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

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The fact that the Bulls have a 10M DPE, and might have some interest in Wood, doesn't mean they'd be willing to pay him a number anywhere like that. It was just a statement that they could outbid LA if they want to.

And I read LAs interest as being in "Wood the minimum salary possibility" since they plan to fill their last spot at that price. The idea they'd get into a bidding war, and try to trade for him, doesn't fit at all. If he wants more, he needs to find a different buyer.

Yeah, I don’t think Chicago will give him anything close to $10M, but it’s interesting that they can pay more than the minimum. 

Let’s say they offer double the vet min: like $5-6M…it would greatly behoove Wood, imo, to take the minimum from either MIA or LAL where he can easily earn a rotation spot on a good team that people actually care about. The best thing he can do is show that he can exist on a contender without being a disappointment in some way. Is that what we expect him to do, or do we think he’ll take the bigger offer from CHI (assuming one exists)? That will tell us something about him.