Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
One thing to remember is that the threat of AD walking away ASSUMES that LA will have the cap space to sign him in 2020.
If AD goes to Boston or NY, LA has two choices.
1) Burn another year of Lebron on one-year big contracts to fill out the team so that they can still have space in 2020 to sign AD.
2) Try and make signings from the multiple high quality stars in FA this year, spending the money that would be needed for AD next year.
It's not just a case of ''Oh, hey, if AD goes elsewhere, LA just needs to wait and they'll get him anyway.''
It's a case of ''if AD goes elsewhere, LA has to accept and waste a full year of Lebron, AGAIN, after Lebron's camp has already threatened trade demands if they can't secure something this year''.