TucsonClip wrote:QRich3 wrote:I think they should've cashed in now that his value is at his highest, and now it will never be close to this, even if he is on a decent contract. Lou is gonna regress toward his mean, these were probably the best two months of his basketball career, and by the time they try to trade him again there might not be the same assets on the table there were now.
On the other hand, if a player's playing well and he's adamant on staying, getting to the point of taking a sizeable paycut from his open market value, it's hard to say no to him.
The question is, what assets were on the table? Seems likely nobody was offering a first for him. Lakers got the rockets #1 last year with a year left on Lou's deal. That's exactly what his deal looks like next deadline, and at a similar salary.
I don't know, Stein, Woj and Lowe all said there was more interest in Lou than DJ, and that Tyreke would only be moved once Lou was off the market cause everyone preferred to get Lou. So I guess we're about to find out for how much those guys go for, and get a rough idea of what could have been on the table for Lou.
My only grip is we're assuming an unnecessary risk, what if he gets injured, or what if he never gets back to his recent level. His deal could very much end up being neutral or negative value, even with the discount he took.
But overall, I'm cool with the decision, even if it wouldn't have been my first choice.