You forgot about Kenny. LOL yeah tanking isn't for the casuals. Good news is you can watch the games the next day instead of staying up late to watch them. The result will rarely be in question.
I agree. I also think that if you trade Lauri, you use your available cap space to sign some veteran guys to short term high dollar contracts to be stabilizing forces around a young roster. Guys like Kris Dunn, etc. But then you PLAY the young guys the bulk of the minutes.
The latter I do think is a valid concern. I'm a big advocate of developing your prospect alongside good players, and Lauri has a lot of aspects to his game that help them develop, including being a low usage guy who doesnt hog the ball.
I would absolutely prefer to keep him and build this young core around him - hoping to get lucky in a trade, signing or pick that opens things up to a contending window. We look at Mitchell and Gobert now, but they were the 27th and 13th picks in the draft. And they were clearly the lead dogs on a team that was flawed, but extremely successful.
Good thing about this ordeal is that there is almost zero pressure in dealing him.
Bogey would actually be a great guy to bring back for this purpose.
Bogey plays no D, no thanks.
If the Jazz trade Lauri, they almost have to use their cap space to take on additional assets by being a place that apron teams can dump salary though. I just wouldn’t want it to be super long-term salary.
Sure, I get that, but I want the vets to be workers and guys who play hard. Not that Bogey doesnt work, but his game isnt really the kind of game I want as a vet leader for a bad/young team.
Niether, unless you think Ochai was the biggest piece of that trade.
Unless you figure that the bottom falls out of GSW in the next few years even after trading them Lauri.
