Everyone said he was cooked last season too.

Seems like next year the Jazz will start trying to win so that’ll be cool.

+42m in his bank, not a waste for him

He probably chose this career path. Make tons of money with no expectations. 

Deserves is a strong word because he chose to get paid and sit there. No one “deserves” anything in the league.

What are we talking about? Lauri was averaging 13-14ppg the three years before he got traded to Utah. He got to Utah, won MIP, and started averaging in the mid twenties. He signed an extension with Utah fully knowing the Jazz were in the middle of a rebuild.

Let’s stop with the, “Jazz are wasting Lauri talk.” Frankly, going to Utah was the best thing that has happened in Lauri’s career. He made a ton of money, he’s happy here, and he knew what he was signing up for.

lucky for you he’s probably going to get a massive green light this upcoming season. 

side note but i hate how people coddle lauri a little bit, if he wanted out and to play on a team that was more competitive, he’s had every chance to. idk why its hard to grasp, but he likes it here. his family likes it here. he like his team here. 

lau is the reason i bought into jazz basketball, i have finnish family, so i understand the frustration, but i assure yall its gonna be okay lol.

also another side note, he is just actually kind of injury prone. he rarely plays 60+ games per season, and that was even before Utah.

he literally chose to be there lol

lauri was considered mid af before he got to the jazz. he thank the jazz everyday for trading for him.

Just wait until next year and this next iteration of the Jazz. He’s only 28, he’s gonna have a 5 year run where Utah consistently makes the playoffs and he’ll get the praise he deserves. Jazz are going to be much better than people realize next year. Don’t be surprised if they are top 4 in the west starting next year.

Folks “feeling bad” for Lauri, but does Lauri even feel bad for Lauri?

He’s getting a bag though. You gotta imagine how much potential and talent the Jazz are going to have next season with a fully healthy roster. At this rate, Jazz can get a top 5 in a loaded draft class. A lineup of George, Bailey, Markkanen, Jackson Jr, and Kessler is talented enough to make a play-in and potential playoff spot.

He wasn’t forced to sign that extension. So he may be just fine with situation.

Isn’t this what Shai went through before they became a contending team?

He will be in the playoffs next year.

Didn’t he choose to stay in Utah? Chose the bag over winning, he’s getting exactly what he wants 💀

stop feeling bad for him, in the 2024 offseason he was due for a contract extension and he intentionally delayed signing it, just so he couldn’t be traded by the 2025 deadline. he had the option to get paid AND give the Jazz room to trade him to a contender, and yet he chose to force the Jazz to keep him through the 2025 season. he chose this, he wants to be in Utah, STOP FEELING BAD FOR HIM

The dumbest, most tired narrative in this sub. Who tf his writing this? He chose to re-sign with the Jazz. Maybe go tell this to him not us?

Had to check to see if I was on the Jazz subreddit. Tons of delusional fans here..

Bro got paid and a chance to realize his potential with the Jazz. Could be a lot worse.

He wanted this

he signed the extension. he knew what he signed up for. dont shed any tears for that guy. if the jazz arent good next season, there will probably a lot of heads rolling, and rightfully so, but up until now they have played it out beautifully. 

Genuinely hate that the Cavs had to give him up to get Mitchell. We had such an interesting team dynamic before that trade. Not saying I don’t obviously enjoy our current roster lol, but Lauri was a very cool player to watch and support imo.

40+ mil a year, essentially conditioning for FIBA games, as a finn im fine with this. Would be nice to see the Jazz try to compete though.

Legend at the bank. He’s never seen an extension he didn’t like

I’m glad the league is looking to take steps on getting rid of tanking. I am also glad it starts next year.

They will try to start competing next year

Yall act like he didn’t sign a extension knowing what he was going into. Some guys just value financial security over winning

It’s definitely a waste of talent, but he’s probably chilling. Gets paid all that money to play ball with zero stress about winning.

You could say this about a ton of stars in the league

You say he deserves competitive basketball etc but from what I’ve seen and heard from Jazz fans the dude treats it like a job and is probably just happy he’s getting paid. Dude is always cracking up with K Love and JJJ on the bench, you don’t get the vibe it’s killing him to not be out there.

Lauri only averages 3 fewer games per season with Utah than he did with the Bulls. Let’s be so fr, you just want an excuse to bitch about the Jazz

he’s so fine🥰

Ace Bailey, Keyonte George, JJJ, Lauri, Kessler and Nurkic, add a hopefully top 4 pick to the team this off-season and I really see Jazz going a lot better next year.

Lauri knew Utah would be rebuilding, and hes getting extremely well paid during so, I’m sure he’s fine

If they luck out with a top 2 pick and get DP that’d be insane for them. Even a 5-7 and they get 1 of flemings/acuff/wagler still a big addition imo

tough for lauri.  he could potentially have a 50/40/90 season in his future.  a shame almost 500 career nba games 8 seasons and 0 playoff appearances 

i’m noticing

The guy is making tens of millions playing like 40-60 games a year. And when he does play, he’s the number 1 option. I am sure he is doing just fine.

