The Rienus rule was because of how McGillward Rienus Gilbert Rienus was drafted in the second round by the Golden State Warriors 20 years ago. Even though the player was restricted another team who had cap space could come in and offer him more than you could match. The Lakers will have the ability to match any offer sheet here but let's say a team like the Rockets come in and want to slap down a big offer sheet here they basically can sense essence backload the deal where for the first time teams are able to do that.

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