You can match an RFA bid and keep your young stud player for 4 years on his RFA contract, and at the end of that contract you can then franchise tag him for another 4 years. Add on the 4 years of his rookie contract and you have yourself a stud player foe 12 years.

This would just shorten it to 8 (can’t tag a player twice)

That's true. But at least in the current scenario young players are susceptible to open market bidding at an earlier stage which is a much bigger concern to me than team control (teams already have many advantages/options for retaining players rather than pursuing new ones). A player like Luka Doncic, who is likely to be among the top players in the league for the next 10 years, will be severely under market value for 8 years under the proposed rule change versus just 4 in the current rules. Being able to franchise tag players worth $30m+/y and 2 first round picks (RFA compensation) and get them for 4 years at around $25m/y is a very significant change.

I think we should make changes to limit the number of misvalued contracts, not increase them.

Agree with Westcoast's assessment, not egregious enough to warrant a veto.

 

Will we be changing anything regarding our playoff matchups in response to the NBA suspending its regular season? Reports are inconsistent about the suspension length, but I read one that mentioned 1 month minimum...

Matisse Thybulle
Jaren Jackson Jr

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Tim Hardaway Jr
Rui Hachimura

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Please and thank you!

I don't personally have a problem with the pick moving early, and the other trade looks like it will pass.