Hawks Land Lauri Markkanen
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Hawks Trade:
Onyeka Okongwu
Dyson Daniels
Kobe Bufkin
Two First-Round Picks
Hawks Receive:
Lauri Markkanen
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Hawks Trade Explanation
Building a big, physical team around Young should be the goal. Markkanen is a 7-foot small forward who now becomes the Hawks' secondary scorer (23.2 points, 41.4 percent on catch-and-shoot threes) and part of a potentially huge starting five alongside Young, 6'8" Zaccharie Risacher, 6'9" Johnson and 6'10" Clint Capela. Atlanta would still have Bogdan Bogdanović, De'Andre Hunter, Larry Nance Jr., Garrison Mathews, Cody Zeller and others off the bench.
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Atlanta Haws New Rotation
PG Trae Young/ Vit Krejci/ Keaton Wallace
SG Bogdan Bogdanovic/ Garrison Mathews/ Seth Lundy
SF Lauri Markkanen/ Zaccharie Risacher
PF Jalen Johnson/ De'Andre Hunter/ EJ Liddell/ Mouhamed Gueye
C Clint Capela/ Larry Nance Jr./ Bruno Fernando/ Cody Zeller
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Jazz Trade:
Lauri Markkanen
Darius Bazley (Waive)
Kenneth Lofton Jr. (Waive)
Jazz Receive:
Onyeka Okongwu
Dyson Daniels
Kobe Bufkin
Two First-Round Picks
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Jazz Trade Explanation
They already own unprotected picks from the Cleveland Cavaliers and Minnesota Timberwolves and now add additional selections from the Lakers and Kings (top-12-protected in 2025, top-10 in 2026, turns into 2026 and 2027 second-round picks if not conveyed). Trading Markkanen also helps Utah's chances of keeping its own pick (top-10-protected, owed to the Oklahoma City Thunder). The Jazz also get some good, young former first-round picks to add to their talent base. Daniels can't be aggregated in a trade until September 4, although making this into two separate deals (with Daniels going into a $6.4 million trade exception owned by Utah) would allow the two sides to complete the deal immediately.
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Utah Jazz New Rotation
PG Keyonte George/ Isaiah Collier/ Jason Preston/ Taevion Kinsey
SG Collin Sexton/ Jordan Clarkson/ Kobe Bufkin/ Johnny Juzang
SF Dyson Daniels/ Cody Williams
PF Taylor Hendricks/ Brice Sensabaugh/ Kyle Filipowski
C Onyeka Okongwu/ John Collins/ Walker Kessler/ Drew Eubanks