Some details about Bynum:
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...will-not-sign/
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Here is how this dance is going to go — the Lakers are going to offer Bynum a max contract extension, which would add three years on to the additional year he has on his deal.
Bynum will turn that down. He will play out the season and — if he has not been traded by the Lakers for Howard — Bynum will re-sign a five-year deal with the Lakers at the max.
Why go that route? Because by becoming a free agent Bynum gets five years and larger raises than are allowed under an extension. It is what Deron Williams did with the Nets, it is what all free agents will do as long as the CBA stays worded the way it does.
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So again, the Magic or a 3rd team willing to trade for a future UFA? Then Bynum has the option to re-sign with his new team (Magic probably lottery bound) or choose the four years in Dallas...