I'm fairly certain he will get max offers from at least 3 teams. Probably LAL, almost certainly Tor. Greg Monroe got max offers from Lakers and Knicks before signing with Milwaukee last season. Its not exactly a high bar. And with 900m available for the FA market there are going to be a lot of deals that people are up in arms about. Conley will likely turn down a 5/150 deal with Mem. Its going to be a bloodbath.
I live in Los Angeles. I don't know
anyone that would want or think the Lakers should offer a max to DeMar DeRozan. Everyone I've spoken to thinks that would be absolutely awful, and local radio tends to agree.
I think such logic is based on the idea that the Lakers are desperate to compete now; but realistically, that's simply not possible. Therefore, one is assuming the L.A. front office can't find a better use of their cap space; and I don't think that's the case.
L.A. is always mentioned as some free agent destination...
I think the only team that's liable to sling him a max would be Toronto, and that's simply so they don't lose an asset in free agency.
I think Dwight's problem is that fans just don't like him. His value on the court is still substantial.
I like Dwight just fine, I don't think that's his problem.
I think his problem is his piss poor play, quitting on his teams, and players, coaches and entire organizations disliking him.
As far as his value; well, ask Houston what they think his value is.. Pretty obvious what they think having now signed Mike D'Antoni.
Maybe even at max or close given that 20+ teams have max space and there are only a handful of,more impactful GAs. But no one is going to bring in a guy at that price that fans won't support at a price like that. Which is why he is out on his PR tour.
I could see Howard getting a max ahead of DeRozan, but, whatever team decides to give Howard a max contract is making a huge mistake IMHO.