Are the Warriors Going to MISS on Lauri Markkanen?

Are the Warriors Going to MISS on Lauri Markkanen?

you said something earlier that I I I want to Dive Right into let’s do it you do not think Lowry marinin is going to end up being the Target no but you do think somebody else he is going to be the Target no you do not think that’s who they will land no um I like the tone that you just used with your no because I I agree with you and and and your tone is like unfortunately not you’re not saying it in a way of you don’t think the Warriors should get him and nor do I have sources you do not think the Warriors will get him I don’t think Utah is going to trade him I don’t think Utah’s trading Lowry marinan I mean it does seem weird a guy who’s from Finland who loves Utah supposedly loves the weather in Utah that’s weird and his 27 Allstar great you know great upside probably’s got five really really good years coming up yep um and the idea if you’re if you’re Danny a if you’re moving him I mean um I understand when he’s like hey I need a Mel Bridges type deal with you know five number ones and pick swaps and all kinds of stuff because otherwise why why would you move L Lowry marketing well I mean I I guess the only thing I could think of is that you’re you’re on the doorstep of having to pay him uh Superstar money and if you don’t feel like you’re in a position to do anything around him in order to make that make sense in those next four years then maybe it feels like you’re you’re throwing money out the door now that’s answering a bunch of questions you can’t answer yet how do you know who you’re going to be able to get in the draft or what what have you or his appetite to resign they maybe they might know they might know that they might know his appetite to I mean it’s funny sometimes in the NBA what’s not your appetite we’re going to give you every dollar you’re allowed to get I’ve always have you want this quick aside you ever want to be like a fly in thewall in one of those like a Steph Curry type negotiation feels like it should take about 38 seconds here yeah this is what we’re allowed to offer you and we are okay sign are we like what is the negotiation with low marinin how does that even go no because it’s a max deal and he wants a full Max I’m sure right and they’re in no position to offer him anything less though I will say this his numbers before he got to Utah were nothing compared to the numbers that he put up in Utah and it’s kind of the Danielle Marshall theorem you know it’s like somebody’s got to score points on crappy teams maybe or maybe uh he was being featured more maybe he was only 24 23 years old before he got to Utah and was still a developing player yeah these are the things that your scouting department needs to assess based on uh Acquisitions but um The Warriors seem convinced yeah at least according to reports well not not I mean according based on what I I mean who knows right I don’t know for for all we know I mean Kirk told was a cur that told you guys yesterday Steph is not available but everybody else is available that is yes Steve cerr but we’ll play that in a second even though he said that I think the assumption is they don’t want to move Kinga um no I don’t think they want to I think they would for the right deal here here’s what Steve KR said yeah there’s very few players in the league who who are not talked about in trade discussions you know I mean Steph Curry is not being discussed in trade talks everybody else is you know and and you know if you went down the list of NBA teams the Lakers probably not talking to anybody about LeBron you know you just everybody’s got maybe one or two guys who they’re off the off the table so the vast majority of the NBA the players are are constantly you know going to be discussed in trade talks because everyone’s trying to do the same thing which is improve their team okay by the way that got picked up that became kind of the buzz quote that is circulating nationally Steve Kerr saying Steph Curry is not being discussed everyone else is right I think what he meant is everybody else could be but the way he said it makes it sound like the Warriors are literally on the phone right now trying to trade the rest of the roster which is not true but who knows it’s probably not out of the realm of possibility they’re not hanging up they’re not going to hang up if you bring up Draymond you’re not they’re not hanging up if you bring up moody or Kingo they are hanging up if you bring up Steph that’s that’s kind of my Takeaway on that um but yeah I just I I just think marinin I don’t know if he’s going to stay but between you know I mean the War I don’t think the Warriors want to move kaminga and then I’m looking at that offer I guess it would have to be you know what three four number ones or some some crazy amount of number ones um I do think the Warriors though Mark are you know U right you know basically status quo they’re different than they were last year but to me they’re no better they’re no worse they’re basically right about the same and if they don’t get a significant addition like a marinin without moving a kuminga I don’t think they’re a playoff or a title Contender even an outside title Contender I don’t think they’re they they have to get one more significant addition um to even enter any kind of with I agree with you one one thing that was clearly a thought in my mind in watching The Warriors last year and it’s not a rule but I do think it certainly helps and especially if you are going to be in the mix in the final four final eight teams uh when you get to the end of an NBA season uh it’s not that there needs to