Bouncing idea's šŸ€: 2024 NBA Off-Season: Key Decisions and Developments

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Ainge better hope that Lauri balls out this year or heā€™s going to be hard pressed moving off that deal when heā€™s able to do so.

What puts him in a bind though is that Lauri will fukk up the tank for Cooper Flag so he canā€™t hold him out without it hurting his value.
 

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Ainge better hope that Lauri balls out this year or heā€™s going to be hard pressed moving off that deal when heā€™s able to do so.

What puts him in a bind though is that Lauri will fukk up the tank for Cooper Flag so he canā€™t hold him out without it hurting his value.

Haven't looked at the Utah Jazz's recent roster. But it's not hard at all to still tank with an All Star level talent player on your roster. And this isn't the 80's/90's where the worst team in the league has an automatic chance to get the #1 pick
 

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Haven't looked at the Utah Jazz's recent roster. But it's not hard at all to still tank with an All Star level talent player on your roster. And this isn't the 80's/90's where the worst team in the league has an automatic chance to get the #1 pick
Washington, Portland, San Antonio and Brooklyn are worse teams than team team so theyā€™re going to have to pull a miraculous tank to get the best odds or hope that they move up.
 

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Ainge better hope that Lauri balls out this year or heā€™s going to be hard pressed moving off that deal when heā€™s able to do so.

What puts him in a bind though is that Lauri will fukk up the tank for Cooper Flag so he canā€™t hold him out without it hurting his value.

They gonna shut him down right after All-Star break with a mysterious "elbow injury" and let the tank go. John Collins probably getting moved this season too.
 

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Ainge better hope that Lauri balls out this year or heā€™s going to be hard pressed moving off that deal when heā€™s able to do so.

What puts him in a bind though is that Lauri will fukk up the tank for Cooper Flag so he canā€™t hold him out without it hurting his value.
I said in the Lauri extension thread, I don't understand what Utah's plan is. They're again firmly in that 30-35 win range with the current roster.
 

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If Podz is the reason the Warriors didnā€™t add Markannen :mjlol:
If the deal was Kuminga and Podz, plus picks, I can see why they weren't pressed to do it.

They would have a season with Kuminga and then have to make a decision on paying him. Kuminga isn't a shoe-in to be a star level player, so I understand them just opting to extend Lauri instead.

They also have solid young talent at the guard position they want to develop.
 

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I said in the Lauri extension thread, I don't understand what Utah's plan is. They're again firmly in that 30-35 win range with the current roster.
If they win 35 games give Hardy they COTY Award right now.

That isn't happening in the the Western Conference this season
 

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If the deal was Kuminga and Podz, plus picks, I can see why they weren't pressed to do it.

They would have a season with Kuminga and then have to make a decision on paying him. Kuminga isn't a shoe-in to be a star level player, so I understand them just opting to extend Lauri instead.

They also have solid young talent at the guard position they want to develop.
Golden state wasnā€™t willing to even do that, it does hurt Utahā€™s chances at Flagg which was the biggest surprise to me but Iā€™m sure theyā€™ll still trade him
 
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