The Utah Jazz Really Messed This Up

[@ahronith]

I completely disagree with this video. The Jazz did the absolute right thing.

[@josephduncan4356]

Why? Is being mediocre the goal for the next few years?

[@urbaindelva7869]

Explain.

[@josephduncan4356]

@@urbaindelva7869 Who do you want to explain? Me or @ahronith?

[@Zaarkzz]

Really bad take. His contract will age just fine when the new tv money kicks and salary cap's will increase by 10% for multiple years in a row. Jazz's plan all along has been to renegotiate and extend him. Markkanen was never on the market per se but could be had for massive overpay. Also, Jazz can tank next season by giving good minutes to their six guys under 21 and making absolutely sure Markkanen is fully and utterly healthy after every bruise.

[@MyChannel-w7u]

You can't take if you don't want a disgruntled Markkanen at his age who has still yet to make the playoffs. He's going to want to start winning. The contract will look better over time, but it still limits his trade value with teams weary of the new CBA aprons

[@petrimanuel]

​@@MyChannel-w7uthey no selling him so trade value means not a thing :)

[@Zaarkzz]

@@MyChannel-w7u He is family man with young kids, and likes living in Utah. Has been saying for very long time now that he is on board with the rebuild and I'm sure there were talks about the coming season when they negotiated the contract. Jazz want to keep him long term, but if rebuild doesn't go as planned and it seems Jazz don't have the pieces to make a push toward championship in the latter part of his contract. He will still have very significant trade value, despite his contract. You also seem not to realize that the salary constrains due new cba are at their worst right now. It won't be as restrictive in the coming years.

[@____Riley____]

@@MyChannel-w7uI guarantee Markkanen wouldn’t have resigned unless Ainge and the front office had clearly communicated their plan to develop the kids this year and most likely get a fairly high pick and then hit the ground running after the next offseason.

[@hoesnyhamid7356]

@@MyChannel-w7u YOU STILL DONT GET IT. WHEN THE JAZZ DECIDED TO EXTEND LM. THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY ISSUE ON HIS TRADE VALUE IN THE FUTURE. YOU DONT EXTEND YOUR STAR PLAYER TO A MAX HOPING TO TRADE HIM LATER. THAT IS STUPOD MOVE. MAYBE THE BULLS EXTENDED LEVINE MAX BEFORE HOPING TO TRADE HIM LATER? NO WONDER THE BULL SUCK!! ANF THE JAZZ COULD AFFORF LM CONTRACT SO MUCH WHILE NO TEAM HAS ANY CAP LEFT IN 2024 SEASON, THEY STILL HAVE 24M TO ADD YO HIS CONTRACT. MEANING .. ACTUALLY IMHO 238M IS LOW FOR LM. IF HE GO TO FA MARKET NEXT SEASON HE'LL GET A LOT MORE THAT IS WHY AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WOULD NOT SIGN THEXTENSION. BUT THE JAZZ ARE REALLY SMARTNOT LIKE YOU OR THE BULLS. THIS IS SOMETHING I DONT KNOW. I THOUGHT THE EVTENSION ONLY CAN START NEXT SESON. THE VALUE OF CONTRACT IS NOT FOR THIS BUT NEXT. THE JAZZ USED THEIR 24M CAP SPACE THIS SEASONM.TO PAY LM THIS SESASON. LM MAYBE COULD GET A LOT MORE IN 2025 LIKE CLOSE TO 300M/5Y DEAL. 30% MAX. THE REASON LM SIGNED IS BECASE HE'LL GET EXTRA 24M IN 2024 SEASON INSTEAD OF WAITING TO GET HI EXTRA MONEY NEXT YEAR. MEANING INSTEAD OF GETTING 18M IN 2024, HEGETS 42M. GOOD FOR HIM. FOR THE JAZZ INSTEAD PAYING 259-300M NEXT SESASO AND BEYOND THEY ONLY GIVE 238M CONTRACT, AND 24M CAP USRD FOR THI SEASON. UNLESS THE JAZZ STLL WANTED TO SIGN EXPENSIVE FA IN 2024, KEEPING THE234M CAP SPACE IS USELESS. ALSO THEY ARE FEW TEAMS HAVE ENOUGH CAP SPACE TO SIGN LAURI TO A MAX CONTRACT DEAL 30%, AND THE SPURS IS ONE OF THEM IF THE JAZZ LET LM GO TO FA, THEY'LL EASI;Y ;LOSE HIM TO SPURS BUT OF COURSE NOT TO THE WARRIORS, THEY SUCK IN CAP SPACE..

