Lauri Markkanen trade plan REVEALED

Lauri Markkanen trade plan REVEALED

There’s a new Lowry market and trade rumor out there from ESPN. We’re going to dissect it because there’s a lot to talk about. Let’s get into it. It’s the Hoopser Show. [Music] All right, guys. Like always, like the video, subscribe to the channel. All right, so in this one, you can go to NBA or to ESPN.com, the NBA section, and read it. It’s by Tim McMahon. It’s the latest intel. I suggest you do get your own opinions on things, but we’re going to dissect it here, and I’m going to give you what I think is going on here. Uh, and it’s important that we dissect this one because we saw what happened earlier this off season when Austin, the Austin A presser happened and everyone shouted out in all caps, tanking is over. It’s all done. Well, there was some nuance to what Austin said and really what he was talking about was playing or manu manipulating lineups to lose games was over and whatever your definition of tanking is, whatever. Anyways, moral is we got to dissect this because we can’t be jumping to conclusions. Okay, so Tim McMahon starts this article talking about the Jazz veterans who were traded. John Collins, Colin Ston, uh Jordan Clarkson was waved and then it it prompted other GMs to wonder is Lowry Mark in next because guess what? He was in trade rumors last year. But according to Tim McMahon, he says it is not Utah’s intention to trade Lowry Markin. But then he goes on to say it would be too much to describe Markin as untouchable. So I don’t know if anything’s clearer after that. Utah’s intention is to not trade him, but he’s not untouchable. Okay. So yes, it’s like it’s like Austin is going is if a GM calls and talks to Austin A, they’re saying is is Lowry Markin available? And he goes yes or no. More likely it’s no. No, he’s not. No, he’s not. And they nod their head while they say no. That’s more or less what that sounds like to me. Uh really what it sounds like is the right price, right? Well, you keep going on and it says, “But the Jazz still project the All-Star forward as a key part of their future.” Okay. It says here, “Ut listened to offers for Markin last summer.” All right, let’s stop there. That is confirmation that all the rumors I talked about last year were true. All of them. So, everyone who had a problem with every trade rumor, guess what? They were all true. Every time someone online, whether it was the local writers, said, “No, they’re not trading him.” Guess what? According to Tim McMahon, who is reporting this, he says Utah listened to offers for Markin last summer, but none of the talks with other teams ever came close to tempting CEO Danny A and GM Justin Xanic to make a trade. All right. Is everyone who made a comment last year in each one of my videos that I was making stuff up or these guys were making stuff up or it was fake news or any of this, are any of you going to go into the comments and say, “Oh, sorry. You were right. It was happening. It was all true. It was happening.” All right. So next time we get reports from the Jake Fischers, the Stein, you know, Bill Simmons on his podcast, Zack Low, Adrien Warinowski, Sham Shirania, all these big-time reporters are the guys that have proven to be right. When they give trade rumors, it is worth listening to. The age of just like throwing something out because you you it’s not something you like to hear. And so that’s why you call it fake news. Tough. Sometimes the truth is hard. The truth can be hard. You can’t handle the truth. Okay, it was going on. So that is the context we need to bring into this. And what is also interesting is that he mentions Danny A and Justin Xanic. Who’s in charge now? Austin A is in charge. Okay, so there’s a different dynamic. The Jazz ultimately awarded Markin a 5-year $238 million maximum renegotiation. Yikes. an extension allowing him to sign a deal last August 7th that making him ineligible to be traded before last season’s deadline. We can now admit that that was probably not the greatest at least beginning of the contract for Lowry Markin. I personally was not pro it. It was not something that made a lot of sense to me when you consider the long-term goals of the Jazz and what we saw last season. Utah was successful with the tank. They get Ace Bailey. They were also able to use the picks they got uh one of them from the the Wolves I believe for Wal Walter Clayton Jr. used that to trade up. Got Walter Clayton who looks great. Both picks look really good as of right now. Uh the contract isn’t a concern for Jazz Governor Ryan Smith, though. Oh, it’s not. Is it? $238 million for a three-point shooter who shot 34% from three. But we’re not concerned. Whose roster is loaded with rookie deals. Okay. Well, when I hear that, that what’s that’s what tells me that it’s okay. You know what? It’s a big contract, but we’re filled with rookie deals, so it’s okay. Well, it’s still a bad contract. Yes, it man, it fits within the cap, but it’s still a bad contract. And that type of thinking can get you in real big trouble real quick when you start giving uh big contracts to people and it’s okay because you got rookie deals. Well, what you need to be doing is making sure that you’re planning for the right deals at the right time for the right players because right now we have so many teams in cap hell that can’t get out of it. They can’t. And that that will that situation will rear its ugly head at some point with the Utah Jazz if they are not careful. It’s already hitting them a little bit. Why? Because if Utah wants to trade Lowry