The Utah Jazz’s offseason has made an elephant in the room look even bigger. With the team selling off all of their veterans, sans Lauri Markkanen, there’s a strong belief that Markkanen is next. Zach Lowe confronted this ever-growing elephant, but also acknowledges that it will take time before the Jazz find a trade.
On “The Zach Lowe Show,” he explained what would have to be done to lead to a Markkanen trade.
“I have not one eye, but both eyes set semi-permanently looking in the direction of Lauri Markkanen, who immediately became the most interesting trade candidate in the league when Utah announced to the world, ‘Yeah, we’re selling everybody off.’
“Look, they extended him. He’s making a lot of money. He’s got to rehab his value a little bit. He didn’t play enough last year. He missed a whole bunch of games, as did everyone with the Jazz, but I’m staring over there like constantly,” Lowe said.
What Lowe is suggesting is that if Markkanen restores his value, it may not be long before he’s as good as gone in Utah. On the one hand, the last time intel came out about where the team stands with Markkanen, it was clear that the Jazz currently have no desire to trade him. Furthermore, that’s been the story ever since he…
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