NBA Trade Rumors: New intel on Lauri Markkanen

On the latest Zach Lowe podcast, he talked about some of the players he thinks will be main characters come free agency, and he mentioned Lauri Markkanen as one of them. You can listen to the time-stamped section here.

In that clip, Lowe asks Does Lauri Markkanen really want to live through another year of losing?

It’s a good question because Utah has some real decisions to make this season. The thing looming over the team once again is that they only keep their first-round pick next year if it’s in the bottom eight of the lottery. The Jazz want to play to win games, but they also want that pick. It was a tough season internally for Utah, as they had to manipulate lineups to lose by all…