a massive flaw. Not really a guy I'm hyped to build around. Just roll with Collier/Keyonte/Flip/Sensabaugh/Lofton/Walker/Hendricks/Williams and let's keep it rolling.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
With Dejounte out they are a Trae injury away from being an exceptionally pathetic team. And even with Trae healthy they may be fairly pathetic.
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Trae or Jalen… Capela fading and Okongwu is the DNP champ. Trae also prickly and could check out. He’s literally said regular season isn’t interesting to him (or something along those lines). Quin sucks at managing personalities and his glasses are stupid.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
With Dejounte out they are a Trae injury away from being an exceptionally pathetic team. And even with Trae healthy they may be fairly pathetic.
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I’d agree….the East is freaking bad though, I think teams who aren’t trying to lose on purpose will find their way to mid. But even if they end up in the play in/close to it…you get way more lotto balls than you did before. I don’t think people have fully adjusted their expectations to that change.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Trae or Jalen… Capela fading and Okongwu is the DNP champ. Trae also prickly and could check out. He’s literally said regular season isn’t interesting to him (or something along those lines). Quin sucks at managing personalities and his glasses are stupid.
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I just dont see them getting above the play in and I dont really see them winning while in the play in. Even if it's just the 12th pick, that's still highly valuable.
 
I mean, I wouldnt be absolutely shocked if the Pistons were better than the Hawks? That feels like a hot take with how bad the Pistons have been, but Bickerstaff is a solid coach and Harris should be solid in Detroit. They got a competent team now with him and Simone as shooters with size next to their athletic young core.
 
KqWIN said:
If Lowe didn’t dismiss it twice in the same 10 second clip, I’d be with ya. But the two pieces of info that people said indicated a change (Woj+Lowe)….both of them downplayed it immediately.
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Yes they are on national tv and know how this works. If they don’t downplay it then they get calls and pissed off executives… I mean why mention it at all?

Sometimes you don’t get a murder weapon and a dna test when solving a crime so ya have to look at the details.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
If we do end up trading Lauri, I will believe that it is because he did not want to sign an extension here.
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But all the reporting has been he wants to. Not sure why he would fake it. I think he's at peace with whatever outcome because he knows he's getting paid and will be valued where he goes.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Yes they are on national tv and know how this works. If they don’t downplay it then they get calls and pissed off executives… I mean why mention it at all?

Sometimes you don’t get a murder weapon and a dna test when solving a crime so ya have to look at the details.
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There's always semen somewhere.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Yes they are on national tv and know how this works. If they don’t downplay it then they get calls and pissed off executives… I mean why mention it at all?

Sometimes you don’t get a murder weapon and a dna test when solving a crime so ya have to look at the details.
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That's exactly right, they are on national TV and know how this works. Is it more interesting to say a fun trade idea is not happening? Or is it more interesting to say it could happen. There's a reason why the news aggregators chose to clip out the parts they did.

To me, "teams are calling but the Jazz ain't listening" is the same message we've heard since last summer.
 
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