07-02-2023, 04:02 PM
(07-02-2023, 03:50 PM)soog Wrote: Yes, surprising teams is exactly what you want to do. You don’t want to make it easy for them to match your offer on their RFA. It’s a business and this is playing by the rules as written. Everyone understands that
Really? You want to "blindside" them into making a decision within 24 hours; with barely any time to negotiate a trade that might have to involve a 3rd party?
The most likely outcome is that they´ll match it and figure out the rest later. I´d rather be upfront and try to figure out ways that are mutually beneficial to both teams.
If you force the issue on Reed and Thybulle before the Harden/Lillard situations are resolved, both will likely match.
Find it more likely Boston won´t match, since I don´t buy their bluff. They are not matching the full MLE, but they´d prefer to get a TPE and maybe a smaller salary out of the deal.
PJ Washington is out of MLE range anyway. It would be dumb for him to sign it. He´d only be doing the Hornets a favour. I think he might be this year´s Lauri Markkanen.