Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
You've completely misread my comment about Ingram. I'm saying that the price it would cost another team to get me to give him up would be so high as to be unlikely for anyone to be willing to pay. I'm saying he is valuable to the team and I wouldn't get rid of him for anything short of a King's ransom. That is a compliment to Ingram.
As for the Adams/Lonzo difference, it's twofold (both of which I mentioned in my original post and both of which you've ignored). The first is length of the contract: Adams will be expiring by the time Zion's rookie extension comes up, which is the vital year for the team to be starting to take 'real' form: Lonzo would not, he would be at best halfway through it and potentially less than that depending on if it's a 4 or a 5 year deal: I can't see Klutch accepting a shorter deal than 4. The second thing is pay: Adams is $17m a year which is a lot, yes, but not insane for a high end roleplayer these days - it's pretty much within the bounds that I said would be acceptable for Lonzo, also. The Lonzo deals most people are talking about are usually more around the $20m and up area.
So yes, Adams on a shorter, cheaper contract isn't a huge issue to me, whereas Lonzo on a contract of at least double the length at a higher price is much less appealing.