Golden State Warriors Receive Concerning Update on Lauri Markkanen Trade

"The Jazz recently sent multiple coaching staff representatives to Finland to assist Markkanen in workouts with rising Jazz guard Keyonte George," Stein wrote. "The team has even been posting pictures of those on-court sessions all week via social media. More than one rival team consulted said it agreed with my personal read that it just got harder to see Utah abruptly turning around and trading him immediately in the wake of helping to facilitate training sessions in faraway Markkanen's home country."

For a team like Golden State that has already struck out on other top trade targets, this is a very concerning update.

Stein added that to this point, Golden State has not offered Brandin Podziemski or Jonathan Kuminga to Utah, which makes the already unlikely nature of a deal even less likely.