Ainge be like, I want six 1st round picks and the rights to your next three childrens' souls.

The Spurs aren't trading Devin Vassell. They consider him part of the core.

I’m sorry but the idea that the Spurs would rather trade vassel than picks is laughable

If Vassel is in the deal, not interested. Keldon and picks is wayyyyy more desirable if they were to trade at all.

As a Spurs fan i dont want to trade Vassell and the Hawks picks. I would trade Minnesota's picks, Dallas pick, 2027 and 2029 Spurs picks, Keldon and Tre Jones for Lauri and Kessler

As a Jazz fan, I hated you when you said the Mitchell trade was a sure thing and then it happened. I really hope history doesn’t repeat itself 🙏

Spurs need to tank for 1 more year Flagg/wemby running this league

The chemistry built between wemby and vassell is already too high to just get rid of like that, a keldon, with blake wesley and/or malachi branham, and picks from 2027-2029 and the hawks 2027 is about as much as im willing to give up. If not, just wait until the offseason or trade deadline.

I don't think Vassell will be involved in any trade, primarily because he just signed a long-term contract last summer, meaning the Spurs have him under control at a very affordable price for another three years or so. Markkanen, on the other hand, is in the last year of his contract and is due for a massive payday (prob at least 50M).

Markanen + Wemby pick and rolls would be absolutely brutal.

I just wouldnt do business with Ainge in general lol

No way Vassel is in the trade

Markkanen is 28 next year. HE IS AT HIS PEAK. He’s a win now guy. OKC can make the best offer and will get him if they want him.

It's funny how lauri is a perfect fit next to mobley in cle right now lol

My buddy works in the Jazz front office in an administrative role and said there’s been buzz about a Lauri trade, but he and a few others don’t see Utah trading him unless the package was too good to pass up. AKA, young players and a load of draft picks. I think Lauri is extremely talented, but I view him as a Mikal Bridges where yes he’s a great player, but his stock rises significantly where he is the main option, but isn’t a guy you can build a team around. He’d be a great maybe second option, but probably as your 3rd or even 4th. Considering he’s on a bad team with the main role, he looks significantly better, but it’s not like he’s new in the league. The cavs and bulls decided to move on from him for what looks like Pennies on the dollar whereas if anybody trades for Lauri, they will give Utah dollars

I would kick myself as the Spurs if the only thing that stopped me from getting a frontcourt of Wemby and Lauri was Devin Vassel. He's a good player, but having 2 mobile 7 footers at the 4 and 5, after you just drafted your PG of the future and signed CP3, is an opportunity you simply can't miss out on!

I feel like it would be so fun to see lauri play either on the heat spurs warriors or cavs. Hes such an underrated player. 7 footer who can shoot lights out, handles the ball well, defends well, and is a vibe.

Thing is is that Utah doesn’t really wanna lose him and he like it in Utah, so if teams want him, they got a mortgage the farm to get him. Utah can take their time cause they don’t have to rush

Please, no one give the jazz anything! Asking 16 firsts and sacrificing a dozen puppies isn't something that you should entertain.

I remember when Bulls fans wanted to trade this dude. I was such a huge trade Lavine and keep Lauri guy at the time. I knew he was gonna be awesome. His confidence took a dive but he always had the potential to be an All Star and better. Glad he’s thriving outside of Chicago. Wish we had him with Coby White and Wendell still. Oh what could have been.

There’s a 0% chance the Spurs are trading Vassell for an expiring Markkanen lmao

as a jazz fan with our market being very small, i will not do the trade with the warriors because we only get 2 picks and 3 expiring contracts

Danny isn't accepting anything less than 6 picks

Danny Ainge need FUTURE 1st round picks & tanking next season to try get Cooper Flagg

Lauri and Wembi on the Spurs doing a high pick and roll would be hard to stop

I want Markkanen in San Antonio! Time for the Warriors to lay down.

Lauri is not getting traded, he is signing an extension next month when Utah can offer it for him then for 6 months he can't be traded. None of these teams are paying the 5 picks Utah want. Its easy to say give all your picks for a role player like Lauri, but there is no way anyone goes over 3 picks, which is what Utah just rejected for Lauri. Kings were trying real hard to get Lauri and made good offers but the Jazz want to get a Mikel Bridges type package and that isn't real value for Lauri (or for Mikel)

I don't see these teams giving up any player worth getting. Leaning towards keeping Lauri.

Lauri: 23/8/2 on 48% and 39% threes. Devin: 20/4/4 on 47% and 37% threes. Vassell is also 4 years younger and averages more blocks than 7 foot Lauri.

