03-31-2021, 09:18 AM
(03-30-2021, 10:24 PM)F Gump Wrote: It's exactly the opposite from what you are thinking. Lakers will have THT's Early Bird rights. Plus RFA control. Plus protection from the Arenas provision. It's literally impossible to sign him away unless you pay him such a ridiculous amount that they won't match.
However, I really don't see the reason for all the fawning over THT in the first place. He had some good moments early in the season and got people's attention. But he's not a special shooter, or rebounder, or scorer, or big for his position (he's a 6-4 SG), nor does he start or play a lot (18 mpg). He's just a DFS type, more or less.
Is he considered special here because he's on another team, or it's the Lakers who he plays for? If he was languishing on the market, I can see why you'd want to take a shot, but that's not what we're looking at. To me it makes no sense.
This board is going to get excited ab some young promising guys like THT and Holmes but those guys aren't going to be serious targets. Holmes will get a big deal from Charlotte or somebody (they tried to get him at the TDL), THT will stay with the Lakers, the RFAs we talk ab likely stay with their teams for the time being. Free agency is just not a place where you get diamonds very often especially if you aren't a first tier destination.