re: Nance signs $21 million extension

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So you like short term contracts where you have to pay a premium and also can lose a solid player earlier than if you had signed him long term?

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Absolutely. I don't see how we lose guys that aren't FAs and I don't believe that they would take less to go elsewhere just cause we didn't take care of them earlier.

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That has nothing to do with Nance, he's not 10-15

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This year. Can you say that about next season?

We should have 5 locks above him (Zion, Ingram, McCollum, Val and Jones). Another 3 should get more minutes than him (Murphy, Daniels and our lottery pick from the Lakers). I am hopeful either Alvarado or Lewis takes a big leap forward this year, that would would be 9 players. We have Graham plus other assets to exchange for an impact guy. Plus Liddell should be fully recovered.

Who is Nance bumping for the next 2 years to stay in the top 10?

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So you prefer to let CJ and Nance go and you think we can replace both of them with just the MLE?

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That wasn't an option. They weren't going anywhere. We shouldn't have to sign players early for good will sake. That is a dangerous precedent.

Is Val next? He has another year left on his deal. Is that how this works? We never let deals become expirings anymore?