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I think we'll be happy we didn't trade him. His Dad is going to say random stuff to try and up his pay day (like 'Oh Lonzo can do so much more its the Pels making him look bad') but thats all just LeVar being LaVar. I think NBA front offices will know Lonzo's limits are pretty evident now and not overspend on a guy whos best case scenario is 3rd option.
20mil a year is likely the offer we'll match, IMO.
Quality reporting from NBA.comBall is in the midst of a career-best season (14.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 5.6 apg, 1.3 spg) and had his name bandied about in trade talks. However, he will not be dealt, per Wojnarowski, and is an unrestricted free agent this summer.
What is Griff's plan?
A. Does he think we're the front runner to sign him for about 20 mil
B. Prepared to meet any offer sheet for him
C. Prepared to not meet any offer sheet and let him walk for nothing
D. Not trade him as some sort of signal to the rest of the league before the deadline
E. Sign and trade post season
Am I missing one?
Do we have any control over Lonzo now that trade period is over, outside of RFA matching rights?
Last edited by AusPel; 03-26-2021 at 09:26 AM.
At this point he knows we were shopping him hard, if he's anything like Lavar, he's gonna be spiteful and sign an outrageous offer sheet that we ain't matching then we'll have to try our luck in FA. Which I'm not too depressed about honestly. Let the Knicks or whoever offer him 25M to be average. Or being generous, above average.
Griff says Lonzo has "made it clear he wants to be here."
— Christian Clark (@cclark3000) March 26, 2021
We'll see.
If it?s a case of ?I?ll sign a reasonablish offer? (aka not the 28 mil the Knicks could offer), then okay. I at least can appreciate that Lonzo was upfront with us. I do think Lonzo likes being out of the spotlight and away from his father, so I can see that being true to an extent. I think the best case scenario will be a heavily frontloaded contract that decreases by the time Zion is reaching his next contract year. I don?t think we let him walk for better or worse.
I'm not convinced that Ingram is a long term piece.
He just doesn't understand that this is Zions team.
1 thing about Ball is that he understands this and maybe he is the better long term fit.
Maybe Griff matches Ball and then flips one of Bi or Ball before Zions extension.
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