Steal now- Lauri Markkanen

[416Klawzz]

Remember how hot Lauri started in this league? I think he would be a reliable high volume 3 point shooter if the system allowed it.



In addition he would be your backup big. He would be a hot shooting big paired with Conley and Clarkson.

Conley sucks

 

[416Klawzz]

Conley will hinder our future

 

[freakazoid]

it is abundantly clear that the jazz are not good enough to build around the fringes and all rumors point to the next five years of shifting the build around gobert to around Mitchell.

So, one buzzer beater away from beating the team that went to the semi-finals, including blowing that team out of the water twice while not getting blown out themselves, all without their 2nd best offensive player/3rd overall = abundantly clear they aren't good enough?

LMFAO!

Also, Donovan looked really good in the playoffs this year and he can thank Gobert for that opportunity, because Utah is a lottery team without Rudy.

This whole idea of building around Donovan means moving on from Rudy is laughable. The best defensive big in the league is something every offensive minded player in the NBA would give up their left kiwi to play with.

 

[Miggs]

On a 22 win team...

Funny how playing for a ****** organization and coach can affect play. You’re the same genius who thought acquiring Clarkson was a bad move when I suggested it about ten months ago.

LM, in the proper environment, could thrive and there’s really no reason to think otherwise. He might not. But he’s super low risk/high upside...unless of course you’re hung up on the idea of retaining Conley beyond this season which would only, and I mean only, guarantee us no ring in his time here.

 

[whatthe]

 

[jom2003]

And what a steal he is

 

[Elizah Huge]

No thanks. Doesnt really fit the current timeline. Jazz need guys who are ready now for peak playoff basketball. Jazz dont need a worse version of Bogey with a few inches of aesthetic height and "potential".

Lauri's ceiling is what Bojan did this year lmfao.

How so? The dude cant d and is a positional tweener. What massive potential has he shown?

Yeah, I'm not a huge Bogey fan at all, but I dont see Lauri having a better season than what Bogey had this past year on a good playoff team.

Im not calling Lauri bad, but I do think his ceiling is about what Bogey did this year.

Trading for Lauri Markkanen, a guy with relatively modest potential (does anyone think he is ever going to make an All-Star team?), isnt going to make the Jazz any better down the line than they currently are now.

LMAO

Funny how playing for a ****** organization and coach can affect play. You’re the same genius who thought acquiring Clarkson was a bad move when I suggested it about ten months ago.

LM, in the proper environment, could thrive and there’s really no reason to think otherwise. He might not. But he’s super low risk/high upside...unless of course you’re hung up on the idea of retaining Conley beyond this season which would only, and I mean only, guarantee us no ring in his time here.

This aged beautifully. Props my man.

 

[fishonjazz]

Lauri's ceiling is what Bojan did this year lmfao.

Lmfao indeed

 

[LogGrad98]

Only reason to trade Bogey is either for more depth (Jazz dont really need that badly) or for a better defensive player who is competent offensively (read someone like Robert Covington).

This sounds like Lauri right now! Would have been great to get right now Lauri added to this team 2 years ago. He might have turned it on, who knows. More likely he would have gotten bogged down in the quagmire of **** this franchise became as the relationships started to fall apart. Fun to think about though.

 

[fishonjazz]

Trading for Lauri Markkanen, a guy with relatively modest potential (does anyone think he is ever going to make an All-Star team?), isnt going to make the Jazz any better down the line than they currently are now.

Ouch

Oops. Just saw Eliza huge got this covered.
My bad. Don't want to pile on anymore

 

[LogGrad98]

If we could add Lauri to the team without changing the current structure, something involving moving Conley out would be ideal, then we should do it. Lots of potential there and already would be a good fit. Mitchell, Ingles, Bojan, Markkanen, Gobert is a decent starting 5. Royce, Clarkson, Favors off the bench. Not bad.

I still think this would have been game changing for us.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'm actually pretty surprised by how many posters in this thread got this right. Lots of posts aged very well in here.

I'm glad I didn't post in here as I probably would have been on the wrong side. I'm a massive jazz homer who doesn't watch non jazz bball so I didn't know much about Lauri and I loved the Donovan, Rudy, Royce, bogey, Clarkson, Ingles, Conley, etc jazz team.