07-03-2025, 02:19 PM
(07-03-2025, 12:53 PM)Kidnova Wrote: There a greater than 0 chance that Luka doesn't even reup with them. Yes, they can pay him more than any other team, but not by much since the supermax is off the table. If he sees a better opportunity in Brooklyn (random example, and I don't know why anyone would do this) or wants to team up somewhere with Giannis he could theoretically decline his PO next season and just walk.
I tried to point this out back when the trade happened. LA had no guarantee Luka would stay and no real advantage to keeping him. That has to be taken into account when determining value. It isn’t to say Nico got enough necessarily. It is to say that there was a limit to what he could get given the flight risk once the Super Max was off the table.