Lauri Markkanen has emerged as a possible trade candidate, but he talked with Sam Amick of The Athletic about how a conversation about his future with the Utah Jazz has yet to occur and that he'd also like to remain with the franchise.

"No, I haven’t talked to anyone. Obviously, you see the stuff online or whatever," said Markkanen.

Markkanen is taking the trade interest as a compliment of his game.

"Yeah. And I’ve been traded, I guess, technically three times with draft night included," said Markkanen. "Sometimes I knew about it. Sometimes I didn’t. So I kind of learned the business side of basketball. I’ve kind of learned to just go day by day and really put the work in and try to play to the best of my abilities and whatever happens happens, really. Like I said, I love being in Utah and it’s a compliment of what you’ve done in the past (that teams have interest). We’ll see. But yeah, I just want to emphasize that I really believe in what we’re building here with the Jazz. Go day by day. Do your best. That’s all you can do."

The Jazz traded for Markkanen as part of the Donovan Mitchell deal and he immediately liked living in the area.

"Oh, yeah. Love it. So we’d like to be there. We like the environment. It’s a pretty comfortable place to be."