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Grantland Gets Into the Jonas Valanciunas Conundrum, Let's Discuss

Should the Raptors offer their big man an extension before the salary cap rises? Grantland's Zach Lowe offers his take.

In this week's column over on Grantland, Zach Lowe gives tremendous insight into the 2012 draft class and the extension conundrum facing the entire NBA. With the salary cap expected to soar over the next two years, teams must decide whether to sign these players to monster extensions or allow them to enter restricted free agency in 2016, where they'll be dumped into a pool where half the league has max space to make an offer.