[@sting114]

Disagree. Warriors best offer was moody , Wiggins two 1st , and two swaps . That’s a bad bad offer . You need one first and one swap just to wipe out Wiggins bad contract. That left you with only moody , one first , and one swap for laura marketeen which is not a good deal for the jazz .

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

I disagree completely with this video. Lauri can be traded next of season if Utah don't wanna keep him. Also the Jazz can go out for another star they have tons of picks and assets if they wanna excel their rebuild.

[@MyChannel-w7u]

Fair point on having the assets (draft picks) to make all in type trades to accelerate the rebuild, I should have called that out. And yes, I agree he can still be traded, but it's not going to be at the same value teams were willing to pay for him this past year

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

@@MyChannel-w7u True but Utah i think will be aggressive in next years free agency and trade market.

[@richardwilliams7374]

@@emilfrederiksen.1622nobody wants to go to Utah. And you can’t get a tier 1 player from trade with markannen. Best shot was to tank for b millet or wemby 🤦🏾‍♂️. Fumbledddddd

[@ThePenitentSquirrel]

@@MyChannel-w7u I disagree, I dont think other teams have the assets necessary to trade and sign Lauri under the new CBA. The Jazz are not the Pittsburgh Pirates of Basketball (meaning a team treated like a farm league in the pros) and its a little naive to assume the offers were better then paying him. [edit] I also think that this contract will likely become undervalued as we start to see these new inflated salaries created to satisfy the cap requirement.

[@ThePenitentSquirrel]

@@richardwilliams7374 Nobody wanted to go to LA or GSW either this off season (mainly because there trash and have no money). People usually will go where they can get paid and then maybe winning. Not every team should trade away all their assets to end up as the 6th seed that's some Simple Jack dumb shit

[@mckinleycutler1366]

I wanted the jazz to tank hard and try to capture the flag. But if the reports are right and the best offer was moody and picks I’m ok that they decided to keep Lauri. Especially with the flattened lottery odds. There are going to be risks either way and I would rather keep Lauri instead of trading him pennes on the dollar.

[@Matthew-cc4xt]

But ya could have gotten picks, players, gotten far better draft odds and cleared up cap for free agency. Seems like a terrible failure.

[@omg31693]

I think all Danny Ainge moves need at least a year before they’re judged. He has a super underrated track record.

[@JoeJoe-lq6bd]

I agree. The commenters here don't get that Markkanen staying on Utah just isn't that valuable for the team. The Jazz is going to be mid at best in a few years and he'll be on the downturn before they start to get good.

[@misterwallace3479]

Wrong. They have a nucleus and can build next year and the next. This was a 5 year plan for Ainge.

[@mikaeki5245]

Am I wrong, but isn't the Jazz team so cheap that they need to spend money just to get to the minimum spending limit?

[@asler4130]

The Jazz don't want to trade him at all. They just listen to offers that they can't turn down (tryna fleece teams). Also, Lauri isn't a bigman. He is a wing and played 3 all day long lmao.

[@misterwallace3479]

Dumb video. The Jazz have shown a player to build around. They will be very competitive this year and beyond.

[@aaronpeters6209]

I kind of think they weren't keen on trading him because Markkanen likes being in Utah. Tough to find star players where this is the case. Ainge was waiting for an offer they couldn't refuse. If you draft well, you can contend. It's not a death sentence. To name a few, guys like Haliburton, Shai, Brunson fell outside the top 10.

