Draymond Green on Warriors missing Lauri Markkanen: It could have been garbage… we don’t know

And Lauri Markkanen, for his part, signed a five-year, renegotiated $238 million extension with the Jazz, waiting to sign it on the day that made him untradeable this season. “It could have been trash, by the way,” Draymond Green told ESPN earlier this month. “The Markkanen is coming here, we don’t know. We’ve never seen it. So there was no thought of what could have been, because we don’t know what it looks like.” Green praises Dunleavy for being patient and not surrendering the farm to either George or Markkanen. He and Curry have said they are excited to see what they can do with this new cast that currently sits at 2-1 with a deep 12-man rotation.

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Oh Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM

After talking to the Jazz and Clips about Markkanen and PG, the Warriors kept assets for now. They faced both teams early, but Draymond Green told ESPN he didn’t want to wonder what if: “It could have been garbage by the way. Markkanen is coming here.. We’ve never seen it.” espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 15:54

Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS

Kerr names Podziemski, Draymond, Kyle Anderson as primary ball-handling options in absence of Curry and Melton.

Says Warriors may activate two-way guard Pat Spencer – 15:53

Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA

Looks like Looney will close this one over Draymond who has been awful. – 22:52

Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA

Kyle Anderson appears to be out of Kerr’s rotation here in the 2nd half. And he’s had to go to Hield a ton because the Warriors are desperate for spacing, but that has hurt the defense. Also, more Draymond in the middle because they can’t score. – 22:38

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU

Golden State challenges Draymond Green’s 4th foul – 22:19

Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA

If Kerr can get Lue to take Zubac, his 2nd best player, off the floor by going Draymond to C, he should do it as much as he can stand. – 21:44

Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS

Steph and Draymond enter with 8:14 left in Q1 and the Warriors trailing 43-34. GSW goes on an 8-0 run and neither score. Presence matters. – 21:33

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To Green’s surprise, because of the second apron, the Clippers weren’t interested in taking anything back just to avoid losing George for nothing. Sending George to the Warriors to get players like Moody, expiring contracts and some draft capital would also have meant taking on a solid contract like Wiggins, who has three years and $85 million remaining on a four-year, $109 million deal. That would have prevented the Clippers from going after another young star in the future, according to team sources. League sources also told ESPN that Jonathan Kuminga’s name never really came up in any meaningful talks between the Clippers and Warriors. -via ESPN / 29 October 2024

The Jazz and Warriors had several discussions about Markkanen, but Golden State’s offer did not include Brandin Podziemski and was light on draft capital, both deal breakers for the Jazz, sources told ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Sliding the 7-foot Markkanen, who averaged 23.2 points and 8.2 rebounds while shooting 39.9% from 3 last season and also scored 35 points in the Jazz’s season opener, into Kerr’s offense seemed like a good fit in theory. But the reality was that the cost was too prohibitive for Golden State. “Most people who negotiate with Danny Ainge lose,” Green told ESPN of the Jazz CEO. “So at what price?” -via ESPN / 29 October 2024

Draymond Green on Joel Embiid: “My thing for him is: you might never win one. The hope is to win one, and I’m not saying he can’t win one, but you may never win one. So you shorted yourself on what we know for sure you can do, which is get an MVP, who is chef everyone in the league. We know you can do it. So to sit out there and say, ‘I’m trying to maximize everything so I can get the championship,’ you still have to know how to win a championship, and he doesn’t because he hasn’t.” -via YouTube / 28 October 2024

For any NBA fan, the new Netflix series, “Starting 5, is a fun watch. If you’re a Utah Jazz fan, you might be interested to know that there was a chance that Lauri Markkanen could have been part of the show. “I’m assuming it was the same show,” Markkanen said earlier this month. “They reached out to do a Netflix show. Maybe it was someone else, but that’s the only basketball thing I’ve seen, so I’m assuming that was it. In the end, Markkanen politely declined. – via deseret.com / 27 October 2024

“I didn’t want to bring extra people into the dressing room,” he said. “Yes, it’s nice when things go well and you get people filming you in your car after a match. But what if things go sideways? I just know my personality and that would have been too much. I just wanted to focus on playing basketball and being with our team without other people around. And then we’re also pretty private about our family life, so we didn’t want to bring them into it.” -via deseret.com / 27 October 2024

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