The Tristan Thompson saga continues! Oh joy!
Thompson is lucky about the circumstances that are standing before us. He’s lucky that his peers have gotten paid. He’s certainly lucky that the cap is going to skyrocket next year. If those two parameters weren’t in play. He’d have 0 leverage and would’ve accepted that $80 Million deal with open arms.
But now Thompson is throwing the gauntlet down on the Cavs. It’s very simple. Max. Deal.
A league source tells me that his agent, Rich Paul, has already made it clear to the Cleveland Cavaliers that Thompson will not sign a long-term deal unless it is a max deal. And otherwise, he is prepared to sign a one-year qualifying offer with the additional knowledge, according to the source, that Paul believes that he can get a max deal with the Raptors next summer.
(Transcribed by ProBasketballTalk)
We know the Raps would happily take Thompson, but they’ll need to make some room for him.
But can we all agree that Tristan Thompson is nowhere near a max player? I’m with the Cavs. I don’t care that the cap is going up. They offered you $80 Million! That’s just under $15 Million shy of max. You seriously want to cause a ruckus over $14+ Million? Come on!
