On Wednesday's episode of "The Zach Lowe Show," guest Steve Jones Jr. wondered what Lauri Markkanen's price tag would be for an interested team like the Pistons. Lowe said, "He's averaging like 30 a game. The price is going to be everything. It's going to be [Tobias] Harris, [Jaden] Ivey, [Ron] Holland, every pick and swap you have." He added that it'd be four first-round picks and four pick swaps, since the Pistons would want to keep Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson.
NBA insider Matt Moore reported for FanSided on Nov. 17 that the Jazz "continue to stonewall all talks for Lauri Markkanen" and that if a trade happened, it'd be "sudden.