re: Trade Lonzo now

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You can't do a Sign and Trade if he signs an offer sheet with another club

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That's all semantics.
There's open conversations about what's happening. We would do the same thing. If we have no intention of keeping him, and say the Knicks offered him a 4/75 deal, then we'd let him go and we'd talk with the Knicks about how we can work out some S&T so we get the trade exception. If we wanted to keep him, we'd make a deal before other teams offer. You don't hear to much about RFA hitting the market where his former team isn't sure if they will resign him or not, and they are goign to wait and see what he gets and if they want to match. If he hits the market, it's b/c his former team is letting him go b/c they either don't want him or they couldn't come to terms with a reasonable contract.