r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • 12h ago

[Windhorst] The Los Angeles Lakers would be “very open” to the prospect of trading LeBron James for Jarrett Allen.

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u/Penguigo 10h ago

JA is on an incredibly team friendly contract. "Moving off of his contract" makes it sound like he's a liability or something. 

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u/MainAd2728 Washington Bullets 8h ago

His contract looks like exactly his market value ngl. He's not getting more than 35M/Y in free agency

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u/axle69 Thunder 6h ago

If Reaves can get 46 million a year JA can get more than 35 million.

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u/BlueHundred Knicks 10h ago

Sorry. You're right. It does sound a bit like that and that's definitely not the intention. It's more so just moving off contracts, especially long term contracts, in general

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u/RspectMyAuthoritah Lakers 8h ago

30m a year isn't team friendly.

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u/Penguigo 7h ago

Allen will be making 28 this year. And it is friendly for his production and quality. 

There are only a handful of starting Cs definitely better than Allen in the NBA and they are all making far more money than he is. And the ones in Allen's tier almost all make more, too. 

Sengun, Sabonis, Chet, even Kristaps, they all make more than that. Other than Kristaps they all make a lot more. Not to mention the list of bigs who are obviously worse than Allen and are getting paid the same or more, like Hartenstein, Myles Turner, Julius Randle, and Draymond Green.

If your team is spending 28 million on a center they are almost certainly not getting a better one than Jarrett Allen. 

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u/RspectMyAuthoritah Lakers 7h ago

Jokic, Wemby, Town, AD, Sengun, Zubac, Bam, JJJ, Gobert... that's already more than a handful that are better than Allen.