Everyone and their mother knows by now that a Lauri Markkanen trade isn't happening for the Utah Jazz this season. That's been public knowledge for some time now. However, the latest wrinkle on Markkanen isn't just that he's staying a Jazzman, but rather that Utah intends to add to the team around him.
NBA Insider Marc Stein revealed that teams around the NBA believe that Utah doesn't intend to trade Markkanen, but in fact, wants to put more talented players around him
"Difficult as it can be for rival teams to read the intentions of a front office that now houses Austin Ainge as well as Danny Ainge, more teams than not that we speak to are increasingly convinced that the Jazz are more likely to try to add to their Markkanen-led core this Trade Season rather than trade Markkanen away," Stein wrote.