Snakebites wrote:BDM22 wrote:Snakebites wrote:Lauri has one year left on his contract.
Trading for him- I’m not even sure risky is an accurate descriptor.
Not risky if the deal is based around the start of free agency and Lauri agrees to renegotiate his final year using our cap space and extend his deal.
However, I would guess we won't get Lauri unless we give Cade.
I really don't see any reason he'd commit to that.
Nobody prepping for unrestricted free agency is going to commit to a 14 win team without at least checking on the market first. They know our money is going to still be there for the taking.
In today's NBA you take the guaranteed money and ask for the trade when it doesn't work out. There really isn't a "commitment" to the team these days. No way he risks $200M+ dollars to some kind of injury when it's easy for players to guide themselves to a new team by trade these days.
And in this specific scenario, the Pistons would be increasing his salary for this coming season substantially. Money he would not get back if he decided he wanted to just play next season out and hit unrestricted free agency.
Granted, I fully expect Utah to keep him, and likely do the renegotiation and extension themselves as they have like $38M in cap.