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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

Handlogten's Heros said:
Don't kill me here... but with all the talk of Danny being optimistic... and Lauri going bonkers and seemingly being a great fit on many teams trying to contend... what does Danny do if say Miami, Toronto, or Phoenix come in and offer 3 unprotected picks for Lauri? Miami was the team I could see actually doing it...

Danny has been zigging and zagging and surprising everyone... what if he really sells high on a bunch of these guys?

For the record... i think Lauri is more real than fluke. Some of his finishing will settle down a bit but overall I think this is close to who he is/can be and not some weird fluke. So not sure you are selling high per se... just that you bought low.
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If we keep winning then I kind of think his hands are tied. IF he wants to trade guys from this team I think he has to hope for a losing streak. Fans would revolt if he traded any of our good players while we are literally the number 1 seed in the west.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I just dont see why you would ever trade a young 7' with skills who tries on defense. It's just an insane thought. How many draft picks do you need for a rebuild? Why are we going to blow up our rebuild when it's already like 60% done?

Getting a star is great, but getting all the other pieces is just as hard. Would make no sense to go backwards when we are already asset rich.
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Good post.
Things are pretty much perfect in jazz land right now. Why screw that up?
 
Lauri still has more upside.

Also we really don't need a bunch more draft picks. We could maybe use better draft picks, but we don't have room for those guys and can't develop that many guys. You don't trade young good all star type players with upside and potential for picks. He's younger than Mitchell and has a couple years until he's in his prime. He also brings everything to the table he's a unicorn.

There is almost no chance a draft pick is as good as he is. Unless he becomes an issue and wants out you keep him. I don't see him being that.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
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Unless it's like Houston offering us to give us all the Brooklyn assets, but even then, it just feels like nah.

I dont really have interest in being extreme pick hoarders if it means being awful for 3-4 years. Especially when our current path is both high potential and high in never losing.
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I worry it isn’t high potential without a few top ten picks. Time will tell how much is real and where our pick and the other picks we have land.

I ain’t looking to trade him at all… just something I’ve been contemplating… wonder if someone tries to pick him up and what price would make us move… that’s all.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Lauri still has more upside.

You don't trade young good all star type players with upside and potential for picks. He's younger than Mitchell and has a couple years until he's in his prime. He also brings everything to the table he's a unicorn.
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Good post. His contract is also very nice. 16-18 million per year over the next 3 years is great for what he is bringing. One of the best contracts in the nba.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I just dont see why you would ever trade a young 7' with skills who tries on defense. It's just an insane thought. How many draft picks do you need for a rebuild? Why are we going to blow up our rebuild when it's already like 60% done?

Getting a star is great, but getting all the other pieces is just as hard. Would make no sense to go backwards when we are already asset rich.
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Good post.

Only semi-valid reason would be if Ainge would think our rebuilding window is 3+ years. But seeing where we are atm, I dont think we are that far away.

Lauri is still developing and Hardy said he is shuffling him around both offensively and defensively so he learn to read and play all kinds of situations. He also fits Hardy's team first mentality perfectly.

No way they let him go.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Or how those picks NO got in the AD trade will also be late firsts... I'm not sure I'd trade Lauri... just wondering where others might see the line. 2 unprotected picks is an auto reject... 3 and you have my attention.
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Yep. These mega draft picks trades are all turning into disasters for the teams that traded them.

Paul George- With Kawhi gone these picks are turning into mid 1sts instead of late 1sts plus obviously Shai who is better than George.

Anthony Davis- no need to explain

Harden- Almost everyone destroyed the rockets for this trade talking about how they were robbed and all the picks would be late 1sts. Now it looks like a gold mine controlling the next 5 years of picks.
 
sip said:
Yep. These mega draft picks trades are all turning into disasters for the teams that traded them.

Paul George- With Kawhi gone these picks are turning into mid 1sts instead of late 1sts plus obviously Shai who is better than George.

Anthony Davis- no need to explain

Harden- Almost everyone destroyed the rockets for this trade talking about how they were robbed and all the picks would be late 1sts. Now it looks like a gold mine controlling the next 5 years of picks.
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Which is why I said they disappear soon and teams revert back to overvaluing picks… people had enough time to get over the hopelessness of the Brooklyn situation from years ago and teams started going yolo with their picks again.
 
sip said:
Yep. These mega draft picks trades are all turning into disasters for the teams that traded them.

Paul George- With Kawhi gone these picks are turning into mid 1sts instead of late 1sts plus obviously Shai who is better than George.

Anthony Davis- no need to explain

Harden- Almost everyone destroyed the rockets for this trade talking about how they were robbed and all the picks would be late 1sts. Now it looks like a gold mine controlling the next 5 years of picks.
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The David trade is the only one that netted what they were looking for: a championship.
 
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