[@mckinleycutler1366]

So I keep hearing that the jazz are to good with Lauri to tank properly. But as a jazz fan that watched every game last year start to finish I think people don’t know or are forgetting how important Olynick, Simone, and Dunn were to the team. Even if the west didn’t get better I could see the jazz losing 5-8 more games if they replace the minutes those vets played with rookie minutes.

[@antonioclark3833]

But your not taking into account the young guys (high draft picks) getting better. I think the Jazz will stay the same and maybe push for a playin spot in the playoffs

[@kevinb1277]

In theory trading Lauri in order to fully bottom out is the correct move. In practice there weren't any offers even close to being fair enough this offseason to go that direction. That's what every one of these conversations glosses over. These decisions aren't made in a vacuum. The best reported offer was Moses Moody and two crappy first round picks. You can't just gloss over that and pretend like we live in hypothetical land where the Jazz should have taken say 90 cents on the dollar in order to better position their future. You're blaming them for not taking 50 cents on the dollar in the real world. Most likely scenario is the Jazz finish in the 5-8 range, they're going to play a TON of 1st and 2nd year guys, this year and with flattened lottery odds that's not terrible. If they get a bit of luck and move up in the draft they can keep Lauri. If they get unlucky (as they always do never once having moved up in the draft in franchise history) they can reassess and look to move Lauri next offseason for potentially higher return considering he'll be under team control for longer and teams like OKC or SAN may be in a more buy now mood. Either way pretending like Danny Ainge made a mistake because he didn't take a package commensurate in value to the Deni Avdia trade might be one of the most ill informed takes ever.

[@101noz101]

I think the Jazz will easily be able to trade him again in the off-season but this was the best opportunity for a team to plunder Golden State of its assets. The Warriors are going to try and appease Curry and will mortgage their future in doing so. If I was Ainge I would have tried my best to take every unprotected 1st I could get from Golden State while taking Wiggins back. Curry is in his late 30s and once he loses a step or retires they will be a lottery team..

[@lamontmoss1249]

That's why warriors didn't want to give up all the draft picks. Curry is getting old and so is green. Giving Utah all them picks and the warriors would be like Utah for the next 4-5 years and not making the playoff in those years

[@Tarquin2718]

Exactly what I was thinking. They have Kessler, but miss about 3 guys to complete the set? Lauri would be a perfect trade to create the best rebuild in the history of the NBA. → Jazz Mid for the next few years

[@mrvxg4820]

On his new contract Lauri is the new Zack Lavine. Good scorer, fringe all star, always hurt, does not produce wins, and is a poor defensive player.

[@pimpnamedslickback7780]

Danny ainge made the gobert and mitchell trades thinking that he'd be able to end up in a situation similar to what he had with the billy king trade. Unfortunately it doesn't really make any sense as to why he traded Mitchell at this time. Mitchell is only 28 and has at least 4-5 more yrs of elite play before declining. You could've traded gobert and retooled around Mitchell maybe attracted another star and used those assets to make more moves. Dont understand the jazz direction atp

[@urbaindelva7869]

I'm gonna need some Jazz fans to help me because I don't see any logic behind this move. Giving Lauri this massive extension indicates that the Jazz will continue building around him, which is a poor idea given his ceiling as a player. If they plan to trade him in the near future, it will be difficult because of his contract and the second apron regardless of the increase of the salary cap over the next several years. If they plan to rebuild, having him on the team makes no sense at all became he does not fit the timeline. So, what is their plan ultimately?

[@fredi9204]

He doesn't rely on his athleticism so projected to be in his prime for a long time. His contract dips in the 3rd year, which reveals what the big plan is. Jazz will probably let the kids play, with Lauri dropping in and out like a valve to cool down any hot streak. Talking about "ceiling" is premature. 3 years ago he was considered bit of a flop, and look at him now.

