The more he looks like a no brainer Max contract guy the less likely I think it is that he goes anywhere else. If LAL offers him a max contract, I think he wants to be there.
I don't think LAL will go cheap at all with their new ownership. There are apron stuff that they have to figure out...
Does LAL have his bird rights?
Now that they are owned by Mark Walter, I think they will pay whatever to keep him. I also think he wants to stay in LA, so I'm not sure what the likelihood is that he is actually available.
I agree with this for the most part. If you only get one play-in game for example, that's probably not worth much as far as playoff experience.
I would just say that if you are ok with losing a top 8 pick in the 2026 draft, then you are basically saying that you are ok with your team as is and...
I don't know, I think the idea there is that if you aren't committing to keeping your pick, then you should make it as low as possible for the Thunder. Also, potentially you might have a better chance at making the team better at the trade deadline vs the summer.
I purposely phrased it as...
Different strokes for different folks. I think it's interesting to think about hypotheticals. If you don't enjoy, you don't have to engage.
The main idea here, I think, is that if we have put ourselves out of the position for best odds at a top 3 pick, then is it worth it to go all in on...
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