Lauri Markkanen agrees to 5 yr/$238 mil contract with Jazz

[VegetasHairline]

Utah gave him the same type of contract extension the Kings gave Sabonis last year.

 

[Doctor Doom]

It's not a bad deal because dudes are about to be getting paid a lot more.

Only sucks for Utah because they're too good to get decent lottery picks.

 

[kingofnyc]

This his last year in Utah.

Bradley Beal remix.

yeah , i’m hoping they trade him for Julius Randle, and like 4 first round picks

 

[GoldenGlove]

yeah , i’m hoping they trade him for Julius Randle, and like 4 first round picks

The Knicks have 4 FRPs to trade after that Bridges trade?

 

[FS4LFE]

This the money CD Lamb and Brandon Auyiuk want.

Just goes to show you how good NBA money is because Lauri isn’t even an elite player like CD and Brandon.

 

[jayjon85]

Is this overpay?

Deal is through his age 32 season at $48 per year.

DeJounte Murray got $40m per year last year I think

This is the same deal Mobley got

DeJounte Murray signed a $28m per year deal

 

[MikelArteta]

not a bad deal, a guy who doesnt mind being in utah and is a good player.

 

[JoelB]

In every contract extension thread we say its an overpay...

 

[MikelArteta]

Depends

$48 mil would make him the 18th highest paid player next season and a top 5 highest paid PF. Do you believe he’s a top 20 player and a top 5 PF?

But also he likely gets a max on the open market regardless

with the new tv deal the cap is going to go up
markanenn is only 27 and has avg like 24-25 ppg and 8 boards the past two years

plus utah literally has a bunch of young guys on rookie deals might as well pay someone good to reach the cap floor next year

 

[MikelArteta]

In every contract extension thread we say its an overpay...

every nba team is going to have a guy signing this type of money soon its the new nba
the salary cap min next year is 126 mill
before this signing utah was at 86 mill with like 9 dudes signed

 

[SchoolboyC]

with the new tv deal the cap is going to go up
markanenn is only 27 and has avg like 24-25 ppg and 8 boards the past two years

plus utah literally has a bunch of young guys on rookie deals might as well pay someone good to reach the cap floor next year

I’m fine with the deal. Like I was trying to say it might be a slight overpay now but should age well assuming he maintains this level of play

And yeah it’s relatively low risk for Utah

 

[Elim Garak]

It's not really an overpay and they gonna trade him after the season lol.

 

[kingofnyc]

The Knicks have 4 FRPs to trade after that Bridges trade?

i think they had 11 FRP till 2032 before the Bridges trade

 

[King Static X]

It's makes sense that Lauri wants to stay in Utah (at least for now).

There are some similarities between Utah and Finland.

 

[GoldenGlove]

It's makes sense that Lauri wants to stay in Utah (at least for now).

There are some similarities between Utah and Finland.

No hate, but did you research this any?

"Similarities between Utah and Finland" 100% isn't in my Google Search history