The indications have been the same since 2024: the Utah Jazz plan to keep Lauri Markkanen. As for the justification for that stance, one would think it's because Markkanen has been on a historic tear. However, one key reason a trade may not happen is something that's not getting enough attention: Markkanen is expensive.
And not just expensive in the sense of what he would cost an interested suitor, but that teams wouldn't be too thrilled to pay him what the Jazz are paying him. ClutchPoints' Brett Siegel confirmed this when discussing the prospect of a Markkanen trade.