Mastodon @Golden State Warriors Utah Jazz All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen has signed a five-year, $238 million contract renegotiation and extension – including $220 million in new money, his agent Michael Lelchitski of @SIGSports tells ESPN.
by cactusmat
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No one believes he will play out that contract in Utah.
Unfortunate
Well well well! No PG, No Lauri! Who’s next?
end of an era
Thank good its over, thats a lot of money lol but that bag tho. Now this roster is still not it, and we need more moves. And expect wiggins to fucking ball out
our long national nightmare is over
They should have went the Flagg + Podz route. But mediocrity is ok
And moving on! What’s next on the list of needs? We could potentially start the season off pretty well with the team we already have and see how the deadline shakes up 👍🏿
Worst contract in the league.
makes sense. instead of getting only 18 mil this year he got a major raise plus a max / near max 4 year extension. no other team could do that I believe
Do we have potential other signings up in the air currently?
Time to offer GP2 , Looney and Klay Thompsons lockerroomseat to the Bucks for Giannis .
yeah he wasn’t going to be happy here for 17m when he can play this same season for 40m+ in utah.
Welp, you can always circle back next summer, but it’s officially time to move on and look for other avenues to upgrade.
Good for Lauri, that’s a monster amount of money. Hopefully Utah doesn’t also stumble into Flagg or one of the other top prospects lol
Hahahahahahahahahaha welcome to .500 ainge
238M for Lauri? It’s the going rate but that’s a no for me.
Salute
I can barely believe these contracts. I remember when the Thunder gave up Harden because they didn’t want to give him like 4/64 lol
Nice. Glad he got the bag and can stay in Utah
I for one am excited for our current roster, hoping for lots of personal progress over the summer
G: Curry/Buddy/Podz/Melton
F: JoKu/Wiggins/GP2/Moses/Kyle
C: Dray/Trayce/Loon
Big if true, wiggs re-discovers motivation, JoKu takes monumental leap, Buddy could produce reliably, Podz/Trayce/Moses finds more footing.
Though this team is still missing a lethal 2nd option, still thrilled to see what my dubs can cook up.
Would’ve loved to root for him as a max guy on the Dubs for years, he’s a cool type of player and would’ve fit great next to BP and JK in a post-Steph world.
Best move now is to start well and wait to see which teams are massively underperforming and and are ready to blow it up (bucks, suns and lakers lol)
Why is this posted here? Its a utah player being re-signed to utah?
Utah is beyond stupid. They won’t be contenders in five yeara 😂. Can’t tank and be contenders
Thank god. I was scared we were going to overpay like a mufucka
Hitler fought for guys that look like this
Utah should have just traded him. Nobody will want him now and the team is not going to get any better than high lottery, low play in spot. Almost felt like they just did this since they didn’t get a Gobert style trade for him
Bullet dodged
JK is looking at that, and ordering himself a truck load of plaid suede suits with matching bucket hats, and a gold scepter.
Im just glad we can stop seeing his name in this sub.
Sad. This roster still needs more size and hopefully a trade happens before the season or at the deadline. But wow that is a lot of money
I mean get that bag!!! Now hopefully this the last Lauri post 🙏🏽 moving on..
Thank god we didn’t have to pay him that huge contract.
It’s over now it’s time for the stick meme.
No Flex Zone
Dodged a bullet in hindsight is what I’d like to say but man Lauri paired with Steph would’ve been sooo nice