Signing today was like trying to get your spouse to sign a prenup. We both feel good enough about the marriage to not worry about the trade deadline cycle. I doubt we would say no if Lauri wanted to sign today... but its just a sign of mutual commitment.
The West is overloaded. You just have to be very weak at a couple spots to tank. Trade Sexton, Walker, Collins, JC and the tank is on. Regardless if we have Ingram or not. We get the high pick this year and then start the transition the next year and just hope the swaps help us for 2026.
One of the most valuable if he’s not a true max contract, at least. There are quite a few better players than him.
Most people would say he’s a top 20-40 player. I’ll have to dig into the question deeper but know for sure he’ll be more valuable if he’s sub-max. Shooting from the hip, it’s hard for me to believe he’s a tier-1 value piece on a true max since he’s not a creator and he’s only been good on bad teams (or so the conventional wisdom would say, at least).
OK.
If you don’t want to lose in an argument with words you’re using, then use better words.
