The Utah Jazz is in the driver's seat.
, there's no motivation to trade Markkanen, and Utah would need to be blown away to part ways with their best player. Jones shared his insight when he joined"It's different than Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. The Jazz had motivation for different reasons for both of those guys to trade - both of those guys. There's no motivation to trade Lauri Markkanen. He's a star-level player that's happy in Utah, and you know, the Jazz can grow with the young guys on their roster.
"Golden State has an offer on the table and it's substantial . I think offers are heavily pick-based... What complicates it is the Warriors only have two unprotected picks, plus a protected first rounder." -Markkanen has been the talk of the NBA this week. The dominoes have fallen on the big-name free agents and All-Star caliber players rumored to be traded. With Markkanen being the last one standing, the rumors have been coming in rapidly.
From this point of view, the Jazz could have their cake and eat it, too. Even with Markkanen, the Jazz could bottom out in an effort to draft in the top-5. Utah is on pace to have six rostered players that have been drafted in the last two years. All it would take is trading the likes of Collin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson, John Collins, or Walker Kessler. If we're being honest, a combination of any two of these players should do the trick.
This assumes that Utah isn't blown away with an offer it can't refuse. As Jones said, we don't know exactly what is being offered, but we have to assume that for Ainge to pull the trigger, the Jazz would have to get more than the haul theHopefully, Jazz fans can resolve the matter sooner rather than later, but until then, expect the rumors to keep coming.
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