Who would you rather keep, Lauri Markkanen or John Collins? (Please read scenario)
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Maybe.
But still Jazz should pick their poison.
If it would be like this what Jazz should to do.
1 Trade Lauri keep Collins and tank hard next 2-3 years and draft TOP10 every time.
2 Keep Lauri and Collins and win 30+ games and hang-on in play in spot and draft somewhere TOP 20-25 and lose one 1st round pick to OKC.
3 Trade Collins keep Lauri and tank hard next 3-5 yrs and waste most of Lauri's prime years.
efukillar
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If the Jazz were to bring in Cooper Flagg, they could tank another round and get another top forward in the '26 draft, leaving them with two quality forward prospects. Then, the Jazz would have both Collins and Markkanen on the trade block the moment they pick Cooper. If they don't get the No. 1 pick? They'd just trade Collins and tell Markkanen, "Oh, we're going to be together forever."
efukillar
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Jazz has already finished last in the season with Markkanen and Collins. Next season will be no different. No matter what the roster is made of, the important thing is to make the process work for the results.
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I think the one thing we know for sure is that Ainge isnt going to trade Lauri for an average trade package. I think a team would have to blow Utah away.
Step-Back Lauri
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This is the biggest reason I still think the trade will happen earliest at 2026. Lauri might have to need to have a better season to get Ainge what he wants in the possible trade.
I see some Spurs mock trades flying around in the interwebs, but they also have to consider the salary cap in few seasons, when Wemby's extension comes on table. I see them only going all in if they really think they can build a contender for next two seasons around Fox, Wemby and Lauri, that as a trio, could score 75ppg if things go as planned. But they also have to be thinking what ifs .. "Do we offer enough for Ainge to bite? Is it too much?" But NBA sometimes needs smaller or bigger risks to get them championships.
I agree, and that means he's likely staying. He's definitely not going to get better offers than last summer, so he's not going to be blown away.
I really think trading them for Dame and getting control of the Bucks ‘31 and ‘32 draft is the move we’ve all been waiting for. Huge win-win.
Step-Back Lauri
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Jazz defensive woes with the back court+ lot of pretty inexperienced rookie deal players might work well enough in Jazz favor for the pick. Admittedly, the frontcourt of Cooper, Lauri, Walker, Flip and Taylor isn't bad at all, it's a really potentially very good. If they decide to roll with John as well, then it's for sure very competitive front court rotation.
Keynote, Brice, Sexton all lack in defense pretty heavily. Collier is better but it's gonna still be only his second season soot of mistakes will be likely. I can easily see Jazz pull off a tank job with Coop especially if they trade Sexton and Collins.
They would probably trade that pick back to us pretty cheap. I mean they may already be counting it as a near zero asset, so getting something out of it would be nice for Presti.