Should the Kings make a trade for Lauri Markkanen?

Should the Kings make a trade for Lauri Markkanen?

and Chris the Spurs are trying to be all set as they are now the favorites to land Lori marke and if Utah decides to trade him that is per bada also with the Spurs and this connects back to Malik monk the Spurs are also reportedly interested in Darius garland that is from Sam amiko and that isn’t really bad in terms of Malik monk because that’s the landing spot we’ve talked about Malik and wanyama so if they’re interested in darus Scarlet I would think that takes him out of the Malik monk sweep Stak so that would be one team so Spurs go get hey darus G’s a good player Spurs go get Darius Garland but back to Lori marketing Chris yes a name that we haven’t talked about a lot now earlier really during the season when this conversation came up you spoke about how Lori marinan maybe the fit wasn’t perfect or maybe there would be some redundancy with with sabonis and I’m curious and correct me if I’m wrong if if you didn’t say that I don’t remember exactly saying I didn’t I wasn’t as high as L on Lori as like I think Brendan’s really high to give up the farm to give up the farm on him yeah I mean I think he’s a really good player uh I think he’s definitely benefiting from being the the main guy out in Utah I don’t know if he’s necessarily like a 25 Point per game scorer like an Allstar every season like kind of he’s he’s played like here recently um yeah I just don’t I don’t know if it’s kind of I mean it’s it’s a different version of Kyle kozma I think he’s better a better player than kyok kozma a lot more useful but um offensively but I I just I still think you have a lot of the same issues I think you uh defensively like he’s not really solving your your Rim protection issue he’s a great fit on offense he’s a Fant ftic shooter he’s a great scorer in general he’d fit in great on that side of the ball but I don’t necessarily know if that’s gonna be good enough to to you know beat the Timberwolves in the playoffs would you say would you put l Markin in and if both of these guys are made available L marketing and Cat would you put them in the same category would you put one over the other in terms of their fit with the Kings they’re probably about the same I mean yeah they pretty much do the same thing right like they’re both they’re both the best SHO shooting bigs in the NBA and uh both yeah probably put up around the same numbers I cat’s probably even a better defender or a better rebounder than than marinin is they’re they’re the same tier of player to me I think they would have the same level of impact which is definitely still something um I just don’t know especially like considering what you might have to give up for Lori I mean Utah and freaking Danny a more specifically right that man does not he literally does not lose trades he he makes it a sticking point to say no if we’re going to do a trade I’m going to receive endless endless draft picks as many as you can give us we will take so I I just kind of feel like doing a deal for Lori where I think he’s making like $24 million a year he is on he’s only making incredible cont he’s only making 18 but it isoken the one reason they might move him as much as they’re saying they don’t want to because everyone’s going to say that right now to keep Leverage The One Reason might move him is because it is an expiring deal yeah and who knows if he’s gonna re up there right I don’t know why he would right except for they can offer him hey you can still be the number one you can still be the face of the Utah Jazz yeah um but I don’t know where you’re going if Lori Markin is your best player if feels like you know yeah maybe a 10 seed is about the best you can do depending on who you surround him with but you know yeah he he’s he’s good he’s not phenomenal he’s I don’t think he’s made an all NBA team but yeah he’s definitely an All-Star caliber player I just yeah I I don’t think he’s necessarily A A A solution I think he he definitely is a really big Talent upgrade but ultimately I still think if if you’re hoping Lori marinin is gonna come in and change everything I just don’t think that’s gonna happen I mean I also feel the same way about Kyle kozma and and everybody else as well but so you don’t think one move okay let’s say they let’s say yeah if they find a way to get Lorie Markin in and you keep Keegan which I don’t know that the Jazz would allow that but let’s just play the game hey here’s 15 first round picks whatever and we’re getting Lor marinin we are keeping Malik Monk and we still have Keegan Murray that doesn’t moveie I mean that’s different yeah that’s completely different I’m I’m just viewing a a Lori Fox a bonus and then scraps like that’s what I would you’re assuming that it’s you’re assuming that Keegan is gone yeah pretty much for Lor yes yeah because like I said that man Danny a is a is a monster and there’s just no way that you’re going to trade especially if Lor’s on an $18 million contract like that’s ultimate leverage for Utah they’re gonna say like you you quite literally will not find a better deal in basketball today than this Allstar potential all NBA leveler a oneye deal though it is it definitely is but still the ability to have him on that deal and then potentially sign him moving forward I think there’s still I could be wrong unless he enters free agency but if you’re going to resign him might be a cap on exactly how much you can you can Elevate his salary to a certain level so um yeah I think there’s there might be some more that goes into that um but I still think that you’re you’re not gonna find a a he’s getting paid less than Kyle kozma so I I just don’t know if you could uh you could realistically get Lori Markin in for anything that could possibly even potentially be viewed as at market value I think you’re going to have to overpay to get him because also Utah is not incentivized the only like you said the only real incentive they have is he might walk and even then I don’t you know Utah is probably saying okay so we go from 500 or a couple games above to yeah okay now we’re officially kind of in a rebuild and again we have 700 draft picks to rebuild