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[Wojnarowski] Utah Jazz All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen has signed a five-year, $238 million contract renegotiation and extension – including $220 million in new money, his agent Michael Lelchitski of @SIGSports tells ESPN.

  • August 7, 2024


[Wojnarowski] Utah Jazz All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen has signed a five-year, $238 million contract renegotiation and extension – including $220 million in new money, his agent Michael Lelchitski of @SIGSports tells ESPN.

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  1. The measure of a good deal is whether other teams would still trade assets for a guy on the new contract, and I think the answer is still yes for Lauri.

    Great deal for Lauri. Hopefully Danny can put a respectable team around him in the near future.

  9. This is not hate towards Markkanen because he’s a very good player, but if the Jazz rebuild doesn’t get them anywhere by the end of this contract, people will be treating this contract like Beal’s or Lavine’s.

  11. I feel like this is the right decision. I never thought it made much sense for Utah to trade him – how likely are they to get a good young player like him if they don’t keep him. Maybe he’ll be traded later in his deal, but they should be building with him as a core piece. Hopefully they can add some more talent soon.

  12. He’s a 7 foot sniper who moves off ball and he provides some rim protection. It’s a good deal for both sides..

  13. Warriors might be cooked but if they had to pay him that kind of money then idk if it would even be worth it. Dude is good but he’s not proven enough to get paid like that on a playoff team

  14. This seems like a reasonable deal, honestly. Lauri is a really good player.

  15. Fun fact “Markkanen” actually means “*god damn that’s a lot of money*” in Finnish

  20. Good, I swear it was every single day since last October that someone on the thunder sub would post about trading for him

  21. So the season is going to be Lauri and the kids in the race for a top5 lottery pick?

  23. Yeesh Jake Fischer is such a mouth piece lol. Dude definitely has sources with agents and maybe within some teams but it’s clear they all use him to put out bad info. Doesn’t happen everytime but often enough to where it’s obvious.

  24. I have no horse in this race, but I’ve been very impressed with Lauri since his Bulls run. He is one of those rare cases where he’s everything he said he was.

    So, unlike some posters, I think this is mostly a win for both parties.

  25. That actually seems like a good deal. Worse players are making 50 million annually now

  31. Almost a Quarter-Billion dollars and a defacto 1 year no trade clause? Danny Ainge finally got cooked. That said, this contract will look just fine with the rising cap.

  32. I’m pissed Philly didn’t try to get him, Even with his extension, he’s still making way less than PG 🤦🏿‍♂️😩

  33. Surprised they didn’t do this yesterday so he’d be trade eligible this season. I’m sure by the postseason trade rumors will start swirling again

  34. Bro has the best job in the league. Franchise player with no expectations or pressure to win whatsoever.

  36. This is actually super interesting hut not because of Lauri( good for you man,got your bag but what you do from this point forward is irrelevant now)but what Steph is going to do now? He said he wants the roster improved and it didn’t happen because they are high on Podz

  43. Dude can buy so many frisbees now. He could probably build his own disc golf course!

  45. brb, lemme go talk to my boss and see if I can renegotiate $220m of new money on my work contract.

  46. People claiming it’s a bad contract don’t know what they’re talking about.

    The 24m bump makes his contract this year 42m (about 30% of the cap) which is good for a 7 foot Klay Thompson on offense that’s also a great finisher.

    Assuming the rest of his contract goes up 8% each year, it will begin from 43.5m (28% of the cap) and only become a lower percentage of the cap as it goes up 10% each year after the TV deal.

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