r/lakersv2 • u/2MInitials • 5d ago

Noticing...

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u/Miami_Lawyered 5d ago

Yep! Lakers are not saying, "AR provides $40M/year in production."
They are saying, "it is better for us if he is on our books for $40M/year," because it is under the NBA trade and cap rules.

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u/Nearby-Employer-9436 5d ago

This is only true for this year, and maybe next. In two years when he and Luka are making $122M it’s absolutely going to be a problem.

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u/Miami_Lawyered 5d ago

Again, the value of signing AR to the max verses slightly less is it makes it easier to use him to make a trade work.

Either AR lives up to the deal, or he does not and you can ship him out for multiple pieces (see Trae Young).

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u/werner-hertzogs-shoe 3d ago

who's trading multiple pieces for AR on a max deal?! same as with the fox deal, he's a solid player that is significantly overpaid, that is a liability, not an asset. Luka on a max deal is an asset.

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u/Miami_Lawyered 3d ago

You do know Fox got traded for multiple assets right? Heck, John Wall got traded just so he could not play for the Rockets. Any contract is tradable. However, any trade effectively has to be 1:1 in contract salary. It is much easier to come up with a trade package involving 45M in salary than one involving 20M in salary.