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

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What FG wrote when he first brought this up a few weeks ago was….

They have a decision to make by 9/1 as you can’t use the S/W past that.  If you S/W, by then, it is 2x remaining years + 1 year for the whole contract (which was always the case).  The thing that is new is IF you do a straight waive for year one, you get a second decision point later for the second year.  In the past, the Waive was a Waive for both seasons.  The new part is the ability to Waive year one and then later be able to decide to S/W the second year.

My interpretation of this is that a decision to S/W without having a reason to do so would be silly. With no immediate use for the savings, the practical choice would be to eat as much of that money as possible this season, since doing so won't trigger any tax payment. Even if you know you're going to S/W year two, getting as much as possible off the books right away would only improve matters.

Do you concur, or am I missing something?