Does Lauri Get Traded?

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I guess we'll never know what GSW actually offered and Lauri may have told GSW to F off anyways, but if the deal Shams reported was on the table....I wonder how we'll look back on that. So many here were desperate to tank but also wanted the sun and the moon in order to move on from Lauri and truly tank.

I think Danny is trolling more or less. Just trying to poke Golden State and see if they will do what he wants. Maybe planting seeds of doubt in Curry's head about his future with the Warriors that they arent willing to push in for him.

 

[NUMBERICA]

How so?

I think the "not this week" was quoted in a weird way when he just meant it's not getting signed Tuesday.

Counterpoint: The Jazz being able to trade Lauri mid-season is no doubt Ainge’s preference. That might tip the scales toward trading him some.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Counterpoint: The Jazz being able to trade Lauri mid-season is no doubt Ainge’s preference. That might tip the scales toward trading him some.

Yeah but you have to spend to the cap floor by the start of the season which would diminish the ability to R&E him which would make him more expensive? I think that's the worst case scenario for Utah.

 

[KqWIN]

I think Danny is trolling more or less. Just trying to poke Golden State and see if they will do what he wants. Maybe planting seeds of doubt in Curry's head about his future with the Warriors that they arent willing to push in for him.

Well, what I'm wondering is if DA shouldn't have been trolling and maybe accepted the reported deal from Shams (if it was ever available). So many people here are desperate to tank and Lauri is a big roadblock to that. I wonder if at the end of next season people are still going to be whining about not tanking hard enough. Many hated the idea of moving forward with Lauri and we're going to see some version of that coming up.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Right... both parties have some motivation not to eff around and find out. So i think it should be fairly simple to iron out. One thing to watch is an Okoro offer sheet. This isn't an original idea but they could wait until tomorrow to present an offer sheet to Okoro... then they would know this week if it was matched. Might determine the structure but not total dollars of the Lauri extension.

Okoro would be a good explanation for a lot of things. Getting him would connect a lot of dots. It's probably more than just smoke.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I think keeping it open until Wednesday or agreeing in secret is smart. I think the fielding of offers actually ended weeks ago but GS still thinks they can make a play. I think we know they either don't have enough or won't give enough and had some convos with other teams and likely know what could be on the table if Lauri extends and is traded later (this season or most likely next offseason). I think we'd see some "Lauri kinda pissed" type of reports from his camp if they weren't on or very close to the same page.

What exactly do we gain by agreeing in secret or keeping it open?

 

[NUMBERICA]

Yeah but you have to spend to the cap floor by the start of the season which would diminish the ability to R&E him which would make him more expensive? I think that's the worst case scenario for Utah.

Worst case scenario is they could sign some players for waaay above market to get there (or R&E John Collins).

 

[NUMBERICA]

What exactly do we gain by agreeing in secret or keeping it open?

They are seriously open to trading him is why.

 

[Nate505]

So far what we've heard from Lauri's camp is: He loves Utah, his family loves Utah, he does not want to get traded mid season so he doesn't want to sign the R&E until the 7th.

I definitely want to see one of the few players who actually likes it here that is really good at basketball be traded. I mean who wouldn't.

 

[Nate505]

I guess we'll never know what GSW actually offered and Lauri may have told GSW to F off anyways, but if the deal Shams reported was on the table....I wonder how we'll look back on that.

If it was the completely garbage deal that was being offered, hopefully fondly and with no regrets whatsoever. Now something like an injury could make it less fondly, but it would be hard to look at it with any regrets with how terrible it was.

 

[KqWIN]

If it was the completely garbage deal that was being offered, hopefully fondly and with no regrets whatsoever. Now something like an injury could make it less fondly, but it would be hard to look at it with any regrets with how terrible it was.

If you truly feel like the all the picks + Moody package was hot garbage....I don't know what to tell you lol.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If you truly feel like the all the picks + Moody package was hot garbage....I don't know what to tell you lol.

It's hot garbage.