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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4517817, member: 1969"]
Not assuming that at all to be honest.   I expect he will do multiple things on the fringes, but the goodies in return will not be that great (2nd picks or taking a flyer on a fringe or declining prospect).    Ainge will hold out and be difficult to deal with on big deals (for example if for some reason he ever decided to put Markannen on the market at a later date), but he seems to have a history of making a bunch of fringe trades where the value is minimal.

Unless Clarkson is involved, which Jazz fans seem to think will not happen.   I think Vanderbilt also non-lotto first value based on what I heard at the beginning of the year, but I don't think Ainge is in a rush to move him this year either.

For example I think they take whatever they can get for Beasley, because I'm not sure Ainge wants to pay him 16M next year under the team option. And once they decline that option, I beleive they can't sign him for the 2023/2024 season.   So for all intents and purposes he is a free agent they will not retain.
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