Korisfani
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Yes, but that happened. That time has now passed. IF he was a FA last year, how many teams would've offered him? Not many I think.Put Lauri on the Celtics or Nugs and you don't see him having a breakout season and putting up even close to the same numbers. On those teams he would have continued to just being his old role player self. It took giving him the keys to the car to get him to snap out of his passive self that he has been his entire career.
Now he's an All-Star starter and playing at a consistent All-Star level and showing that he can only get better. IF he was available right this second and all teams had room to offer him, is there even a single team in the league that wouldn't take him with glee? I don't think so.
Before, he had close to no options and the Jazz absolutely were the perfect situation for him this year. Now, he has all the options and right this second half the league are better situations. Things change, quickly, in the NBA as we saw at the deadline of course. But if The Plan is another season of tanking and maybe being competitive in four-five years time, then all those other situations remain being better than the situation with the Jazz.