[@Adog00]

I don’t know how to feel about this contract lol

[@misterwallace3479]

Feel good about it. Lauri is a great player to build around.

[@Joseph21459]

Lauri deserves the money

[@thankyoujodi]

Ainge did the same shit in Boston. Yeah, he extracted value from kg pierce and Terry but kept waiting, holding onto those picks when he could've snagged a butler or pg13. They won, but only after ainge left. They could've been in contention for more rings had ainge not just sat on those picks. And then you hear rumors about him wanting to give up four 1sts for justice Winslow? C'mon!! Cavs fan, so before you say I'm bitter, I just pointed out how terrific he is at extracting value. The gobert trade, particularly might his masterpiece.

[@franklinscarlett9698]

Why would the Jazz trade him???? Look with Ainge as a GM you telling me they can't build a team around him......

[@urbaindelva7869]

They can. But is he that good enough to lead them anywhere?

[@franklinscarlett9698]

@@urbaindelva7869 . They stuck with him. With the picks they got already they build a team around him. This trading guys and talking about a rebuild is BS the way the NBA is now. It's on the GM and owner to put a team together that can win but to be in the lottery year end and does not solve anything.

[@avari6167]

Lauri needs team where he could be on playoffs

[@tbsbloodheist8986]

They didn't mess up. Well, not yet. Its a gamble. If lauri can take this jazz team to a playoff spot this upcoming season, they win this gamble.

[@urbaindelva7869]

So, they're gonna try and win with Lauri as their leader even though he isn't good enough to fulfill that role instead of just rebuilding while being in a more optimal position to do so?

[@tbsbloodheist8986]

@@urbaindelva7869 im saying a playoff spot. Not winning it all if thats what you mean.

[@misterwallace3479]

@@tbsbloodheist8986 Some people just don't get it. Sexton is a very good point and Kessler is solid. They have signed some very good role players as well. Watch and see this upcoming year.

[@kevinb1277]

You don't have any idea what's going on.

[@liferealgood]

Glad someone else has admitted that Cleveland trade was a fleece job. Utah should’ve traded Markkanen though. I thought they were tanking for Cooper now they are probably gonna end up around 7-9 range of the draft.

[@thankyoujodi]

Cavs fan, and while I agree to an extent in terms of flexibility, I'd rather have Mitchell. Agbaji isn't even on the team. While I had hopes for sexton, he continues to prove his limitations. Lauri at the 3 didn't seem sustainable. If Mobley were bulkier, they could've traded Allen instead but a front court of Mobley and Lauri might've gotten outmuscled on the boards(even more so than the Knicks series). Still think jazz got the slightly better deal, but I'm content with Mitchell, who's been incredible since coming to Cleveland. Had he not gotten injured, I could've seen him on this USA squad.

[@kinnisgosha]

The next team would have had to pay him anyway. I don't think the contract makes a difference.

[@thankyoujodi]

The next team could've set their own price tag.

[@SnoreBearz]

They should've traded Lauri to the Mavs for a 2nd round pick.

[@misterwallace3479]

3rd grade education.

[@BallinVlogs]

I would easily Any Team 5 1st Round Picks For Ty Jerome

[@misterwallace3479]

huh?

[@topramen5718]

The warriors package was terrible

[@hoesnyhamid7356]

what messed up? what a bs, sound like sour grape warriors fana. the truth is the warriors are screwed up. .they have no mean to improve their team moving forward.

