![[Lowe] "We've seen the Rockets already pretty tough with some of their internal free agents and just say, we're not giving you the max... I think more teams should do that."](https://external-preview.redd.it/Jgk38LZE4612GWXwcsbk-LQ5dgSrFmMk3bZQ1w5KeO8.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=77f0d002da11da402ff0ac7b835373c4ab3d0cd6)
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[Lowe] "We've seen the Rockets already pretty tough with some of their internal free agents and just say, we're not giving you the max... I think more teams should do that."
From this latest podcast at 34:25: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6BwRC6XZXRcCeYES6mw2V9?si=X3QNrtnORnyDVUJBhXlgaQ
An underappreciated part of Stone's tenure is that he hasn't just automatically given max deals to young guys who didn't deserve it even when a lot of people were saying he should. People thought Jalen and Sengun were going to get max deals, and Stone played hardball with them - to the team's benefit.
u/liquidcalories — 3 days ago