2025 Off-Season Trade Ideas Thread

[Jaanipoeg]

That's the opposite of what all the local reporters have said. Honestly it was surprising when they said he was on board with multiple years of tanking, so I'm not sure who to believe.

If Lauri wasn't on board with tanking, I wouldn't blame him, but then he shouldn't have signed his contract late so that he couldn't have been traded last season.

Yeah, intentionally waiting to sign after the date where we could trade him last year definitely feels like he was on board with the direction communicated to him. I definitely believe Ainge sold him on the ramp up, I bet he talked about him as the Paul Pierce in him building something like the 2008 Celtics with this Jazz. But we have had a couple setbacks (lottery, high picks not popping) and we look pretty far out still.

I think Lauri was onboard with last year. I think the team selling off Sexton/Collins/Clarkson is having him feeling frustrated. Love Lauri on this team, probably my favorite player we have ever had, but I could see us needing to set him free

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I mean, I think everyone kind of leans towards best case scenario happenining. Lauri probably thought we were getting Flagg too, or would get better players in the drafts than Hendricks/Williams.

Yeah, probably, but well before the lottery even happened all the local reporters including Locke were taking about a multi year tank, and I know TJ and I believe others specifically said that Lauri was on board with it.

I don't know, maybe there is more nuance to his thoughts than either side is reporting or maybe he's changed his mind.

 

[Jaanipoeg]

Yeah, probably, but well before the lottery even happened all the local reporters including Locke were taking about a multi year tank, and I know TJ and I believe others specifically said that Lauri was on board with it.

I don't know, maybe there is more nuance to his thoughts than either side is reporting or maybe he's changed his mind.

I still think you see your friends and other vets get traded/waived and you are staring down showing up to training camp with a team that is 80% under 22 and start to feel a bit out of place.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Yeah, intentionally waiting to sign after the date where we could trade him last year definitely feels like he was on board with the direction communicated to him. I definitely believe Ainge sold him on the ramp up, I bet he talked about him as the Paul Pierce in him building something like the 2008 Celtics with this Jazz. But we have had a couple setbacks (lottery, high picks not popping) and we look pretty far out still.

I think Lauri was onboard with last year. I think the team selling off Sexton/Collins/Clarkson is having him feeling frustrated. Love Lauri on this team, probably my favorite player we have ever had, but I could see us needing to set him free

If he plays well his value may pickup and make a trade something we can accommodate. Paging @infection to remind me of the Dante Exum fallacy here. If his play is at last year's level then I don't see us accommodating a trade as his value won't be good enough. I think this will be the last year he tolerates this level of tank and I could even see some grumbling coming. Since he is a family guy he probably prefers the trade not happen in season... I think this year we hit on the draft and maybe Ace or someone pops a little or Lauri is a goner next year.

 

[framer]

Interesting but Windhorst said he knows that Lauri didn't sign up for this

He literally did sign up for this.