Finally, we have checked, the Utah Jazz does not intend to exchange Lauri Markkanen. His recent explosion during the friendly competitions of Eurobasket served as a good memory that even if they did, a monster offer would cost them to even entertain it. That is why the exchange of him to the pistons, even if it were logical to him and them, really doesn’t seem like a movement that would make the jazz.
Basketnews’ Vukasin Nedeljkovic the next trade proposed between jazz and pistons.
Received pistons: Markkanen
Receive jazz: Tobias Harris, Isaiah Stewart, 2026 First round Pick, 2027 First round Pick
NOTE: According to the TED Stepien rule, the pistons cannot exchange a consecutive first round of picks. Even if they could, the jazz would not do this, but more about that later.
It is a fact why the pistons would do this. That is why this possibility was mentioned earlier. They come from their best season since real, the late 2000s. They look the most promising that they have been for a long time, so adding someone like Markkans, knowing what he can do, she can only beat higher.
According to all accounts, he is perfect for them, because their most urgent need is to place a different deadly scorer next to Gift Cunningham for the near future. Prime Markkanen is that guy, because he is not only a scorer, but gives the pistons so much positional versatility.
The jazz unlocked Markkans, and the pistons could not only help him to return to form, but possibly reach a new level for him. But with all that there, why would the jazz make that exchange, especially after Markkans made it quite clear that last season was clearly a bad performance of him?
The jazz would only exchange him if he became an Albatros contract
Nedeljković explained that Utah would make this trade on the basis of the last season of Markkans with the team and that they would like to get his deal from their payroll.
“Given the enormous deal of Markkanen of $ 43 million, if Utah is definitely on their way to a future without Markkans, this trade can be the best way for them to illuminate their salary burden,” wrote Nedeljković. “At the same time, they would receive solid players and valuable concept choices in exchange.”
That is not a bad explanation why the jazz would do that, but they have not crossed that bridge and it will probably take a while before they do that If they do. Even if Markkans will continue to play at that level next season, or even worse, why would the pistons take that risk?
The first signs of what could come from Markkans came from his dominant Eurobasket versions. It is a very different ball game there than the NBA, but it seems that the jazzer is playing as if he has something to prove. Utah has every reason to see that, even if their tank intentions are still clear as a day.
The jazz has never really made Markkanen available, and what he has done lately is the whole evidence in the world that their best option is with him to let him sit.
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