Does Lauri Get Traded?

[default]

Keeping Lauri gives casual fans hope and sells tickets. He won't get traded unless an extreme offer comes in that is at least Rudy/Mitchel level.

 

[KqWIN]

I don't like speaking in absolutes in this league. I maintain its like less than 5%. Teams and owners go full stupid sometimes and change your plans. I think he has more value on the contract we give him this summer. I think if we trade Lauri it might be because someone offers up a top 5 pick next year around the draft. Right now I think the keep Lauri tank is the leader in the clubhouse with a possibility of a mild win now move that pisses all the tankers off as a close second.

I have it less than 1%. I think the first plan would be to get FA almost guy like Bridges or Harris (for the record I hate this plan). After that Lauri+tank is probably the backup plan.

A scenario where Lauri does not R+E seems almost impossible to me. IDK, maybe some team who strikes out gets ancy and we get a DWill to BKN like situation.

 

[HermanG]

Another thing that hasn't been talked about much is if we do in fact land a top 3 pick next year then we could actually trade it (not saying I want that) and accelerate the time even faster to line up with lauri

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True. Either way, it seems like next season will be interesting just for the kids. At least we got plenty of them.

 

[KqWIN]

My hope is that HOU gets real salty about missing on KD/PG, they throw a big package at Lauri. 2/3 of Amen/Shep/Jabari would be real nice.

 

[hgb]

Ya know, LaVine (and some filler and sweeteners) for double-JC is looking better and better in contrast

This whole idea is really growing on me. I hate the idea of another season or seasons (more likely, I suppose) of suckage, so I'm all in on giving up that stupid OKC pick and getting to the playoffs. Dallas just showed that anything can happen, and Lavine, for all his faults, is a really good player.

I'd do JC^2 for Lavine straight up, I think. I'd certainly do it if there was some sort of compensation.

 

[NUMBERICA]

This whole idea is really growing on me. I hate the idea of another season or seasons (more likely, I suppose) of suckage, so I'm all in on giving up that stupid OKC pick and getting to the playoffs. Dallas just showed that anything can happen, and Lavine, for all his faults, is a really good player.

I'd do JC^2 for Lavine straight up, I think. I'd certainly do it if there was some sort of compensation.

Then we like it for different reasons: I don’t think LaVine helps winning much, especially if this year’s focus is on rehab.

 

[kcgar]

My hope is that HOU gets real salty about missing on KD/PG, they throw a big package at Lauri. 2/3 of Amen/Shep/Jabari would be real nice.

I agree that we need at least 2 young prospects in addition to the draft picks. I’m not interested in Mikal Bridges like haul with no prospects.

 

[mcbsst]

I’m tired of mediocrity. The 3 draft picks doesn’t move the needle except maybe down. Let’s go full blown tank and trade Laurie or trade for proven talent

 

[KqWIN]

I agree that we need at least 2 young prospects in addition to the draft picks. I’m not interested in Mikal Bridges like haul with no prospects.

Agreed we need to be looking for quality, not quantity. HOU is rich in picks and ready made prospects. I think Kuminga and Moody are interested but I find the HOU players more intriguing.

 

[stitches]

I wouldn't mind it either way. I think the more likely outcome is we keep him. And unless we do something stupid we have a good chance to keep the tank on even with Lauri on board.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jazz are probably going to make the cost of trading for Lauri prohibitive at this stage.

 

[Shad]

I'd actually keep everyone outside of Clarkson unless the rockets opened the gates. We could have a really fun team if we get Flagg.