Lauri Markkanen, no longer considered untouchable?

[Shad]

Extend Lauri

 

[FalseFlagg K]

He said that in response to a question about him going for a media job after his career is over. I don't remember him saying anything about not wanting a new contract in the NBA.

yeah he also said he had zero intention of retiring before he had to because he knows being home looking after kids is way harder a gig than playing

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

yeah he also said he had zero intention of retiring before he had to because he knows being home looking after kids is way harder a gig than playing

I'm guessing the 11M per year was a bigger motivator than that lol.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

If you get 5+ picks, then Lauri will be traded. It is painful. He is the perfect player for the Jazz and many teams. But we aren't winning anytime soon and we would be doing him a disservice.

5+? We didn’t even get 4 for Mitchell. I’d be happy with 3 picks and a young player with potential to be something

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

5+? We didn’t even get 4 for Mitchell. I’d be happy with 3 picks and a young player with potential to be something

The number is 4 or 5. If you get premium picks or young players its 4. If its a mix of premium and fine... then its 5. Don got us 3 picks, 2 swaps, a recent lotto pick, Lauri (was worth a pick at the time) and Sexton. Lauri is the thing that never hits the market. Rangy wing big in his prime who is excellent (more than excellent) without the ball and can guard his yard. He is also paid half as much annually as Don was. Donny was a 6,000 square foot house in a nice suburb that goes for millions... Lauri is a beach front bungalow that will also go for millions (if we sell). They are different but their value will be similar.

 

[KqWIN]

The Collins trade was such a dumb move. If we had mounds of cap space we could do some things this offseason while also extending Lauri. Now I'm a little leery of taking on salary in trades as it threatens our ability to extend Lauri.

Unload JC and we may be able to maneuver a bit.

Deciding to continue to mess around with THT. Extending JC (which I was fine with because of the descending contract) and using our cap space for the next two year to take on Collins is holding this team back from doing the things it should have.

Yeah, I’ll take an L on that one. The Collins trade was so bad. I’m not even sure it’s his fault, but he undoubtedly looks worse playing with us. It’s gone a lot worse that I expected.

 

[Ron Mexico]

5+? We didn’t even get 4 for Mitchell. I’d be happy with 3 picks and a young player with potential to be something

Proven hater. That's a pretty garbage intake considering he's going to a good team.

 

[hgb]

5+? We didn’t even get 4 for Mitchell. I’d be happy with 3 picks and a young player with potential to be something

We got 3, 2 swaps plus Ochai who had just been picked 14th, Lauri (nuff said) and Sexton. That's definitely 5+ pick value.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Proven hater. That's a pretty garbage intake considering he's going to a good team.

We got 3 picks for Mitchell, idiot!!

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

We got 3, 2 swaps plus Ochai who had just been picked 14th, Lauri (nuff said) and Sexton. That's definitely 5+ pick value.

But your basically saying Markkanen is more valuable than Mitchell?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Here is how a GS trade might actually work and I might be on board. They are a team I could see falling off and we've already seen some serious regression, so I would value their draft fairly high.

They owe a pick top 4 protected this year. It will convey... especially if we send them Lauri. When you make trades like these the language just has to make sure the Stepien rule will be satisfied. So we get...

2025 pick swap with any of the picks we own (ours, cavs, Twolves)
2026 unprotected
2027 pick swap with any of the picks we own
2028 unprotected
2029 pick swap with any of the picks we own
2030 they owe a highly protected pick to Wiz so we get nothing here.

The swaps have HIGH value in this scenario and you can use that swap value in trades. I think you could comfortably say you will end up pickin 5-10 spots higher with the super swap value.

We also get Kuminga and Moody - though I may route one or both elsewhere. More likely to keep Moody as I'm just not a big believer in Kuminga. Though playing without the GS system may unlock some things.

I think I would do this trade as GS is already on borrowed time. Steph likely ages well but tends to miss chunks of seasons here or there. If you have control of 5 drafts there will be a lotto pick or two in there.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Here is how a GS trade might actually work and I might be on board. They are a team I could see falling off and we've already seen some serious regression, so I would value their draft fairly high.

They owe a pick top 4 protected this year. It will convey... especially if we send them Lauri. When you make trades like these the language just has to make sure the Stepien rule will be satisfied. So we get...

2025 pick swap with any of the picks we own (ours, cavs, Twolves)
2026 unprotected
2027 pick swap with any of the picks we own
2028 unprotected
2029 pick swap with any of the picks we own
2030 they owe a highly protected pick to Wiz so we get nothing here.

The swaps have HIGH value in this scenario and you can use that swap value in trades. I think you could comfortably say you will end up pickin 5-10 spots higher with the super swap value.

We also get Kuminga and Moody - though I may route one or both elsewhere. More likely to keep Moody as I'm just not a big believer in Kuminga. Though playing without the GS system may unlock some things.

I think I would do this trade as GS is already on borrowed time. Steph likely ages well but tends to miss chunks of seasons here or there. If you have control of 5 drafts there will be a lotto pick or two in there.

I think this package would be lower on my list than a couple of other teams.