Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Mavs2021]

It's crazy how much he has killed his value. I agree with the assessment, but he was sure good a few years ago. Definitely not worth 43 per year.

I don´t think it´s the 43M. That will just be the new normal for All-Star level talent. It´s that he has three years left, just averaged under 20 PPG last season (25 PPG over the previous five years), and still deals with a lot of mileage on his knees that nobody can fully project his future. This uncertainty about health and decline makes teams very hesitant to commit themselves.  It can work out, see Kyrie, who had similar risks attached to his $125M extension. 

But why do that right now, when you are potentially getting a glorified Luke Kennard or THJ. I honestly think it´s dumb of the Bulls to trade him now, UNLESS they know he´s done or think he´ll look even worse next season. Either way that´s again a red flag for other teams. Why they so desperately trying to trade him, when his value is at an all-time low? They must know something. Did he get a knee transplant from Lonzo Ball?