be this pecking order that you can write down with chalk on a board but I think emotionally there does first of all it helps with the actual X’s and O’s right this is option one okay that’s that’s defended now here here’s where you can read and react in Steve C system and let’s go to option two that’s part of it but I also think there is something more on the emotional side of the fence with regard to knowing on a nightly basis who your number two scorer is and when I watched The Warriors last year um that was a rotating answer and that’s okay like here and there somebody will get hot and score 30 and they LED that night but largely I think teams who do really well here’s Jason Tatum and there’s Jaylen Brown you know here’s Nicole yic and then here’s Jamal Murray we know who our second best player is Warriors don’t know they didn’t know last year and they don’t know this year they don’t even know who their starters are this year great teams usually don’t come from that scenario yeah I mean and then the other factor that is now a reality for the Warriors is that you can’t feel great because the your number one guy has got an arrow pointing straight down like he’s no longer getting better he’s no longer maybe cresting the hill he’s no longer right there I think we saw at the end of this year that he’s now on the downside he’s he’s crested the hill and he’s on the downside now is he going is he firing down the hill no I think he’ll still be really good for a couple years but the arrows down on Steph so he’s not getting better he’s getting worse so that that second guy becomes more and more important every day that goes by and they don’t have a second guy right so yeah I I’m with you but um you know if it’s not low Marin in right then who well there are other names thrown out like Brandon Ingram is a it would be a great second name right that’s a that’s a name that a lot of people do like though he did play for Kerr and kerr kind of buried him on the bench I’m So Into the idea of Brandon Ingram but it everything I hear is that the Warriors are so not into the idea of Brandon Ingram and I mean this like two months ago when everything was still on the table I I was told the Warriors are flat not interested nonstarter in Brandon Ingram why I don’t know he’s young he’s a scorer he can play you know he gives you length and size and and scoring ability um okay but to me then what then if you okay you take him off the list who else you got on this list uh I mean who else people have said Zack LaVine I saw I saw I saw the somebody had a had a multi-way three-way deal the other day cooked up where it was like the Warriors moving like four players and all they’re getting in out of it was Zack LaVine what is that who what Outlet does that person work for it was like Bleacher Report or something I swear to you I swear to you it was it was like four guys going for zakine the Chicago Bulls have called every single NBA team not named the Chicago Bulls right and they have said do you want Zack and and the teams have gone no and then they’ve said do you want Zack and a first round pick and the teams have said no okay here it is here it is it would be a three-way it was a Bleacher Report three-way trade the Bulls would get Brandon Ingram and Wiggins the Warriors would get Zack LaVine the Pelicans would get vich from Chicago Gary pton cavon Looney uh 2025 first round pick from the Blazers I’m not sure where that’s coming from if that would be the warrior pick and then two second round picks from Chicago so even if those picks are not the Warriors picks the Warriors will be moving Looney and Wiggins and Payton and all they’re getting back at Zack LaVine just let me let me promise you no the the Warriors have and and I will report this the Warriors have no interest in Zach LaVine whatsoever and for those of you who are like yeah but you could unload Wiggins right unload Wiggins and double his salary right is essentially all you’d be doing if you get Zack LaVine with the apron with the CBA with the fact that he doesn’t play defense I’m telling you 46 million a year absolutely absurd the idea that the Warriors will acquire Zack LaVine on any level the Warriors you can do the trade again here here we go this a four team deal none of the other teams do anything it’s just Zack LaVine goes to the Warriors they don’t have to give up anything they don’t even need to send a basketball to the Bulls the answer is no they have no interest in Zack LaVine yeah and I don’t either um though if it was straight up for Wiggins and there was no mon money there I probably would do here’s the name you want to here’s the name all this talk we’re talking about you want to hear it or you want to me you want to tease it I I I think you should hold it okay you you have a name I have a name and it’s so perfect it’s so typical it’s so right on the money uh why does that mean it Mak make it typical well just because people have been talking about you know these dream scenarios about marketing marketing and yeah marketing would be awesome but why why why is Utah trading him why are the Warriors getting him for a package that doesn’t include kuminga um I don’t know to me Markin is like too good to be true okay you’re probably right I I mean I love the idea I know many around the NBA believe that Utah is on a complete fishing Expedition and they are not trading Lowry marinin at all I know a lot of people in in NBA circles believe that um okay Larry’s got a name

Willard and Krueger (in for Dibs) debate if it’s just not in the cards for the Warriors to acquire Lauri Markkanen this offseason.

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