NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[michaeltex]

There are three parties in this negotiations. Lauri, Mavs and Chicago. There are many possible variations where is the hold up. It may be Lauri salary demands, it may be Chicago asset demands, there may be more teams in play competing with each other and doing their separate negotiations. Good thing for us is that keeping Lauri cap hold is essentially blocking Chicago to sign other guys before October 1st when he has to be either traded or he signs a QO. This could be a driver pushing Chicago to reduce their demands. 

To capologists - if Lauri doesn't sign his QO after October 1st he remains RFA. But, does Chicago also have his cap hold this way, until the situation is resolved?

Somebody (@F Gump maybe?) says after 10/1 CHI retains RFA rights but does not have to honor the QO. So it's in LM's best interest to get this resolved by EOB 10/1. 

Since that is sort of a drop-dead date, nobody has to do anything until then. Lots of stuff can happen in the meantime. Another team's star or 2nd star could decide he wants a new start and CHI could involve LM in that. A key player could get hurt in offseason training or training camp or something non-BB related and the interest in LM could heat up. New lineups prove to be unworkable, prompting a change of personnel. 

So to me, there is nothing driving a resolution here in late August. A month from now is likely a different matter.

Patience Grasshopper...