02-28-2025, 04:22 AM
(02-28-2025, 03:09 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: I mean as much as I want Luka to fuck the Lakers over in the highest possible fashion, there is historical evidence that Lebron is open and willing to take a paycut to create a superteam. In his prime, he took roughly a 13% paycut to get Bosh+Wade.
He was getting the same salary as the others. He was NOT opting to be the 3rd banana when it comes to salary.
Unlike in MIA, they can't get that close to the max for each of the 3.
In essence you could have about 140M to split 3 ways, but that means Luka takes a 5M pay cut, Lebron signs for about 75% of his max, and so does an outside free agent. It's not close to everyone getting what they would consider full pay. I just don't buy it.