babyjax13 wrote:I think we need to trade him, regardless. This has been a miserable season, but in part it is because the front office tried to run two tracks and so we walked away with Hendricks instead of a shot at Wemby, or Miller, or Amen, or even Scoot who I still think will be a good player. We walked away with Cody Williams instead of ... well, that draft sucked (but Kyshawn George was #2 on my big board and has been undeniably better). We didnt trade Lauri at the peak of his value, and we made some half hearted overtures to bring in Paul George and Mikal Bridges which would have led to more of the same. Commit to rebuilding, or commit to Lauri, don't repeat a season of resting everyone competent so that you can get the lottery odds you want...trade the guys you'd be resting, none will be here in 4 years, anyway.
I mean, why are we worried about not being committed when we just put up the worst record in the NBA?
If Utah lucks into Flagg, I don't think there's any chance the Jazz will be sitting Lauri/Kessler next year. That would be a great way to piss off the guy you're hoping to be a franchise player that will stick around. If the lottery doesn't go their way, then I think it becomes more likely that that we trade either/both. The whole point of keeping them was to shorten the rebuild time. Without those 2 players, we'd be waiting years to draft and then develop young players.
I really think fans underestimate the time/difficulty involved in rebuilding from the ground up. Not to mention that it's a difficult situation to develop young players when they are getting blown out every game.
New York said Mitchell wasn't the guy you trade the sink for, then they traded it for Mikal, lol.