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Lauri re-signs for 5 years 238 million

NUMBERICA said:
The pushback on that is that the new CBA is making teams think twice about spending the full max on one-or-no time all-stars.
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Gotta tank well now and then start buying I. 2-3 seasons. That's the plan and hope it goes well. Can't win in NBA without some risks taken.
 
Hedda Gambler said:
If this tweet is right, Lauri is taking around $13 million less than his absolute max over the last three years of this deal. In the first two years, he is making a total of $88 million. This leaves $150 million for the last three years. If this is flat, he will be making 29% of the cap in year 3, 26% in year 4 and 24% in year 5.
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Yup, that's the concession the Jazz got along with no option for the final year.

Utah still got bent over because we are Utah, but not to the degree it usually happens.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yup, that's the concession the Jazz got along with no option for the final year.

Utah still got bent over because we are Utah, but not to the degree it usually happens.
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The age of players taking less is over, isn`t it. Jaylen Brown demanded and got his full max last year to stay in Boston. The stars in Miami and LA are all on their maxes so why would we be any different?
 
Hedda Gambler said:
The age of players taking less is over, isn`t it. Jaylen Brown demanded and got his full max last year to stay in Boston. The stars in Miami and LA are all on their maxes so why would we be any different?
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Players will only take less if they have a compelling reason to. Playing for the Jazz while they tank during your prime is not a compelling reason to take less money, no matter how much you like mountains.
 
Hedda Gambler said:
The age of players taking less is over, isn`t it. Jaylen Brown demanded and got his full max last year to stay in Boston. The stars in Miami and LA are all on their maxes so why would we be any different?
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A much more restrictive CBA is why. Also players have been taking less. Jalen Brunson just took $100 million less on his extension.

This isn’t an awesome deal. The most awesome part of the deal is that it cannot be super max.

A minor concern I have is that if you’re not a Jazz homer, Lauri looks like a dude putting up numbers in a vacuum and don’t know how he actually translates when he’s lower in the pecking order. I do happen to think that the timeline is off with Lauri, so how tradable his contract is matters (whether his deal is positive value, negative value, etc). We’ve also been playing with house money on Lauri, so everything was gravy. We can’t get anything less than what he’s been doing. I think he probably does, but the stakes are wildly higher now.
 
I am happy we will have Lauri around a while longer. I do not believe we will ever field a competitor around him before we are forced to trade him to recoup his value. But I like him as a player and enjoy watching him play, and will enjoy it for the next 2-3 years.
 
NUMBERICA said:
A much more restrictive CBA is why. Also players have been taking less. Jalen Brunson just took $100 million less on his extension.

This isn’t an awesome deal. The most awesome part of the deal is that it cannot be super max.

A minor concern I have is that if you’re not a Jazz homer, Lauri looks like a dude putting up numbers in a vacuum and don’t know how he actually translates when he’s lower in the pecking order. I do happen to think that the timeline is off with Lauri, so how tradable his contract is matters (whether his deal is positive value, negative value, etc). We’ve also been playing with house money on Lauri, so everything was gravy. We can’t get anything less than what he’s been doing. I think he probably does, but the stakes are wildly higher now.
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I promise you no one views Lauri as empty numbers. His size and skill set makes that hard to do.
 
Hedda Gambler said:
If this tweet is right, Lauri is taking around $13 million less than his absolute max over the last three years of this deal. In the first two years, he is making a total of $88 million. This leaves $150 million for the last three years. If this is flat, he will be making 29% of the cap in year 3, 26% in year 4 and 24% in year 5.
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That’s exactly how Tim Bontemp said the deal would likely be structured in the Hoop Collective podcast last week.
 
NUMBERICA said:
The pushback on that is that the new CBA is making teams think twice about spending the full max on one-or-no time all-stars.
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Teams or the Utah Jazz? You know, the famous Jazz franchise that so many All-Star players are clamoring to sign with or be traded to.
 
It was going to be tough for Lauri to take any kind of discount given that Siakam got the full max from IND. Lauri is both better and younger. My initial impression of the deal is that it is fair but definitely leaning more towards player favored. There's a really high standard to being a max contract in the CBA. I'm still not sure the league knows where to adjust to yet.
 
KqWIN said:
It was going to be tough for Lauri to take any kind of discount given that Siakam got the full max from IND. Lauri is both better and younger. My initial impression of the deal is that it is fair but definitely leaning more towards player favored. There's a really high standard to being a max contract in the CBA. I'm still not sure the league knows where to adjust to yet.
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A top 30 guy will always get a max.
 
KqWIN said:
Sure, but the number of guys that get max without question is certainly lower. Lauri is kind of already on that border of top 30 player. Like I said, it's a really high standard these days to be worth a max.
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He's not on the border and his archetype would make him a max player even if he was
 
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