Is Markkanen The Last Big Fish Out There?

The Warriors seem to be big fish hunting to help Steph and Draymond get their 5th ring, is Lauri Markkanen the Dubs last option for the Warriors?
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[@nicoaldaco5351]

Love this duo. Keep up the good work guys

[@RTA266]

Looking at the 4 games Warriors played against Utah , Markkanen wasn't much of a factor , played in only 2 games . Klay was leading scorer in all the games . For all the Klay haters , he did help win some games , unfortunate management couldn't work things out with Klay and visa versa. But Markkanen stat wise looks good . But in my opinion I wouldn't give everything away to get this guy . Ainge and Utah will want too much , Warriors still need to prepare for the future .

[@ninerempire3398]

Why are warrior fans still infatuated with KD? That ship has sailed to the other side of the world

[@rome24k]

Get Lauri if his cost isn’t that high. If Utah wants too much then go a different direction. Our young players are gonna be nice this year

[@klaytommy6094]

I'm at the point, forget a big fish, ride with the youngsters. I watched all 82 games even preseason, summer league,g league practice clips, are we not realizing the Young players kept us alive? Wiggins shot like trash give moody a chance and he snapped. Klay played like trash alot of games forcing shots, yet podz and jk handled business. Looney moves like an old man yet tjd played like lively.

[@bradymoon1889]

Moody is already out of the rotation with the Melton and Hield additions. And swapping JK for Lauri is a no brainer. Moody, JK 26/28/30 and swaps

[@chirocket4791]

Not getting Lauri, don't have the assets. But good bargain shopping.

[@DondiSy]

If were the dubs, ill pass on trading for markannen instead of losing multiple picks, who knows he might not extend with the jazz and thats when you sign lauri next offseason when the contracts of looney, gp2, melton are off the hook. With regards to wiggins, we might see a re emergence. I remember when he first came to the warriors when everyone was saying he was a bust, another chip on the shoulder to prove of what he is really capable of doing

[@Chris_Swish_OtM]

He’s worth it to me Evan!

[@thuanchau7042]

if gsw get LM they would be better and be in the middle pack of the playoff potentially #6 or #5.

[@cardtraderjay]

Bro said he wants to trade for KD 💀

[@igweugo]

Depending on what we'd have to give up, player wise, Markkannen sets the current playoff rotation at 11, now with the add of a 7-foot forward. 6'9 Jackson-Davis 6'6 Green 7' Markkannen 6'7 Wiggins 6'3 Curry 6'7 Kuminga 6'4 Podziemski 6'5 Moody 6'3 Melton 6'9 Anderson 6'4 Hield Would need to sort out the playoff minutes, but thats a heck of a regular season rotation

[@markrob2467]

For Lauri at best we lose Podz,Moody, GP3 and 3 1st.

[@TheInferno0099]

​@markrob2467 I'm fine with that I'm not as high on Podz as other people

[@igweugo]

@@markrob2467 6'9 TJD 6'6 Green 7' Markkannen 6'7 Wiggins 6'3 Curry 6'7 Kuminga 6'3 Melton 6'9 Anderson 6'4 Hield .... that could work

[@mgw2745]

Why are you listing all players? They are not playing at the same level. Some worth 2m and some worth 20m. You’re clueless 😂

[@igweugo]

@@mgw2745 Didn't say that they were playing at the same level. Simply focused on the reality that a basketball game features 5 players at a time, playing a collective 240 minutes every night. Having a visual of the players likely to see the floor works for me

[@soleil3gs]

Guy on the left clearly downs to is what the hell he is talking about. Lauri is THE PERFECT second option next to Steph. He is an elite off ball player, 7 feet tall that can stretch the floor. He can out is over the top way more than Kuminga ever will. I can’t stand people that have these platforms and just spew nonsense cause of their ignorance of players

[@stoney735]

Lauri Markenen your a golden state warrior

[@weixiaozhang1970]

Who's that clueless guy in red shirt...calling Wiggins one of the 3 worst contracts...jesus

[@changbaixiao4568]

Get bag and check out. If not 3 worst, what is it?

[@86byrdman]

That's Evan Giddings. He's the producer for Steiny and Guru's show, and fills in on their show whenever one of them are out. He's also on the Saturday show. Evan Giddings overall is solid. He's not clueless. He's right about Wiggins. He does have one of the worst contracts on the team. Why do you think the Warriors held out Wiggins from participating in the Olympics? They're trying to trade him and get out from under his contract

[@weixiaozhang1970]

@@86byrdman lmao when there Ben Simons, Zach Lavine, Bradley Beal, Jordan Poole, Lonzo Ball, John Collins you want me keep going? Maybe do more research before making comments..also thanks for the explanation, I was wondering who hired Steiny who makes all those bad takes and still has a job

[@jimmyparson7221]

It is because Wiggins is always on leave or his mind is somewhere else when he’s on the court. smh

[@86byrdman]

@@weixiaozhang1970 LOL. I think they were referring to the contracts on the Warriors and I agreed... Yeah, there are definitely far worse contracts in the NBA including the ones you mentioned. Evan Giddings isn't involved in the hirings but like you, I'm not big on Steiny. It's still head scratching they let Damon Bruce go and kept Steiny, with all due respect to Steiny. Steiny and Guru do have a good show though and are an interesting pairing.