[@MyChannel-w7u]

I’m a Bulls fans, I actually can’t stand the Warriors. Nice try though

[@hoesnyhamid7356]

​@@MyChannel-w7u who cares which fan yiu are, but you sounded sour grape warriors fan.. who cannot thinl clearly, thinhing kumingaand podz worthless playrt as vasluable as lauri. as a bull fans rather worrying what jazz have been doing might as well talk about how suck the bulls are. traded caruso for a player okc eanted to cut lose, getting only 2 2nd for derozan. even the spurs can get an almost unprotected swap. how about levine? the bulss really suck they alianate levine and the same time to trade him with good return. so do the bulls not screwing up handling levine matter? jazz did just finr with lauri, i always thought ainge is stupid trying to trade every single player he can to get as much as much draft assets. that is very stupid ALLCHZMPIONSHIP TEAM TOP STAR WILL NEED TIME TO MATURE BEFORE HE CAN BRING THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO THE, HOPING GETTING FLAGG IS STUPID BY TANKING IS STUPID. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE HOW BAD YOUR TEAM IS YOU'LL GET THE FIRST PICK. THE JAZZ HAVE BONA FIDE STAR IN LAURI WHY NOT BUILD THISA TEAM AROUND HIM. JAZZ HAVE A TOP OF 1ST ROINDER THE NEXT FEW TEARS TO INJECT TALENTS THRU THE DRAFT MAKING TRADE FOR SUTABLE STAR TO BUILD AROUNF LAURI. SO JUST DO THAT.

[@mohkamaltaha]

Seems like Danny Ainge have other ideas, let's wait and see.

[@bear9322]

Jazz had to spend the money. CBA rules forced their hand. It’s a descending contract so it still gives flexibility in the future. Might as well give that money to Lauri who loves Utah. It was also too hard to trade Lauri under his small contract because you couldn’t get equal compensation and still make the numbers work. Yes he can still be traded after a year. Keeping Lauri still makes Jazz one of the weakest teams in the West. Only team that I consider worst next year is arguably the Trailblazers. And odds are flattened. Grizzlies will be back to full strength, Spurs got better, Kings got better. The rest of the West is stacked. Warriors are gonna waste a year of Curry’s window. Jazz will still be a tanking team next year.

[@josephduncan4356]

I disagree with the small contract being a challenge in a trade. The small contract is perfect because you could trade for a couple cheap promising rookies and a bunch of draft picks which would be perfect for a rebuilding team. As they are now it's an awkward group of young and old players that is mediocre.

[@bear9322]

@@josephduncan4356 I see your point but if the Jazz had gotten a bunch of cheap rookie contracts in return, they would’ve still had to give someone a big contract per new CBA rules.

[@josephduncan4356]

@@bear9322 Well teams can be creative in meeting the minimum salary requirements. There are usually a few old vets making way too much that teams want to offload.

[@bear9322]

@@josephduncan4356 I would rather give the big contract to Lauri than to a random vet with an overpaid contract. Once again this is why it was so hard to get proper compensation.

[@josephduncan4356]

@@bear9322 well yes of course but the problem is Lauri is too good and will just keep Utah mediocre instead of helping a re-build.

[@josephduncan4356]

Great video. Also remember Utah owes OKC their first round pick next year or the year after if it falls below the top 10. So they need to be bad to keep that.

[@franklinscarlett9698]

At the same time is he worth 5 first round picks??????

[@thankyoujodi]

Gobert was. Mitchell was. Bridges was. It's all relative.

[@urbaindelva7869]

Gobert is a 4-time DPOY winner. Mitchell has a couple of All-Star teams and an All-NBA selection and is one of the best 2 guards in the league. Bridges is an iron man and has a First Team All-Defensive selection. Pre-Brooklyn, he was one of the best perimeter defenders in the league and a DPOY candidate. They all have things on their resumé that you could ARGUE makes them worth that amount of picks compared to Lauri. Lauri had to change situations a couple of times before he finally became a truly good player.

[@franklinscarlett9698]

​@@urbaindelva7869. But this is the thing about the NBA. If Ainge can get a decent bench, a couple of players that are slightly better than him or as good as him they could be a top tier team. The NBA is a strange league. People may think this a joke but who knows this could work out. Have to wait and see.

