re: Rich Paul publicly warns Celtics not to trade for AD

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Apparently RP has just released a statement saying that AD will be a free agent in 2020 regardless of where he goes.

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we've been knowing that, and he's going to sign a 1+1 so he can get to the 10 year mark and then sign his max contract. That's how he maximizes his pay, and the difference between doing that and signing the supermax with us now isn't that big of a difference.

Given how injury prone he is, and what we've seen with Paul George, Gordon Hayward, Cousins, Wall, and Durant, seems like a really stupid and risky plan, especially considering someone is guaranteeing you get paid on average $43M/yr for the next 6 years by signing a contract now.