2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[DanSchwartzgan]

THT is better than DFS, but it is hard to see him get an offer bigger than the MLE.  Lakers will match that.

Agree.  If THT was 27ish, I could see the DFS comparison, but at 20, give me the “over” on the $4mm.  Value is theoretical, but to get an offer over the MLE, you have to have an actual team making an actual bid.  There “might” be more dollars than worthy FA’s when the music stops this summer and as they say...it only takes one, but MLE or under seems most likely.

I’m not sold on the idea LA will just S&T him rather than lose him for nothing.  They would need to attack that before he signs an offer sheet.  The agent will help here.  But, LA doesn’t control the destination, THT does.  And, the team he picks gets to decide to play along or not.  BYC could also hamper things.  As a team trying to steal THT, it is possible to pick a number too high to meet the BYC matching rules.  That would wipe out the S&T possibility with non-cap room teams.  Cap room teams are still in the game with LA more likely to get a TPE than a player in a deal like that.  But, the issue is still finding a number you’d be comfortable with that LA wouldn’t.