Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

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Yes. In the old days, you overpaid to re-sign productive players. Both were bad decisions.

True.  I don't love the contract at all, but Robinson had a really nice playoff run.  He's an underrated cutter and his chemistry with Bam is nice.  I think the Heat were better without Herro.

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He’s looking for leverage wherever he can find it, but it doesn’t look like he has much.  Once he’s signed a deal (probably his last), no amount of unhappiness will change that amount of money. Even if he decides to force a trade, his paycheck ain’t increasing.

So the fear that he might be unhappy because he took less money than he wanted is bogus.

It's not just less money.  It's playing for a team that he has no interest in being part of.  So I don't agree with that the fear is bogus.  Kyrie is pretty far from rational as well. Remember that he's forced his way out of a situation that he orchestrated the team and teammate. If he can't be happy with the ideal situation, maybe he just can't be happy. That's not someone I'd want to be invested into. I'd love to be out of the Kyrie business just because of how much of a wildcard he is, but that unprotected pick has us pot committed.