[@hoopscentral1828]

Kd is old and not as good as he was. Hes still a great player but even if he did swallow his pride and came back just to win a ring everyone would still downgrade his career and say hes nothing without the warriors. N him coming back and actually winning a ring would only solidify that.

[@warrensteele4395]

Marketingten is a good player on a bad team. Don't over pay

[@KingOnema]

Markaneen can walk free next year if we don't win with him but the chance to win is low (not impossible) but we will lose a lot of asset in that case. I love Markaneen but the price tag is just to much if that includes Kuminga that will in my opinion have a breakout season coming season and even if we don't win if Kuminga avr 22ppg as projected due to the position being his full time. He might have high value for future trade or build around when Steoh retire

[@TheInferno0099]

Im assuming we would only trade for him if he agrees to sign an extension with us or else the price tag wouldn't be so high

[@mgw2745]

Kuminga is not much a good player. He is the third starter at best. Of course you want to use him for Lori if that is good enough 😂

[@gwest9076]

@@mgw2745 He'll be better than better than Markkanen

[@rabboni97]

As long as Wiggins personal isssues are over. Id choose him over Kuminga. Trade Kuniga and let Moody have more playing time.

[@DondiSy]

Dubs will have a perimeter defense problem if they trade wiggins, he is their best asset as point of attack defender. Its only him and gp2 and maybe melton

[@mgw2745]

Agreed. Kuminga doesn’t have solid fundamentals and is very much lack of basketball IQ. Wiggins is battle tested 👊

[@kenawalahai9701]

@@mgw2745Kuminga is only 21 yrs old his upside is way higher then Wiggins. Wiggins is going on his 10th season and he has more time looking disinterested then he has being a stud im tired of waiting to see what Wiggins we gone get it’s been like that his whole career .

[@mgw2745]

@@kenawalahai9701 Kuminga is young but that doesn't automatically transfer him a future great player or start. Actually very few player can be. He needs to prove himself even for his age. Although we have see some of his potential, it is far from enough. Edwards is only 22 and Ja Morant is 24. Kuminga is clearly far from that level. Kuminga is not solid in fundamentals and very much lack of basketball IQ in both offense and defense. He needs to earn the respect and position.

[@kenawalahai9701]

@@mgw2745 Wiggins is 28 or 29 and he ain’t morant or Edward’s either lol. Kuminga has gotten better every year he has been in the league while Wiggins has gotten worse . While I agree when Wiggins is on top of his game he is the better player as of today but you never know when that will be which is incredibly frustrating. He is more the player that is not focused or disinterested then he is engaged Wiggins he has 2 seasons to show us 2022 Wiggins an hasn’t get out the way an let Kuminga shine

[@abprepboy33]

wiggins, looney and a top 10 protected 2027 1st for ayton and a second round pick? then use the bi annual vet min on robert covington

[@MK-tk8tb]

LM ain’t going to Warriors. NO big players wants to deal with Draymond.

[@Rareshot2k]

You sound scared rest of the league don’t want that to happen y’all now curry coming back next year and with lauri it’s over for everybody

[@AR-rn8ok]

If a big man joins steph, that’s the only thing the steph team was missing. It’s a finals trip for them. LM would be a genius to go that route. Warriors take care of their guys too.

[@ninerempire3398]

@@AR-rn8okhe’s a good player, but he doesn’t play like a bing man like that. He plays like a 7 foot shooting guard. Can’t really guard centers, block shots, doesn’t post up too much, and isn’t strong

[@weixiaozhang1970]

Stupid take...Lauri is the best chance they have...and this might be the last year with a legit chance to go to final...

[@kickinitwithtee7278]

I agree but to me they gonna need way more!!

[@weixiaozhang1970]

@@kickinitwithtee7278 yeah I don't think it's enough either. But at least with Lauri we can hope that one of the young guys make a leap to take us to the final. What are we gonna do when Steph is gone...lol watching JK leading this Warriors team into lottery picks for the next decade?

[@Qjags2]

​@@weixiaozhang1970lol😅 Didn't markennen just lead Utah to a lottery pick?

[@weixiaozhang1970]

@@Qjags2 oh did Utah have Steph Curry as well? If we fail, we fail, we sell Lauri and rebuild. What's so hard to understand

[@Qjags2]

@@weixiaozhang1970 You said what we gonna do when Steph is gone. Watch JK Lead The warriors to lottery picks, so my point is Markennen When Steph is done, is not gonna lead Golden state to anything either.

[@harveyryan9395]

U dont know basketball

[@kickinitwithtee7278]

Honestly I just don't think MD knows what to do at this point. Nobody is out there! Wasting #30 good last years I think.

[@ninerempire3398]

@@kickinitwithtee7278dunleavy has been good in my opinion. Myers left him with a terrible mess. Missed draft pick after missed draft picks and the highest paid ever with terrible contracts who nobody wants