Here’s the quote. It’s a smart move and would make any team hesitant to play games like this one.
“He’s a restricted free agent, and if Houston wants to put up $100 million in front of him, or San Antonio, I’m told the Lakers will wait until the July 6 [deadline] and the very last minute to hold up that team’s cap space and then match it at the last second. So buyer beware if you want to mess with the Lakers’ plans.”
someguyfromtecate
I don’t get it. If the most the Lakers can offer is $52mil, why would the Spurs offer $100mil? I don’t think the Rockets or Lakers can offer what Spurs can anyways, since they just signed a whole bunch of guys anyways.
I’m thinking that if the Spurs wait until July 6 to offer $80mil, the Lakers or any other team for that matter, can’t offer more, am I right?
HerSha2222
id still fuck wit dat. it’s not like we using that space for anyone else worthwhile.
Then-Activity7226
I mean I don’t see how that really detracts a team that really wants him. Sure the Lakers could hold the other teams cap space up but if your a team that has no one else to spend it on then I don’t think it matters much. Lakers will match anything anyway so even if the Lakers will hold up the cap space you can still force them to spend to keep him.
Hammerzeit88
So? All of our major moves will be done through trading some of our 30 draft picks in the next 5 years? Who cares if the lakers hold our cap space hostage for 6 days. That’s not how we are gonna improve this roster right now. Smack that dick on the table and make the Lakers pay almost double.
moonshadow50
“Damaging counter move” – what a load of shit. This is built into how RFA offers work and has been pretty commonly used in the past, with Phoenix with Ayton last year being one of the exceptions.
Please don’t read the article. It just says that if a team gets Reaves to sign an RFA offer sheet, that LA will take the full week to match (pretty likely, well known and common) even if it is a full max offer (that I think is more posturing – as I don’t think Reaves is worth the Max to any team looking at him, nor we would he be worth the Max to LA. But if someone does force them to match a Max offer for him that would be pretty funny IMO)
LazyBoyD
I don’t get all the Reaves hype. How will he fit in the Spurs system without demoting one of our developing guys to the bench. Do you start him in place of Devin? Devin is a better player in my opinion and so is Keldon.
leoo88556
Even if this trick does work, I wonder how Reaves would feel about the Lakers blocking him from getting what he genuinely deserves.
doughnut-dinner
If Spurs were going to play chicken, Herb Jones would’ve been a better piece to gamble on. Pels got him cheap.
aeamador521
Honestly, Spurs have nothing to lose at this point. Just do like a 4 year $90 million. They still have cap room in the waiting period and the Lakers also have to wait. Seems like the bulk of remaining moves would be in the trade market anyway.
It’s a bluff.
HugoNext
The part that I don’t understand: do we have to submit our offer for Reaves right now? Cannot we wait 2-3 days, see where other FA negotiations go, then make him an offer?
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Here’s the quote. It’s a smart move and would make any team hesitant to play games like this one.
“He’s a restricted free agent, and if Houston wants to put up $100 million in front of him, or San Antonio, I’m told the Lakers will wait until the July 6 [deadline] and the very last minute to hold up that team’s cap space and then match it at the last second. So buyer beware if you want to mess with the Lakers’ plans.”
I don’t get it. If the most the Lakers can offer is $52mil, why would the Spurs offer $100mil? I don’t think the Rockets or Lakers can offer what Spurs can anyways, since they just signed a whole bunch of guys anyways.
I’m thinking that if the Spurs wait until July 6 to offer $80mil, the Lakers or any other team for that matter, can’t offer more, am I right?
id still fuck wit dat. it’s not like we using that space for anyone else worthwhile.
I mean I don’t see how that really detracts a team that really wants him. Sure the Lakers could hold the other teams cap space up but if your a team that has no one else to spend it on then I don’t think it matters much. Lakers will match anything anyway so even if the Lakers will hold up the cap space you can still force them to spend to keep him.
So? All of our major moves will be done through trading some of our 30 draft picks in the next 5 years? Who cares if the lakers hold our cap space hostage for 6 days. That’s not how we are gonna improve this roster right now. Smack that dick on the table and make the Lakers pay almost double.
“Damaging counter move” – what a load of shit. This is built into how RFA offers work and has been pretty commonly used in the past, with Phoenix with Ayton last year being one of the exceptions.
Please don’t read the article. It just says that if a team gets Reaves to sign an RFA offer sheet, that LA will take the full week to match (pretty likely, well known and common) even if it is a full max offer (that I think is more posturing – as I don’t think Reaves is worth the Max to any team looking at him, nor we would he be worth the Max to LA. But if someone does force them to match a Max offer for him that would be pretty funny IMO)
I don’t get all the Reaves hype. How will he fit in the Spurs system without demoting one of our developing guys to the bench. Do you start him in place of Devin? Devin is a better player in my opinion and so is Keldon.
Even if this trick does work, I wonder how Reaves would feel about the Lakers blocking him from getting what he genuinely deserves.
If Spurs were going to play chicken, Herb Jones would’ve been a better piece to gamble on. Pels got him cheap.
Honestly, Spurs have nothing to lose at this point. Just do like a 4 year $90 million. They still have cap room in the waiting period and the Lakers also have to wait. Seems like the bulk of remaining moves would be in the trade market anyway.
It’s a bluff.
The part that I don’t understand: do we have to submit our offer for Reaves right now? Cannot we wait 2-3 days, see where other FA negotiations go, then make him an offer?
They spelt bitch ass counter move wrong.