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Will Lauri be traded on or before draft day?

Will Lauri be traded on or before draft day?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • No

    Votes: 14 93.3%
  • Total voters
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KqWIN

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The decision to trade or keep Lauri will be one of the biggest decisions the franchise makes this summer. If he is traded, one would think there is high potential for this to happen on draft day. Lauri IS ELIGIBLE to be traded. Use this thread to talk about potential trade destinations and packages for Lauri Markannen.

I'm probably duplicating a thread, but I don't want to look for it.
 
The chance of something not happening is generally going to be greater than something happening, so I picked no. I don't think it would be impossible though.

One reason to execute on draft night is to control the pick of a team who might not have the assets otherwise because of stepian rules. I'm not sure who that would apply to?
 
Last night I was thinking about a potential Lauri trade to TOR, and I think that makes a lot of sense for TOR. Makes it kind of tight money wise, but they really need to sort out their roster fit wise.

Trade would be something like:

Barrett/Boucher (S&T)/and #9 for Lauri.

This would allow the Jazz to disappoint me by passing on Kas/Jase for Demin.
 
Another team to watch in a similar range is the Blazers at #11. Last year they traded #14 for Deni and that was a great success. They do not seem interested in tanking, but are up for sale. They could send back expiring salary.
 
No chance, he was bad last year.

-35 missed games due to back injuries and willingness to throw games.
-BPM of -0.3 (!!!) with other advanced stats suggesting he was an average starter even when playing.
-First year of five year max.
-Just had no explosion whatsoever during the whole season. Could not dunk and looked really bad physically.

He needs 20 great games before the Jazz trade him. He's probably worth a mid first right now? And that's a humiliation for the Jazz that they can't accept after fumbling him so badly as a trade piece.

Even if he was somehow traded this offseason, every team is going to wait to see where Giannis and Durant end up first.
 
I could see him traded by the start of the season. It appears that there are several trades being discussed out there that could fit his salary slot—e.g., KD, Giannis, Zion, etc. Jazz ought to be viewed as a team who can facilitate a big deal.
 
HadAnEffectHere said:
No chance, he was bad last year.

-35 missed games due to back injuries and willingness to throw games.
-BPM of -0.3 (!!!) with other advanced stats suggesting he was an average starter even when playing.
-First year of five year max.
-Just had no explosion whatsoever during the whole season. Could not dunk and looked really bad physically.

He needs 20 great games before the Jazz trade him. He's probably worth a mid first right now? And that's a humiliation for the Jazz that they can't accept after fumbling him so badly as a trade piece.

Even if he was somehow traded this offseason, every team is going to wait to see where Giannis and Durant end up first.
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I'm still waiting for someone to provide me with a good answer as to why the Jazz gave Lauri a max deal instead of trading him when his value was sky high.

That massive blunder isn't talked about nearly enough. IMO it's a fireable offense.
 
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It feels like his value is at an all (Jazz)time low and I don't think this is conducive to the Jazz trading him. I think we only trade him if we get something we value really highly ... we won't trade him just to trade him... just to add like... 2 bad first round picks or something of the sort. I don't think this happens.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
I'm still waiting for someone to provide me with a good answer as to why the Jazz gave Lauri a max deal instead of trading him when his value was sky high.

That massive blunder isn't talked about nearly enough. IMO it's a fireable offense.
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The idea was that the Jazz would win a top 2 pick in both 2025 and 2026 and then someone the guys they picked would not only be star prospects but stars ready to contribute to a deep playoff run basically immediately in 2026-2027. Then they could take Markkanen off the couch and contend for a title.

This was obviously a terrible plan.
 
No. I've been saying for past two seasons Lauri will be traded earliest at 2026 trade deadline. Now that he had a bad season I'm even more certain about that. Originally my thought process was they want to see his fit with the 2025 pick and see if the new piece is a massively NBA ready and soon.

