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Lauri Markkanen, no longer considered untouchable?

Handlogten's Heros said:
Yeah but that was understandable because Hayes was highly thought of... 4 more teams or so passed on Tyrese after them so I have a hard time assigning a ton of blame. For the most part they made the right picks.

The other thing that really put them in a 10 year funk is trading for Blake... the pick they moved later was moved for SGA (only moved up one spot). They needed to be patient.
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Cade was a terrible pick. I know they didn't really have a choice – for one reason or another he had become "the guy" in a really bad draft, and this is how it goes in the NBA... you take "the guy" or heads will roll somewhere. But taking someone at #1 means that the kid is instantly anointed franchise savior, and Cade never had that in him. It was all a pipe dream. Yet the Pistons immediately gave him the ball and the keys to the team, told him to go to work... and he's been ******** the bed ever since. But because he was the #1 pick, they can't do much about it yet. Too embarrassing.

Cade is such a losing player that he makes Zach LaVine look like Durant. IMO he's one of the worst busts of the last 15 years, considering where he was drafted. Not really his fault – in a good draft he wouldn't have gone in the Top 10.
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Why Are Advanced Stats So Down on Cade Cunningham?

Player value and efficiency metrics place the third-year Detroit Pistons guard in discouraging company. What does that mean for Cunningham’s future—and for his team’s?
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Tremendous Upside said:
Cade was a terrible pick. I know they didn't really have a choice – for one reason or another he had become "the guy" in a really bad draft, and this is how it goes in the NBA... you take "the guy" or heads will roll somewhere. But taking someone at #1 means that the kid is instantly anointed franchise savior, and Cade never had that in him. It was all a pipe dream. Yet the Pistons immediately gave him the ball and the keys to the team, told him to go to work... and he's been ******** the bed ever since. But because he was the #1 pick, they can't do much about it yet. Too embarrassing.

Cade is such a losing player that he makes Zach LaVine look like Durant. IMO he's one of the worst busts of the last 15 years, considering where he was drafted. Not really his fault – in a good draft he wouldn't have gone in the Top 10.
www.theringer.com

Why Are Advanced Stats So Down on Cade Cunningham?

Player value and efficiency metrics place the third-year Detroit Pistons guard in discouraging company. What does that mean for Cunningham’s future—and for his team’s?
www.theringer.com
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100 games... He may be more of a #2 than a #1 but I don't think he's a bust. Many young players struggle to be winning players early. The players around him aren't bad but no one can shoot and they are mostly young guys. If they want to give up on him I'd gladly take him off their hands.
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Which is what no one here wants to do
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Not really true. I may have been the original blowout up and tank guy. I think with Lauri’s market we should see what’s out there but no need to force a deal for tanking purposes. This draft just isn’t great.
 
Look at this post on Facebook https://clutchpoints.com/jazz-news-...2gZz9J4RlYSbLDBRY1qqWDfkD8#lqebvbn0sbog00vb2s

Just read this. Lauri quote from article:
“Yeah. And I’ve been traded, I guess, technically three times with draft night included,” Markkanen said. “Sometimes I knew about it. Sometimes I didn’t. So I kind of learned the business side of basketball. I’ve kind of learned to just go day by day and really put the work in and try to play to the best of my abilities and whatever happens happens, really.

“Like I said, I love being in Utah and it’s a compliment of what you’ve done in the past (that teams have interest). We’ll see. But yeah, I just want to emphasize that I really believe in what we’re building here with the Jazz. Go day by day. Do your best. That’s all you can do.”

Love it.
 
BENTLEY said:
Look at this post on Facebook https://clutchpoints.com/jazz-news-...2gZz9J4RlYSbLDBRY1qqWDfkD8#lqebvbn0sbog00vb2s

Just read this. Lauri quote from article:
“Yeah. And I’ve been traded, I guess, technically three times with draft night included,” Markkanen said. “Sometimes I knew about it. Sometimes I didn’t. So I kind of learned the business side of basketball. I’ve kind of learned to just go day by day and really put the work in and try to play to the best of my abilities and whatever happens happens, really.

“Like I said, I love being in Utah and it’s a compliment of what you’ve done in the past (that teams have interest). We’ll see. But yeah, I just want to emphasize that I really believe in what we’re building here with the Jazz. Go day by day. Do your best. That’s all you can do.”

Love it.
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Even if I understand the logic behind trading him if the offer is great it would really hurt to see him gone. He is easy to build around and seems like a perfect person for a market like Utah. I think we would look at it in future and say "if only we had Lauri 3 years earlier or later".
 
I feel DA is not that high on Lauri. Otherwise why say “we will listen to offers “ when you truly got your guy. You don’t hear pacers say this to Halliburton. Maybe that’s the level of player DA is looking for. I’m 50/50 on this
 
Agent#00 said:
I feel DA is not that high on Lauri. Otherwise why say “we will listen to offers “ when you truly got your guy. You don’t hear pacers say this to Halliburton. Maybe that’s the level of player DA is looking for. I’m 50/50 on this
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Nah, DA is just standing at the point where the path forks: he has to decide which route to take.
 
Agent#00 said:
I feel DA is not that high on Lauri. Otherwise why say “we will listen to offers “ when you truly got your guy. You don’t hear pacers say this to Halliburton. Maybe that’s the level of player DA is looking for. I’m 50/50 on this
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uhh when has Ainge said "we will listen to offers"

he told Lauri to buy a house lol
 
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