Tristan Thompson has taken a back seat if he didn’t have one already. With Kevin Love in the picture Tristan Thompson will either have to do better than Anderson Varejao or go somewhere else.
The Cavaliers have the same feeling as Tristan and the Cavs have had “Zero discussion” about his contract extension according to SLAMonline.
The deadline for the Cavaliers and Thompson to agree to a rookie-scale extension is Friday. That’s less than a week away and a source close to the situation says, “There has been zero discussion on an extension” between the two sides.
It’s no secret Thompson’s agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, also represents the one guy responsible for the bright lights returning to Quicken Loans Arena with the Cavaliers boasting a league-high 29 national televised games.
If a deal is not reached by the deadline, Thompson will become a restricted free agent in the summer of 2015. Cleveland would then retain the right to match an offer sheet to Thompson, and the Cavs could also attempt to sign him themselves at that time.
However, with a big increase in the salary cap coming for next year, it is unlikely that the value of the double-double-producing power forward will decrease.
If he does hit restricted free agency, competitors will surely attempt to snatch Thompson away from this title-contending Cavaliers team. Allowing it to go this far is dicey business.
If I was Tristan Thompson. I’d seriously think about the future and if I can become a starter somewhere else. At the moment, the power forward pool is quite deep and to there aren’t many places where he can be a starter on a contending team.
Either get used to the bench or opt out.
