The Utah Jazz are sitting at 5-11 and 12th in the western conference along with 23rd overall in the league. Markkanen however has been having a great year. 23.7 ppg on 48.4 field goal shooting.
Instead of trading him for young talent and picks, would it be smart for the Jazz to draft a top player in the draft and keep Markkanen all at the same time?
If they trade him, then they basically have to start all over but they could always just keep him and go for a top 5 pick regardless if the Jazz wanted to. The playoffs seem out of reach for Utah this year.
If they’re smart, they can take another team’s entire haul of draft picks if they trade him at the deadline this year, there will be desperate teams and not a lot of quality players actually available.
It’s easy to see Vivek say the time is now and then go all in Minnesota style.
He’s a good player but he’s a support star, probably a third best player on a contender.