Does Lauri Get Traded?

[Handlogten's Heros]

This is peak JazzFanz

Its just weird that Walker's biggest fan doesn't think he will impact winning in a meaningful way. Every bad team has bad players, rookies, and otherwise. Its also funny that others throw cold water on Walker helping us while singing the praises of Tobias Harris and Grant Williams.

Its also funny that two years ago (without doing math) I correctly told folks here that we were a mid 30s win team and needed to cut even more if we were serious about Wemby.

 

[underdog]

I think I’d just look at moving Walker or Sexton at this point. You will likely not get peak value for them but it will allow you to tank and even if you traded Lauri I would think later you’d likely move one of those guys too. Tank with Lauri… try to be some version of what OKC did.

Yeah, now that it looks like we can’t improve our team this offseason, the focus absolutely has to be next year’s draft. And that’s why, whether we trade Lauri or not, the smartest thing to do is to trade Sexton, Clarkson, and Collins (although moving even one of them is easier said than done). I didn’t include Kessler because he’s young and it looks like we’re not quite sure of him yet.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Yeah, now that it looks like we can’t improve our team this offseason, the focus absolutely has to be next year’s draft. And that’s why, whether we trade Lauri or not, the smartest thing to do is to trade Sexton, Clarkson, and Collins (although moving even one of them is easier said than done). I didn’t include Kessler because he’s young and it looks like we’re not quite sure of him yet.

I think the two most important things that will determine what our franchises next 5 years looks like are
1- Lauri - keeping him or moving him and how he develops
2- Whoever we draft in 2025 with our top 10 pick or not having a top 10 pick if it goes to OKC.

There are other important things but those should be the priorities imo. I just wouldn't mess around with draft position... hitting it big on a top 5 pick changes our world.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Its just weird that Walker's biggest fan doesn't think he will impact winning in a meaningful way. Every bad team has bad players, rookies, and otherwise. Its also funny that others throw cold water on Walker helping us while singing the praises of Tobias Harris and Grant Williams.

Its also funny that two years ago (without doing math) I correctly told folks here that we were a mid 30s win team and needed to cut even more if we were serious about Wemby.

We both told everyone the over was free money.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

If it’s Lauri for Duncan, how many picks can we expect to get back?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If it’s Lauri for Duncan, how many picks can we expect to get back?

About 3x as many as the Heat have lol. The Heat aren't a serious suitor... I'm sure DA takes Pat's calls just to eff with him though.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

We both told everyone the over was free money.

Maybe we should all play a game where we predict the amount of wins based on the current roster. People can assign wins to players as they like, so that if they are moved later or hurt we can see where others would have guessed we'd land in wins. Would also assume we make no other additions or folks could give a number that would account for that.

 

[whatthe]

About 3x as many as the Heat have lol. The Heat aren't a serious suitor... I'm sure DA takes Pat's calls just to eff with him though.

That Golden State pick heavy news item must involve a third team but they are afraid to mention it. Otherwise it is not pick heavy

 

[TheStormofWar]

About 3x as many as the Heat have lol. The Heat aren't a serious suitor... I'm sure DA takes Pat's calls just to eff with him though.

I'm sure it was the most teeth clenching conversation they'll both have this summer.

 

[Elizah Huge]

That Golden State pick heavy news item must involve a third team but they are afraid to mention it. Otherwise it is not pick heavy

3 firsts and 4 pick swaps

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

About 3x as many as the Heat have lol. The Heat aren't a serious suitor... I'm sure DA takes Pat's calls just to eff with him though.

Too bad cause I like Duncan as a mentor.

 

[MTS]

Doing that for 30 games at the end of the season has a limited impact. I guess if you think Hardy holds out Lauri, Clarkson, Kessler, Collins from game 1 then you are right. The young guys will play and we will lose A LOT. Thats a better route to go than just trading one of the guys.

Use whatever math you need to math this all out for yourself. Good players help you win more games. Coaches will play good players more than bad players. Going from 30 minutes of Kessler and 18 minutes of Collins/Eubanks in some split is better than Collins/Eubanks and Flip? or Samanic? if there are injuries along the line not having as many serviceable players exaggerates the injury impact.

There are any number of outcomes from trading or keeping Walker. I think the ones I prefer would include getting a palatable return for him and prioritizing draft order.

If you simply compare rosters realistically with the bad teams as they sit... we might be somewhere between 5th and 8th worst. Injuries will be a factor and other "we didn't see this coming" type of events. I would prefer to take some mystery out of that.

I'm just illustrating how the "We'll lose more games without him" impact has really low odds of giving a meaningful benefit in and of itself.

If you don't think Walker is a building block and you get a really good offer now that you don't think you'll get later, then sure, do it. The tanking aspect of trading him should be a very minimal part of the overall decision.