01-05-2024, 09:21 AM
(01-05-2024, 09:17 AM)F Gump Wrote: I must have written something wrong. I'm talking about a trade now, with the sort of assets already being discussed. I agree that an under-the-table agreement is not a good idea. I don't even know how that would work.
My thought was focused on finding an incentive for him to agree to adding 2 years as he is traded now. The dollar value of an extend-and-trade is a tad smaller than a 2-year max as a FA, but not by a big amount, and it puts him in the same dollar vicinity as both Kyrie and Luka. And the 2 years gets him to 35% eligibility for the next deal.
If you are thinking of a sign-and-trade later, that delays him getting to supermax numbers. Those deals must be for 3 or 4 years, not two. But that was not what I am talking about.
Sorry, I missunderstood. I think Siakam would carry way too much risk if someone would still offer him a supermax at age 31. I think that is why he wants the max deal in the summer, being likely his last really big deal.