It’s less the money in the immediate term, it’s one less potential year on the back end of his career or one year delayed of his non-rookie scale deal. So, still tens of millions of dollars lost.
Cooper Flagg wants another year in college
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I think the real interesting question is that if the Jazz end up with the SECOND pick, is it better for us if Flagg goes back?
The idea is that we would get Bailey/Harper but would forfeit our ability to choose which one... but next year the top of the draft would be stacked and we would also have another shot at Flagg.
The idea is that we would get Bailey/Harper but would forfeit our ability to choose which one... but next year the top of the draft would be stacked and we would also have another shot at Flagg.
cctrackstar
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we have, what, a fourteen percent chance of getting him, and that's only if other teams don't murder their entire starting lineup just to push us back. as for me, you want to see me LOL for real, i'll even make a video of it if we get #1 and he goes back to school.
A 14% chance at something, in the grand scheme of things, especially for an elite outcome, is great odds.
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I would like him to back if we can't get him this year. Would make next year's draft crazy (and next season of college ball) and would probably help the front office with some tough decisions.
Him staying another year probably pushes Ainge/Zanick to trade vets in the off season.
Jaanipoeg
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Especially because we could consider a ~30% of either Flagg or Dynbantsa and ~50% of those two plus Boozer if we tank our asses to last place next year. Those are more appealing odds if we strike out bad this year and get good offers for Lauri/Sexton/Collins and decide the current trajectory ain't it.
I'd hate that timeline, but if things go wrong this year and management is down on the group having championship trajectory might not be the worst.
cctrackstar
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it's like a guy drops his purse full of coins on the ground on the way to give it to a homeless shelter and a bunch of lower middle guys are diving to the ground to grab them before the guy picks them back up. sure, the rich are unfairly rich (lakers) but if we played all our players properly, and tried harder, we aren't the worst team in the nba. in other words, as i've said before and i don't care what people think, but we/the Jazz are LYING. (and stealing basically because the picks should go to teams that need them to save their franchise, not so we can hard shift to the championships.)
jom2003
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Correct. Especially for someone like Cooper who can basically sit out the whole year next year for something like a season ending injury and would still be locked top 5 in the draft next year. There isn't much risk on his draft stock whatsoever. Why work more (82 NBA games vs 30 games in a college season) to earn less?
jom2003
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But is it though? With the league constantly changing it's rules on CBA and expanding the "supermax" it's gets evidently more desirable to sign your contract extension later. Just look at Jokic and Jaylen Brown. Just a year ago in 2022, Jokers supermax extension was still 270mil for 5yr. Then one year later...boom! jaylen browns supermax with the Celtics became 304mil for 5 yrs. That's basically one whole year worth of extra earning. Joker sorta screwed himself by signing that deal one year earlier.
YoungJefe
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Because Duke has always preached to their players that it isn’t about your rookie deal, it’s about getting a second contract.
Declaring this year puts him a year closer to potentially getting a 200M+ contract.