with 23 points eight rebounds two assists on 48% shooting that was Lori markkanen’s averages in 2023 2024 but I if you’ve been really big on and it’s the same with I think the Jeremy Grant situation hey I don’t know how that translates when you’re just cooking right on a bad team I don’t know how that TR I mean I mean Colin seon had ridiculous numbers this season and I don’t know what to really do with that is that 17 points on a on a king’s team and five rebounds because sabonis is going to swallow up all the rebounds I think that if you can and we get into Malik monk a little bit later if you can keep Malik Monk and let’s say Keegan is in the deal so I don’t think you would run it would be more than Keegan so it might be Kevin herder too right yeah it probably would be right the same type of deal that we talked about for Carl Anthony towns and just whatever picks that you want to throw out so you’re you still have Harrison Barnes in this I just don’t know Harrison Barnes value and you’re not gonna get rid of him just to get rid of him yeah so if if a team doesn’t want him and now you have I guess a weird Log Jam of wings right then that becomes a conversation of okay is it time to is it time to move Harrison Barnes to the bench because he’s still on the team because at that point let’s say they take Keegan and they take Kevin herder and a bunch of picks you have dearn Fox sabonis Lori marinin and I’m just saying Harrison Barn’s name I don’t know that he would start he has to he has to who is who’s taking his spot and then now we’re back to the Keon conversation unless Malik monk stays unless mon a or I don’t know what you do with 13 at that I mean yeah you know I don’t know if you’ve kept 13 if 13 was sent off in the marketing trade or anything prob knowing day to age probably I mean again this kind of comes to what where my mega trades Spawn from is I just feel like you you end up filling one hole and creating another and I think that’s where the Kings have to figure out how to get creative um with with their contracts I mean Monty talked about when he signed all of these midlevel guys and you know brought in Chris Duarte he talked about the flexibility of it he’s like these are also very tradable contracts like these are six to you want a ton of four to I think it’s like it’s probably now like 10 or 12 million doll contracts because those are ones that you can just okay hey you need a sweetener we can throw this in there oh we need to bring three guys to equal one here’s Trey ly Sasha and Colby Jones Edward whatever and that equals 12 mil so I I think um you know you got to try and get creative try and figure out how you could you know Mike kozma trade is essentially a salary dump you got Davon Mitchell you’ve got Trey L you’ve got dwarte throw the 13th pick in there can that get you something useful because you’re really not losing a ton of impact player you’re not losing your your core players and I know core kind of gets stretched the more and more conversations we end up having but I just kind of think that that’s the only way for the Kings to truly like take another leap is by retaining what they have but also adding to it if that M like if if that’s somehow possible from the 916 do you think marketing is better than fox or sabonis I think they’re on the same tier and to your point I wouldn’t want to overpay for same tier guys but you’re adding someone else I get you don’t want to overpay but you’re adding someone else at that tier right yeah it’s the conversation of would you rather be more topheavy or more balanced and I think that’s again the balance that the no pun intendant that’s the balance that the kings are trying to find is I think they kind of want they want it all they want to have their cake and eat it because I think at the end of the day that’s the difference between a really good team and A Champion again like the Celtics they shipped off Marcus Smart they’ve shipped off tons of different guys and they still manage to retain what is actually the thing that makes them really great and so that’s kind of what the Kings need to figure out man it’s it’s it’s a really really tough task I mean the elephant in the room to me Chris is that I’m just not sure how you achieve that and keep Keegan Murray I don’t see how you do it it I mean if we’re talking about top top level star yeah I mean you can’t get that’s what I’m saying yeah and if we’re not talking about that to our last segment then what are we talking about yeah no I mean it’s you know and that’s what I’m saying I think it’s it’s trying to build out the team then and and that’s the route that you have to try and go and then yeah you got to hope for some luck I mean I definitely think that’s gonna have to be the only way that the Kings get to a finals or maybe even to a Conference Finals is you see what happened with the Pacers like sometimes Ball’s got to bounce your way and off the floor as well and yeah I definitely think you know that’s G to be where the kings are gonna have to kind of get lucky is they’re not going to have the overall star power even if they do build out a pretty good roster they’re going to have to probably get some help in the postseason because I just think that’s how it is I think that’s how it is with everybody it’s not just a specific King situation everybody needs some form of injury luck Tyrese talked about it it’s it’s just as important as anything else in the playoffs is just being healthy being the team that’s still standing and that leads

Per Bovada, odds for teams interested in Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen have emerged, if he was traded this offseason. The first team listed is the San Antonio Spurs.

But while there are a plethora of NBA franchises that the Finnish scorer could land on, should the Sacramento Kings be one of them?

Stiles & Watkins dive into that possibility on Friday’s show, outlining the various avenues Sacramento could take to acquire Markkanen. The duo discuss how he would fit with the Kings, who would have to be traded to get him, and if that is the right move for a Mike Brown-led team.

All that and more on Stiles & Watkins.

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