If im the GM of Golden State there’s no WAY I’m trading Jonathan Kuminga if it doesn’t net me back a top 10 player. Maybe I’m just a lot higher on Kuminga than most, but the second half of his 2024 season was fucking electric.

The jazz have so many draft picks already, I don't see them trade Lauri unless they get good players in return.

The bulls are clowns for trading him

Man if San Antonio don’t make that move they are crazy

Lauri is a free agent next year, his value shouldn’t be that high

man wake up. just to make a fire video!

Trade Kuminga for Lauri would be a huge mistake... Kuminga is just 21 and his offensive production right now is almost the same as Lauri's production, with better defensive. (And Kuminga was sharing minutes and shots with veterans like Wiggins and Klay...). If the GSW want to space the floor, why not to trust in Moody or Quinones? Both can easily shoot 40% from 3...

Johnson, 2025 SPURS pick (not Hawks), 2025 BULLS pick, 2027 SPURS pick, and if need be the 2028 BOSTON swap. That right there is what I'm willing to trade for Markannen. Those HAWKS picks are way too valuable to trade away.

The warriors better have kuminga on the no trade block! Lauri is not that good of an upgrade to trade kuminga/moody/2 picks. He’s not that much better then kuminga

GSW would be foolish to make that trade, Markkanen is good but he aint THAT good and his numbers can be attributed to being on a terrible team, he's literally NEVER played winning basketball his entire NBA career, and if traded it would be his 4th team as a young player with a good contract, that GSW package is a package for a superstar type player and Lauri Markkanen isn't a superstar, he's low-key barely a star, he was just a part of the Donovan Mitchell trade package a couple seasons ago that included 2 other lottery picks and multiple 1st as well, he's a good player but on a winning team at BEST he should be your 3rd option, a lot of guys look like stars on bad teams

I really hope as a Milwaukee fan the bucks fly out of left field and trade for Lauri like they did for Dame. Potentially Pat C, Brooke Lopez, and Marjon Beauchamp

I feel like the extension "deadline" is a much bigger deal than just a throwaway mention at the end of the video and handicaps Utah more. It's also why either the Dubs and Spurs can sit and not have to offer their best deal since every day that ticks closer to that extension deadline, the less leverage Ainge has. It behooves Ainge to trade Lauri before it gets to that extension deadline because all Lauri has to do is wait until Aug 7 to sign his extension and then he can't be traded this season. Suddenly Utah has a floor raiser on their team signed long term that is untradeable and could put them outside the top 10. Then the Lauri chip is wasted. Lauri could also just not sign the extension at all and then he's playing on an expiring deal which won't get the same value either since Ainge would be desperate to move him to get something back. Of course this is Ainge so he thinks he's slick enough to think he can fleece someone but I do feel like he's overplayed his hand.

Hawks could be a destination too. They got assets. Will probably send Capela away and replace him with Okungwu. Markkanen next to him is an intriguing front court.

Neither the Spurs nor the Warriors should trade for Lauri right now, especially since he is one year away from unrestricted free agency. He is 27; he should be sent to a contending team or a team on the rise, not a rebuilding team or a team who's stuck in purgatory.

If I’m the Spurs this is my best offer: Keldon Johnson, SA 2025 1st, CHI 2025 1st, SA 2027 1st, BOS 2028 pick swap, SA 2028 1st, and MIN 2031 1st. I’d prioritize keeping the ATL picks and the 2030 pick swaps they’ve accumulated bc chances are one of those teams is going to stink by then.

As a Spurs fan, there is zero chance Vassell is traded in a move for Lauri. Keldon is more likely to be traded, but even then I think it’s unlikely at this point. Feels like the Spurs don’t want to rush too soon - one more year of development feels like the right call, especially with Lauri likely commanding a significant pay raise after this year

Man that’s tuff. As a Spurs fan I definitely do not want to get rid of Vassel. However, something that my fellow Spurs fans need to think about is that Vassel in recent history has been a tad injury prone. This would be the ONLY reason I would second guess my choice for trading him. 🤔

I wish people would stop dragging San Antonio into all these trade rumors. The dumbest thing they can do right now is trade all these valuable pics, especially in the 2025 and 2026 drafts for a player who doesn't move the needle, like Laurie, and then have to turn around and give him a max contract. That is the stupidest way you can try to build a team right now, especially in the absolutely loaded Western Conference. They need to focus on getting Victor a second star in the draft over the next couple of years. Jordan and LeBron didn't even win their first championships till their late 20s. Everybody needs to chill out on thinking that Wemby has to be competing in year two.

