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Any & every Lauri Markkanen trade idea is completely pointless (for now)

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By Matt John 
| The J-Notes
Question: if the Utah Jazz Jazz have just about everything ready to go on their most successful run in what feels like ages, why would they mess with the formula before they even have the chance to trot it out? There has been absolutely no concrete intel suggesting the Jazz would trade Lauri Markkanen, and yet we're seeing him pop up in trade proposals. They're not bad trade proposals, necessarily, but they're ones Utah has no reason to consider right now.
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Nikola Vucevic's time with Celtics was as brief as it was hapless

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By Matt John 
| Hardwood Houdini
We got our first legitimate intel on the Boston Celtics plans this offseason: Nikola Vucevic appears to be on his way out. Honestly, it's not that surprising because Vucevic's impact in Boston was pretty minimal. It's a shame too, because he never quite got a fair shot in Boston. Everyone who knows the full scope of the trade knows that the Celtics' reasons for getting him in the first place were twofold: one, get under the tax, and two, shore up their frontcourt depth.
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Myles Turner might be precisely the reason why the Celtics don't want Giannis

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By Matt John 
| Hardwood Houdini
In one of the strangest twists of recent memory, the intel surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Boston Celtics is that while he wants them, the feeling's not mutual. There's a valid case against chasing Antetokounmpo, but one theory for why Boston doesn't want him could be a refusal to take Myles Turner as part of the package.
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