Training Camp 2025

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

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Harkless is limited at the moment at the number of games he can play. I believe the number is 52.

Why?

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

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Would you call it hating if someone called Anthony Davis being injury-prone? Since Lauri came into the league he missed more games than Davis! You can count on him missing 20-30 games like clockwork. And that happened when Lauri was young. You can pretty reliably expect 7-footers to get injured/miss significantly more games when they are getting close to 30.

Last season Lauri played in 47 games, which was his career-low. This summer in the EuroBasket he supposedly played through injuries. I think that pretending that Lauri's health is not a major concern going forward is not particularly productive. If I were the Jazz I would try to trade Markkanen as soon as possible, even if they cannot get much in return.

Nah... but the constant posts wanting to trade Lauri for a pair of used socks and a juicy fruit is.

For me, No trade that includes less than 3 1sts and a young player is even worth suggesting. Yet I have read hundreds of throw away trade ideas and little appreciation for the quality he brings.

 

[jazznik]

Nah... but the constant posts wanting to trade Lauri for a pair of used socks and a juicy fruit is.

For me, No trade that includes less than 3 1sts and a young player is even worth suggesting. Yet I have read hundreds of throw away trade ideas and little appreciation for the quality he brings.

I would have thought the same a year and a half ago. But, realistically, Lauri's value has been going down rapidly. Now he is 1.5 years older, on a max contract and after an injury-plagued low-production season. And if, God forbid, his upcoming season is closer to the 2024/25 (and, realistically that's the 25%-30% probability) then his contract would simply become negative. The Jazz may risk getting stuck with the 2024-25 version of Lauri for 4 more years.