One more thing. Lauri can’t be traded for 6 months after he signs his extension. So if he doesn’t want to get traded he’ll wait until the end of the summer to sign. That way the 6 month period includes next seasons trade deadline.

#like last year Dame , but that was closer to August/September there's always that 2/3 trades or moves to prepare for the season teams trying to find there last pieces for best possible chance to make playoffs

They is now a report that Podziemski could be the key piece of a jazz trade.

Jazz are gonna want more than 2 picks, too. I don't think Warriors are gonna have enough even with JK. If Jazz trade LM, they're gonna go for Spurs or OKC because they can get 5 firsts, which I think is what the price for LM started at.

Trading vassell and 3 firsts for lauri would maybe be the biggest fleece ainge has pulled off yet. I think lauri is a great player but vassell has potential to be just as good if not better, and he’s a lot younger with less injury risk in my opinion. It’s crazy to think that the spurs would be willing to trade vassell for him straight up, let alone adding multiple firsts.

Denver needs to make this trade happen

Wemby and Markkanen on the same team would be nasty work.

When was this video recorded? No mention of Buddy Hield at all.

Lets put Devin Vassell value in context here. He signed a 5 year/140m deal, basically making slightly under 30m each year. Franz just signed a 220m deal for 5 years. Vassell is just as good if not better than Franz Wagner, they had the same stats last year and Vassell can actually shoot threes. When you build Spurs trades, put Harrison Barnes and Zach Collins in there, because the Spurs are not trading these amazing contracts they sealed with super valuable players. Keldon Johnson makes half of what Vassell does, and averaged 22 ppg a couple of years ago. These are deals you get to keep, not to trade, because in the current free agency market players get paid far too much. Devin is not leaving the Spurs, he is untouchable and wont be moved no matter who is on the other side of the trade. His deal is too good to enable you to build a deep team around wemby

feel like the thunder definitely deserved mention in this video

I don’t get why everyone wants the spurs to compete right now. Like let them build a roster with good talent first cause Lauri is 28 by the time Wemby is 25 he’ll be 32 and you want to trade Devin Vassel for that?

What's all this gibberish about the Jazz "losing the pick to OKC"?? A) They already got value when they traded the pick. B) It's top 10 protected anyway. Don't act like they're losing a chance at Cooper Flagg. C) IF the Jazz stay out of the bottom 10, it'll be because some or all of the 7 (SEVEN!) first round picks they've scooped up in the last two years have worked out really well for them, with more 1st rounders than they need coming up. I don't think Ainge is as pressured in the Markonnen situation as some of y'all seem to think.

The Jazz just cleared cap space. Ainge said that he was going "big game hunting" Markkanen stays with the Jazz. Who joins him there?

Nah, Vassell is untouchable. They said it weeks ago. That's a wrong take. I don't think the Spurs trade for Markkanen. To bring in Paul and Barnes is for Mentorship. They want to develop and become a better team now.

Let me start by saying I’m 56 and a huge spurs fan for my whole life . But the other spurs fans comments on here are ridiculous . Saying how trading Vassell is a mistake . That shows two things. 1) you are simply thinking with your hearts and not your brain 2) you know nothing about basketball Lauri is an all nba caliber player who fits a position and several needs that the spurs want . Vassell will NEVER be half the player Lauri is . Never. If you think so , you haven’t watched either player or you just don’t understand basketball . Plus Pop just said tonight that Castle will play serious minutes , because of how advanced he is already . What position do you think he’s gonna play? Not gonna take CP3, Wemby or Barnes spots . He isn’t going to play the 4 or 5. So that leaves Vassell as the 6th man. A place he will flourish ! Starting five of CP3 , Castle , Barnes, Lauri and Wemby would put them as a contender . You keep Vassell , they win35/40 games . It’s insane to want to keep him lol Whatever the spurs do , please trade keldon . Give him away for free for all I care .

Devin Vassell Lol... no way,, Keldon J. and some picks not ATL 2025* Is time to out hustle Ainge

Warriors might make the desperate move to get Steph a last chance at a ring, but spurs ain’t giving up their assets for Lauri, no way

Is a trade with the Houston Rockets possible ? With the extension of Green and Sengun comming soon, maybe Switch Green with lauri markanen is not a Bad Idea.

If your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best players on a team are Vassell, Johnson, Sochan, you aren’t having a winning season.