Now that they only got the 5th pick and there's not as much development from neither the young guys nor Lauri honestly... I'm going to guess we'll see more game sets drawn to him than ever since the two months before ASG 2023 in Utah. They will try get his prize up again. Some other veterans might be traded in the summer but not everyone. They'll keep someone along to provide some extra veteran support. I'd think Clarkson at least stays.
 
stitches said:
It feels like his value is at an all (Jazz)time low and I don't think this is conducive to the Jazz trading him. I think we only trade him if we get something we value really highly ... we won't trade him just to trade him... just to add like... 2 bad first round picks or something of the sort. I don't think this happens.
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You think we can pull off a tank with Lauri again? IMO, you can't have an expectation to trade Lauri at value if you are tanking. You are going to continue making him look bad and his value will never return unless you are not tanking.

Jazz made a pretty massive mistake not trading Lauri before last season IMO. Tank worked, but Lauri had a significant loss in value as a result of it. If we had won the lottery we could turn this thing around quicker, but right now Lauri is just providing negative value as we tank.
 
KqWIN said:
You think we can pull off a tank with Lauri again? IMO, you can't have an expectation to trade Lauri at value if you are tanking. You are going to continue making him look bad and his value will never return unless you are not tanking.

Jazz made a pretty massive mistake not trading Lauri before last season IMO. Tank worked, but Lauri had a significant loss in value as a result of it. If we had won the lottery we could turn this thing around quicker, but right now Lauri is just providing negative value as we tank.
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The plan should be to try for the first 25 games (which should be past the December 15th marker that makes some trades easier), trade him, and then tank hard.

The team should easily be able to finish with like the 4th worst record even if they start the year 11-14. And they probably wouldn't even win that many as Collins and Sexton are absolutely gone this summer.
 
KqWIN said:
You think we can pull off a tank with Lauri again? IMO, you can't have an expectation to trade Lauri at value if you are tanking. You are going to continue making him look bad and his value will never return unless you are not tanking.

Jazz made a pretty massive mistake not trading Lauri before last season IMO. Tank worked, but Lauri had a significant loss in value as a result of it. If we had won the lottery we could turn this thing around quicker, but right now Lauri is just providing negative value as we tank.
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I think Lauri knows what's happening. I bet he doesn't like it, but... that's what all those millions in his bank account are for. I think we will be more competent than last year... (probably still bottom 5). I think he likely plays more, although I can still see him not playing back to backs or being benched with the mildest of a hint of an injury. At this point he's probably more valuable to us as a piece of the future(bringing the young guys into a better functioning team, whenever we finally decide to compete) than a couple of bad firsts would be. We already have a ton of picks. We cannot roster all those players over the next 3-4 years if we keep adding 2-3 of them every year.
 
stitches said:
I think Lauri knows what's happening. I bet he doesn't like it, but... that's what all those millions in his bank account are for. I think we will be more competent than last year... (probably still bottom 5). I think he likely plays more, although I can still see him not playing back to backs or being benched with the mildest of a hint of an injury. At this point he's probably more valuable to us as a piece of the future(bringing the young guys into a better functioning team, whenever we finally decide to compete) than a couple of bad firsts would be. We already have a ton of picks. We cannot roster all those players over the next 3-4 years if we keep adding 2-3 of them every year.
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I think his only value would be for the future, and that future looks further away then ever. Hoping to trade him for value is pretty much a lost cause if you decide to tank. So all you can really hope for is that he's still here when we get to the other side and years of tanking doesn't have an effect on his ability. I could understand if you don't think the pick value is worth it, but having too many picks is not a concern I would think about. Can always trade quantity for quality as we already have, and if we ever run into a problem where we cannot roster worthwhile prospects we have done an incredible job drafting.

I worry that playing him at all will put our pick next year at risk. The younger guys will improve. We were very fortunate with the tank this year, I don't want to F around at all and I certainly want to aim for the #1 tank spot again. If Lauri is back, it is non-negotiable that Sexton and Collins are gone.

Anyways, I should have clarified that this thread is NOT a should we trade him or should we not. This thread is about 1) IF we are going to trade Lauri and 2) What would that look like.
 
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