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Originally Posted by Blitzkrieg Yes but wouldn't the Sonics want something in return to give up their best player? What would the Lakers give them..Lamar Odom? I wouldn't take that. |
That was just an example about how a player can get a max contract without staying with his current team.
Let's say, hypothetically, that Ray Allen has absolutely no interest in returning to the Sonics, prefers to go play for the Spurs, and the Lakers offered Lamar Odom and two first-round draft picks. It benefits the Sonics because they at least get something in return for their best player. It benefits Ray Allen because he gets paid more than he would have if he just signed with the Spurs or Lakers outright. And it benefits the Lakers because they get the player they really wanted despite him preferring to go to another team.
I'm not saying this is anywhere near the realm of a possibility. I just know Ray Allen is a free agent at the end of this year, and the Lakers are the subject of the topic, so I just used them as an example