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The Jazz Wonderbra said:
Lauri makes the most money signing here. So... if you are Lauri you are saying you don't want to maximize your returns in exchange for spiting Utah? Besides, as argued by others, signing an extension makes him arguably MORE tradeable because the value is set.

Whether Lauri wants to stay in Utah longterm or not? Well... he very likely may not. But he will not negotiate from a bad position imho.
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This will be one of those situations that a player signs their contract and gets traded shortly there after. Well, atleast, that is what I think.
 
HeatCheck said:
Because he hasn't gotten his big bag yet. He was on a rookie deal and his current 2nd contract is only paying him $17 mil this season.

Excluding rookie contract guys he's one of the most underpaid players in the league.
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And getting that big bag a year early would only matter in case of a career-ending injury or a major injury from which he wouldn't recover to be a max player again. That might be a major thing for someone who hasn't made his bag at all (career earnings <$10M or something).

Lauri's career earnings are $70M so far.

Some NBA players buy their mommas $5M mansions, have 12 cars, their wives have an expensive jewelry habit and they roll everywhere with an entourage 6 deep. Then, sure, you need to keep that money going. However, Lauri's most expensive hobby is disc golf, his parents live in his childhood home, his personal trainer is a dude that has a 200 sq ft gym in a basement and his wife cares about the environment and sustainability, not diamonds. The dude already has more money than he will ever spend.

Getting the max still matters of course. It's how these guys compete and measure each other. It's a sign of respect. And it gives you status. If you're a max player, then you get treated as a max player & star - by the media, by your team, by the fans.

But in terms of Lauri's priorities for his next contract, getting it a year early probably doesn't make the top10.

Plus with the salary cap going up every year, signing something a year early might not even be a good deal in terms of career earnings - depending on his career progress and the contract that comes after the next one.
 
Tanktastic said:
And getting it a year early is the only consideration because... why?
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You said it in your last post silly. Injuries. If someone told me i could have lots of money today and that maybe I would get that same money next year but not for certain then i would take that money today. A bird in the hand and whatnot.
 
Well, we'll see. The 22-60 season which looks to be on the way and I doubt even having Tonya Harding hovering at every practice would make re-signing appealing.
 
Hearsky said:
What the hell are you responding to? I feel like you may be hallucinating.
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Good grief! Not again! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
There are some who are asking why Ainge hired Hardy
There are some who don't think Hardy is as good as thought
 
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Tanktastic said:
Why would that matter to him?
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Yeah I mean any time you have a chance to lock in generational money people love to wait a year. I mean injuries never happen and winning is way more important that 200m+.

Get real. He will lock In his deal and ask out if he’s really unhappy still. Money may not be the only thing but it’s still the thing that talks loudest in these matters.
 
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