While Zach LaVine rumors swirl, Lauri Markkanen says he wants to stay in Utah

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Nearly every time a player of prominence who is represented by Klutch Sports founder Rich Paul becomes available on the NBA's trade market, the narrative starts anew: They must be headed to the Los Angeles Lakers. It's a popular conclusion for front-office executives and reporters to draw with Anthony Davis pushing his way there in the summer of 2019 to join the greatest Klutch Sports client of them all, LeBron James. Add in that the Lakers have a long history of frequently signing the agency's players, and you start to understand the root of these frequent suspicions within the NBA.

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