Who's better, Lauri or JJJ?

just because...

 

I like JJJ, and I hope Memphis crashes and burns so I can put him next to Alperen in the front court.

 

JJJr, and I feel like most teams would certainly rather have him than Lauri

 

What’s the context?
I think in a vacuum Lauri is the better individual player.
I think JJJ is more valuable piece, specially for the Rockets

 

It depends.

Neither is a true superstar yet. Lauri has shown more scoring ability. But, he's also a couple years older and really had his breakout season 2 years ago. JJJ is more versatile defensively and still shoot some.

These guys are still at the level where team fit and context matter for any question of who's better. We're not talking about true superstars that you would make everyone else fit around them.