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

[Tyler]

Portland said they would match, so I expect they will without some compensation.

Not necessarily. Every team says that they will match any RFA offer. It costs them absolutely nothing, and just the threat can sometimes scare enough teams away to keep the cost of the player down. If Portland really had no issues with offering Thybule 3/33, then they would have already done it and not let him be courting outside offers. So yes, they may match. But I wouldn't take their public statements about it at face value.