2744763, I've always liked his game; still do
Posted by Vex_id, Thu Aug-05-21 05:23 PM
While I do think it was too big of an ask for him to be the third guy on this Lakers team (he was too inconsistent in that role) - he has real value.
Can't be mad at him for betting on himself - but I wonder if he had an agent and/or outside influence who was trying to somewhat irresponsibly push for a deal outside his true market value. That $84 million deal was generous IMO.
That said, with how some of these NBA contracts are structured, it wasn't crazy to think he could get a suitor *somewhere* for that kind of money, but certainly not in Los Angeles.
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