07-06-2024, 11:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2024, 11:18 PM by SleepingHero.)
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Take Note: The Sacramento #Kings and the Golden State #Warriors who were reported to have the most aggressive trade offers on the table for Utah’s Lauri Markkanen have moved on. Yesterday we heard this news (clip below) late in the afternoon.
On Markkanen's current salary, NBA restrictions limit his extension to a salary worth about $27 million, so the Jazz will need to renegotiate his deal before extending him. The negotiation window opens August 6 for an extension that could reach four years and $113 million.
It benefits interested teams to have Markkanen sign his $27M per year extension in early August and THEN be traded at the deadline.
Otherwise he will become a free agent next summer and his salary will jump to whatever the market can bear for a player who puts up 23 points and 8 rebounds per game while shooting 3s at a 40% clip. (Hint: it will be millions of dollars higher than $27M.)
NBA teams also know that Markkanen is a risky trade for them and that Utah is basically conducting a blind bidding war. Why would those teams pay a premium to trade for Markkanen right now knowing that he could turn out to be a one year rental.
Why wouldn’t teams wait to see if Ainge (master of the sign and trade deal) can lock him up before losing him for nothing?
If he can’t lock him up, then Lauri’s trade value starts to drop. It’s simple. No trade involving Markkanen is likely to happen before early August.
Teams are moving on.
#Jazz #Spurs #Miami
Take Note: The Sacramento #Kings and the Golden State #Warriors who were reported to have the most aggressive trade offers on the table for Utah’s Lauri Markkanen have moved on. Yesterday we heard this news (clip below) late in the afternoon.
On Markkanen's current salary, NBA restrictions limit his extension to a salary worth about $27 million, so the Jazz will need to renegotiate his deal before extending him. The negotiation window opens August 6 for an extension that could reach four years and $113 million.
It benefits interested teams to have Markkanen sign his $27M per year extension in early August and THEN be traded at the deadline.
Otherwise he will become a free agent next summer and his salary will jump to whatever the market can bear for a player who puts up 23 points and 8 rebounds per game while shooting 3s at a 40% clip. (Hint: it will be millions of dollars higher than $27M.)
NBA teams also know that Markkanen is a risky trade for them and that Utah is basically conducting a blind bidding war. Why would those teams pay a premium to trade for Markkanen right now knowing that he could turn out to be a one year rental.
Why wouldn’t teams wait to see if Ainge (master of the sign and trade deal) can lock him up before losing him for nothing?
If he can’t lock him up, then Lauri’s trade value starts to drop. It’s simple. No trade involving Markkanen is likely to happen before early August.
Teams are moving on.
#Jazz #Spurs #Miami
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