Markin, it’s going to be very hard here. And we’ll talk about this in that artic in this same article that is mentioned, by the way. It says, uh, so Ryan Smith is it, let’s see, they are not worried about trading him. Uh, it’s not a concern. He’s coming off the worst season, shooting season of his career, albeit in challenging circumstances. So Tim McMahon uh also mentions that that right when he got the deal he immediately has a bad season. It says it would take quite a hall for the Jazz to consider moving marketing Markin probably requiring him to restore his value performing well for those kinds of offers to come the Jazz’s way. But the hope is in Utah however is that Markin is still in a Jazz uniform when the franchise eventually becomes competitive again. So the Jazz signed Lowry Markin for that contract. He immediately was ineligible because they did it a day after the sixth month requirement to make a trade by trade deadline. So they couldn’t trade him last off season, which they should have been able to. Mistake because Markin did not shoot the ball well when he was at his peak value last off season. They didn’t make the move and then they couldn’t at trade deadline. Now it says here uh however opposing executives said the money does dampen Markin’s theoretical trade value. So like I said that contract is huge and because Markin did not shoot the ball well and I don’t care what anyone says challenging circumstances whatever you’re in the NBA who’s not in challenging circumstances. No one else gets those uh benefit of the doubt. Why it is marketin? You’re in the NBA. It’s supposed to be challenging. And if you’re making $238 million, you’re supposed to be that caliber of player that overcomes challenging situations, which he did not. So now, because Utah gave him that contract, it makes things much more difficult. And that’s what McMahon mentions in the article. And it says here, let’s see, the hope in Utah, like I said, however, is that Markin is still in a Jazz uniform when the franchise eventually becomes competitive again. But it would take quite a hall for the Jazz to consider moving Markin, probably requiring him to restore his value by performing well for those kinds of offers to come the Jazz’s way. So, what we get in this article is a bunch of of talking out of the both sides of the mouth by the Jazz. Utah is does not intend to trade Markin unless they get a huge offer or Utah does not intend to trade Markin but he’s not untouchable. Utah looks at Markin as part of their future unless they get a big haul for Markin. GMs find his value to be low unless he performs well this season. So we have two two parts of this story going on. It certainly sounds to me like Utah is not in love with that contract. They are very much interested in playing to win games, but they want to lose because they want to keep their top eight pick. Markin puts that plan in jeopardy. But Markin, after getting a massive, massive contract, the like of which you give to the best players in the NBA, shot 34% from three as a three-point specialist. And so now Utah is having a hard time trading him and is likely getting pretty lowball offers for him from other GMs knowing what Utah is trying to do. Utah has done a great job this offseason offloading contracts. They had an incredible draft. Now they have this Lowry Markin in question and we’ve talked about the Walker Kesler equation as well, but the Lowry Markining question is a problem and Utah has to figure this thing out. It certainly seems like and I’ve actually heard that same line about you uh market and improving his trade value from multiple people. Zack Loe’s talked about that. Bill Simmons has talked about that. I think Jake Fischer maybe even talked about that. So that is the word on the street with every GM. They’re kind of looking to see if Markin plays well. And I bet if Markin plays well, then they will get some sort of move happening. I’m sure Utah is going to be talking with multiple GMs this se this season because I don’t know. I mean, maybe an offer comes this off season at some point. That certainly could happen. I with the the big difference here, too. They mentioned that Danny A and Justin Xanic didn’t find a deal that made sense to them last offseason. They’re not in charge anymore. It’s Austin A. Obviously, those guys are working with Austin A, but Austin A did this off season what those two didn’t. We had trade rumors for Jordan Clarkson and John Collins and Colin Ston for two years. Never got a deal. Austin H knows what the Jazz direction is and made those deals happen already. It was already done. He’s already being aggressive. He already mentioned in his presser that he was going to be aggress aggressive and those things happen. I think it’s interesting that Kevin Love has not been waved yet. There may be some sort of trade happening. There’s also some whispers and rumors about LeBron James out there. What? Who knows what that means and if somehow Utah can make things match? Just coincidentally enough, Lowry Markin’s contract matches LeBron James. So Utah might ne not necessarily trade for LeBron, but perhaps they can do something in terms of just like a three team deal or something like that. All right, guys. That’s that’s what’s going on. It was a little all over the place. Like and subscribe to the channel. Let me know what you think is going to happen in the comments. Thank you to all the members, especially the allstars. If you’d like to support the channel, hit join below. I will talk to you next

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