I know this will sound like satire, but I actually think next year is the Jazz’s year. Not sure for what, but for something

Hopefully they actually decide to “try” next season

Next season the Jazz are not gonna be tanking. They are gonna be competing. They’re gonna have a complete roster ready to go and push for a playoff spot and get some experience.

Just wait for next year. Jazz are going to go all the way to the WCF

I actually think the opposite, there’s no way he could have gotten the bag he got on any other team than the Jazz

And the reason why he remains on the Jazz after every trade deadline and offseason is because he’s good but not good enough to demand the King’s Ransom from any team

I remember when people were saying this about Shai in OKC

it’s kinda crazy that lauri is 28. he’ll be 29 turning 30 next playoffs. his window to actually play competitive basketball is so short now that if the jazz tank any longer we might never see prime lauri in the playoffs

The jazz don’t want me to watch

You sign with the Jazz to cash in….I’m taking my talents to the Mormon desert!

Plenty of people in the jazz realize. That’s why they had to sit him so they could lose games.

I don’t think I’ve seen the Utah Jazz on television since they got rid of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert so I’m not even 100% sure if Lauri Markkanen is a real person. He’s just a theoretical asset that should at some point be converted into other assets to extend the infinity tank.

Nobody forced him to sign

Well if everything goes right, he should be playing some meaningful games in the next year or two.

Give him 35+ mins on the current Jazz team gives them maybe a dozen more wins a year. More importantly, it means that unless they get a big free agent or a miracle pick, they’re still playing for the play-in. Tanking is the best way for the Jazz to eventually play meaningful games. The Bulls are a joke because they get a 7, 8, 9 seed every year and don’t advance past the play-ins or the first round.

That’s why I don’t care for all this recent talk about tanking. Let teams tank, let them do it obviously. Tanking is the best way to stop tanking eventually but there’s a lot of luck involved. Some teams are going to be in it longer than the 2 years the Spurs were tanking just because their GM isn’t as good or they don’t luck out on getting a high pick in a good draft class. But unless somehow lottery odds are no longer based on win percentage at all, there will always be tanking and we shouldn’t as fans see that as a problem.

Poor poor Lauri

The only thing I noticed about him this year was that I was genuinely glad when the Jazz sat him for the 2nd half of both games against because they would’ve won had they not

Is he the true NBA Potential Man?

It doesn’t help that he’s injured. A lot.

They traded for JJJ so this really should be the last season they’re tanking.

Gosh he’d be nice on the Hornets instead of Miles.

Eh, he’s making max money without pressure. Has young kids, so probably doesn’t mind missing games in exchange for family time. Hopefully the Jazz will be decent next season, though.

so sad. Just sitting there idly counting the money from his new contract that he just signed.

Kevin love type player. Put up good stats on a bad team and more of a second or third option on a good team.

It’s not like he was some star before he came to Utah, Utah revived his career, if he wasn’t on such a bad team he might not have gotten enough shot attempts to break out. Also after this year the Jazz are gonna be trying to compete, it might not be successful in the stacked west but they don’t have a FRP next year so they will be trying to win with a health Kessler/JJJ/Keyonte and Lauri. This year of tanking is because of the top 8 protected okc FRP

The only people who should be sad are the jazz fans where they went from Mitchell to tanking.

Otherwise I don’t really care. Bro knew what he was signing. He’s getting paid to sit

It must be something wrong with your competitiveness as a player if you’re ok with tanking away year after year of your prime.

Sam Presti notices.

This is the last tank year and Lauri will have better help around him from the development younger players got, the development bench players got, rest players received and hopefully from who gets drafted due to the Jazz being able to keep their draft pick by not winning much this season.

People forgot that very little NBA players care about there ‘legacy’ most are only there to make money

He deserves the playoffs, playing competitive & winning basketball, and fans deserve to see him in those games.

What do you think is happening next season?

Lauri dont care y tf should I

Lauri for an okc pick

Thank Adam Silver flattening the odds for that. If the Jazz had gotten Flagg or even Kon last season, the tank would have been over and Lauri would have been in the playoffs this season. But because Silver meddled with something he didn’t understand he’s made it so small market teams can’t rebuild as quickly unless they get extremely lucky.

Worst commissioner in North American pro sports

He clearly doesn’t care about team success or individual accolades so why should we?

Jazz will have a pretty nice core next season. They should be in the mix for a lower seed/play-in at the very least.

jazz could have been in the playoffs easily this season, they just didn’t want to. next season they wont rest players with mystery illnesses and what not. it is frustrating to watch. they were leading the nuggets and then suddenly decided they didn’t want to win and threw the game.

At least he’s relatively healthy and not playing extended minutes in losing effort

wasted? he and his family are extremely happy in Utah, he doesn’t have to work too hard, and gets most of the Spring and Summers off. cush job.

At what point does he get mad at the front office for wasting his prime? Like I get he is getting paid, but anymore than 2 years of this nonsense would piss off any player.

He’s always injured jazz won’t trade him

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