RFA: Ayton agrees to 4yr/$133M offer w/ IND | PHX matches

[omahen]

If I was a Pacers fan, I would still be pissed.  It was reported the Owner had some sort of moral code of offering a restricted FA.   At least he finally agreed to do that.  But not making a trade kicker or a player option for year 4 is just lame.  Add some extra pain to PHX.   I am sure they would sign either way, but the offer sheet they did was pretty easy for PHX to match.

Seems to me, Indy was just doing a favor to Ayton and his agent. Its not like they can use their cap space for someone better and they still have their cap space to gather assets. I am pretty sure they knew Phoenix will match their offer.