After NBA free company primarily got here to an finish this summer season, with all of the big-name gamers having signed with new groups or re-signed with their present squads, all the eye turned to gamers on the commerce market who may doubtlessly be game-changers, with one notable participant making extra headlines than some other.
The Utah Jazz appeared very open to buying and selling star ahead Lauri Markkanen, with the consensus being arguably the staff’s greatest participant would both stay with the staff by signing a profitable long-term deal or being traded to a squad hoping to contend or no less than put themselves within the playoff image.
The Golden State Warriors emerged because the most certainly vacation spot for Markkanen, with the staff attempting to determine find out how to stay aggressive within the Western Convention after star guard Klay Thompson selected to signal with the Dallas Mavericks in free company.
The San Antonio Spurs had been additionally rumored to be desirous about Markkanen however doubtless by no means made a severe provide that Utah thought of, which didn’t matter as a result of the 27-year-old ended up staying put.
Now that Markkanen’s long-term future is safe with the Jazz, the one-time NBA All-Star appears to be having fun with life, as he confirmed off a fish he caught on Twitter whereas sporting a Utah shirt whereas fishing within the state.
Having fun with Utah 😎🎣 pic.twitter.com/Z1nN72iRZ1
Though the Jazz aren’t anticipated to make numerous noise within the West transferring ahead, they’ll doubtless start to construct round Markkanen as greatest they will in hopes of turning issues round in Utah.
It’ll be fascinating to see whether or not Markkanen takes his recreation to a different degree with the Jazz subsequent season or finally ends up being one other good participant on a forgettable staff.
