(05-08-2021, 02:57 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: This is really getting old 21. You're confusing a CBS article with the BR article I referenced in my original post.
I described "widely reported" as various sites playing off of a linked BLEACHER REPORT story by A. Sherrod Blakely on 4/14 where he quotes "Rival Executives" and says LaVine "will likely let his deal lapse, become an unrestricted free agent and sign what will be a more lucrative multiyear max pact". Other outlets jumped on that as a reason to write there own article including the one StrandedOnBeauboisHill posted. As I indicated in my response to Stranded, there is ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION of using cap room to renegotiate and extend in the BR-ARTICLE. So, wrong on count number one. I'm sorry you were in such a hurry to write your gotcha post that you missed this when you wrote:
Mavs2021 Wrote:
He covered all angles. You just don´t like that it doesn´t comfirm your own opinion. The Bulls can only offer him a large max extension, if he makes an All-NBA team or they waive Markkanen, Satoransky and Young
Problem number two: Your use of the word ONLY and the two possibilities you site are incomplete. Chicago DOES NOT HAVE TO "waive Markkanen, Satoransky and Young" to raise LaVine's salary from $19.5mm to $33.7mm, nor does he have to make an all-NBA team. They are within $2 million of having the cap room they need by simply moving on from Markkanen. I posted a nice article that lays this all out for you. It just so happens that a JRich for Young swap solves the issue and allows Satoransky to be retained.
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How? I laid out the exact salaries from Spotrac with Lavine´s new salary, Young and Satoransky and it comes out to $115.9M without Markkanen, so how can they have the capspace by moving on from Markkanen? Of course they can make three trades (like J-Rich for Young) that likely make the team even worse (from their current 23rd place) to give Lavine that extension. And why is Lavine interested in that? He´s so excited to play for the 26th best team in the league, rather than just say: Trade me to some max capspace team like Dallas, San Antonio, Charlotte etc. or lose me for nothing next summer.
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And that is where you conveniently ignore the elephant in the room that Jerry Reinsdorf did not want to pay Scottie Pippen after he won him six NBA championship on a journeyman salary (and helped establish the Bulls as a worldwide superbrand), thereby alienated Michael Jordan, drove Jimmy Butler out of town over his max contract and made Zach Lavine himself get a Kings RFA offer after acquiring him in that Butler trade. I´m sure that man is eager to re-negotiate Lavine´s contract for next year, just like Lavine is eager to re-sign with the cheap ownership that has shown such great faith in him.
You are always so big on agent relationship and that the Mavs must do anything to keep them happy. Guess Duffy threw a party, when Reinsdorf made Lavine chase an RFA offer, that ultimately paid him $30M below his max and cost Duffy some serious dough.