I don’t see Presti making any more big moves. They ain’t getting their pick back. 😂

The warriors are not putting kuminga in this deal and anyone suggesting they should is being extremely shortsighted

POV: he still hasn’t been traded

That’s crazy to think that Chicago gave up markannen for literally nothing

So what you are saying is that the Bulls would be stupid to not trade Zach and Vuc right to try and keep their top 10 protected pick?

If Utah can get Kuminga & all available GSW firsts, Danny better take that... Keeping their top 10 pick in this year's deep draft us crucial. You get to tank, keep that pick, get 2 future picks, ANND you get to a potential All-Star forward. Even if the Spurs offer more picks, Vassell is a 6'5" SG. There are a lot more of those out there than a 6'8" combo forward.

San Antonio shouldn’t try to trade Devin Vassell in the deal

Give up vassell with a really good contract seeing how good he is + picks for a player that is gonna be free agent... I rather be bad another year and have a chance for flagg than have Lauri for that price

Lauri to the Spurs would be sick, dont know if its worth it

I want to think that Lauri will be trade but when ever I keep on search up woj and then Lauri has not been traded yet.

I think the pelicans would be an interesting trade for him also. With losing JV we could definitely use another big

I didn't realize Ainge was in Utah. He's gonna ask for Luka, SGA, LeBron, Giannis, Embiid, 69 unprotected firsts, a 90% ownership of your team, a lifetime supply of McDonalds and the soul of forty virgins.

We are keeping Vassell, and we aren’t giving up atlantas picks or our own for Lauri

Spurs wont trade vassel and atlanta's 2025 FRP. Why would they do that?

If Markannen teams up with Wemby that’s a scary sight.

Spurs will NEVER trade Atlanta picks!!!

It makes sense to trade Markannen. You didn't get him to make this team better - you got him because he wasn't getting enough playing time in Cleveland so if you just gave him a starting role with enough minutes he's an obvious buy-low / sell-high.

If golden state does the deal that you're suggesting:then who ends up playing center? I understand that they can play small ball with Draymond as center but that's not going to work all the time. They need a true big to play center for a lot of minutes. Who would take that spot?😊

POP would rather trade the whole bench besides Jones and the rook, with those picks for Lauri

Yeah trading Vassell is a sideway move for the spurs

I also don’t know if they would take in all those extra players. Right? They probably have 15 ish players on their roster and they would have to cut people to be able to do the trade. Maybe a third team?

Main teams that should trade for Markkanen: 1. GSW 2. Atlanta Hawks 3. Miami Heat 4. Orlando Magic 5. Detroit Pistons

Where is the best fit for Lauri? Is it on the spurs beside wemby? Or the thunder maybe starting beside Chet and bringing ihart off the bench all 3 getting 25 to 30 mins a game sometimes going big and moving Lauri to 3. Or is it a completely different team. I personally would love the thunder. Just that big man rotation would be great defensively either way ihart and Chet great offensively with Chet and Lauri. Can go small with shai jdubb dort Caruso chet can go huge with shai jdubb lauri chet ihart can really play anyway they want.

Markkanen has some sneaky hops

The Jazz almost traded up to get Castle, so I think he's the guy they'd want over Vassel

If I'm the Spurs the inclusion of Vassell is a deal breaker.

Markkanen on the warriors would be a perfect replacement for Klay.

I'm sorry, but trading a young star player so that you can suck and get a top 10 pick that MIGHT be a top 5 pick that MIGHT get you a young star is the DUMBEST motive to make a trade I've ever heard.

Jazz fan and big fan of Lauri. Wish he was 3 or 4 years younger so that he fit the Jazz timeline, but that isn’t the case. Personally I think we need to trade him and get future building pieces. Not interested in trading with GSW. I think OKC and SA have the most to offer and I would listen to them.

would want him in GS

Trade? Ok. But I am not expecting San Antonio. He doesn't fit well at least timeline-wise. Maybe play him to trade him later with "more" value like OKC did in recent history. I don't see it happen. Spurs will want to develop for at least 1, probably 2 years. Look how they limited Wemby. "don't be too good"

The Jazz should trade Colin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson, Talen Horton-Tucker, Lauri Markkanen, John Collins, Walker Kessler, to the Blazers for Scoot Henderson, Dalano Banton, Anfernee Simmions, Matisse Thybulle, Jerami Grant, Robert Williams, DeAndre Ayton in that order........

I don't think Utah is going to trade him.

Stop putting the Spurs in trade discussions bro