[@Bluebirdfalling]

lol he said Lowry

[@MyChannel-w7u]

That’s how you pronounce his name my guy

[@Samsonmanase]

He hasn’t played 60 games in his career this is prime injury prone

[@JuneRP116]

Video is false information on certain things smh they let anyone make videos now a days

[@MyChannel-w7u]

You gonna say what information is false before making false statements yoursel?

[@JuneRP116]

@@MyChannel-w7u 2:34 those rumors were false jazz came out saying they aren’t willing to trade Lauri but are not opposed to listening to offers if there is a offer out there that is what they view as Lauri price then of course they will put it into consideration but these sources saying the jazz wanted to trade him are false.

[@JuneRP116]

@@MyChannel-w7u not saying ur false just these sources if you want an accurate source for the jazz tony jones. He actually covers the jazz

[@MyChannel-w7u]

@@JuneRP116 That's why I said they were rumors and speculation. If it I stated it was a matter of fact, then yeah that would be different

[@JuneRP116]

@@MyChannel-w7u ahhh gotcha that’s my fault then I’ll own that

[@franklingroup5460]

You messed up

[@MyChannel-w7u]

Keep crying, eventually some might care

[@mckinleycutler1366]

Jazz fan here and just my perspective on the picks from GS that would have come back in the lauri trade. If they traded lauri any swaps the jazz have in the next 5 years including GS swaps throw those in the garbage because the jazz are probably going to be bottom 5 for at least three if not more years depending on the lottery. And if GS gets to keep all their young players and gets a 27 year old all star I don’t see them being anywhere close to the lottery for the next 5-6 years unless they have a year with horrible injury luck. Which only helps the jazz if that year is one they have the pick and not a swap.

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

True but i don't hate the Lauri resigning but there is a chance the Warriors implode and Utah could have capitalized.

[@SorenHume]

Anyone with an IQ above an ESPN commenter or KZbin Content Creator could see from the jump that Lauri was indeed the prize in all those deals.

[@MyChannel-w7u]

Revisionist history at it's finest. He was NOT seen as the prize of the deal. He was coming off an average season with the Cavs

[@SorenHume]

@@MyChannel-w7u Prisoner of the moment at its finest. I wanted him bad for the price then, was mad the Mavs didn’t get involved. Don’t project your inability to see deeply onto others.

[@MyChannel-w7u]

That's not projecting, and you're actually the prisoner of the moment right now, not me. Markkanen was good, he was a big piece in that trade, but the prize in that trade package was the multiple first round picks, not a player who put up 14 ppg and couldn't play defense

[@SorenHume]

@@MyChannel-w7u lowIQ attempt, try again

[@MyChannel-w7u]

Lol bro, what? What attempt was that you just delivered? No one, literally no one thought Lauri Markkanen was the prize of the Gobert/Mitchell trades when they were made....it was the mountain of draft picks the Jazz got the in the deal. Lauri literally had his worst season with the Cavs

[@mcmc-o9w]

You should rename your channel as a Debbie downer basketball. Holy shit as of late all your videos are just about trashing these contract signings, The trades etc. Well newsflash. Thats how basketball is. Its a huge gamble, you are banking on these players for success. Which can pay or cant. But thats the beauty of it.

[@Bluebirdfalling]

Plus Lowry Markkenen

[@MyChannel-w7u]

lol I literally just did a video on the best contracts of the offseason, but ok

[@thankyoujodi]

​@@MyChannel-w7uI'll subscribe to Debbie downer basketball

[@Hicks-g1m]

Yeah Lauri won't be leading a team to a championship anytime soon. Why the warriors would want him is beyond me

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

He would literally be a perfect 2nd star behind Steph. Put him at the 4 or the 3 and the Warriors are looking good.

[@bear9322]

Because Lauris spacing would allow Curry to be even more lethal. But I guess the Warriors can stay the same in a stacked Western Conference. Wasting Curry’s Championship window smh.

[@lyriclyric9814]

Change the video title too “when yappin goes wrong”😭😭😭

[@MyChannel-w7u]

Eh?