Lauri Markkanen‘s contract state of affairs was a significant story in the course of the offseason. Markkanen and the Jazz selected to renegotiate and lengthen his contract for 4 seasons. Along with having his wage for this season bumped to $42MM, Markkanen tacked on one other $196MM throughout the subsequent 4 seasons.
He informed Marc Stein in a Subtack interview that he was relieved to get that finished, reasonably than having elevated uncertainty over his future, together with the potential of being traded.
“Clearly I wasn’t a free agent, but it surely was extra I had the flexibility to do the contract and form of had the selection,” he stated. “I don’t need to do it, however that was one thing I wished to get finished to stick with the crew.”
The Warriors had been prominently talked about as a potential vacation spot and Markkanen took it the commerce curiosity from different groups as a constructive. “I feel [it means] you’ve finished issues proper — that groups need you. … I used to be capable of form of zone it out and actually watch for my agent for what’s actual,” he stated.
We’ve extra on the Jazz:
- Markkanen doesn’t need his All-Star look to be a one-shot deal, he informed Grant Afseth of Sportskeeda.com. “You don’t wish to simply be a one-time All Star. The objective is all the time to enhance and present the brand new belongings you’ve been engaged on in your recreation,” he stated. “I’m all the time making an attempt to take that subsequent step in my improvement, but it surely all begins with crew success. All the things else comes from there.”
- Keyonte George underwent an MRI on his left knee and the outcomes had been detrimental, Andy Larsen of the Salt Lake Tribune tweets. George has resumed on-court actions and is anticipated to be obtainable for the crew’s recreation towards Sacramento on Tuesday. Isaiah Collier additionally underwent an MRI that exposed a proper hamstring pressure. He might be reevaluated in 10 days. Collier was the twenty ninth decide of the draft.
- Lottery decide Cody Williams had his finest outing of the preseason on Saturday, Larsen notes. Williams scored 17 towards San Antonio after contributing a complete of 13 factors within the earlier three preseason video games. He added 5 rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes.
