[Lowe] The "Sign the extension now and ask for a trade later" strategy has become so popular in the NBA that, according to sources, one team even presented that as a pitch to retain their All-Star. "Just take the money and, if we screw up, we'll trade you elsewhere in one or two years."

Source: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lowe-post/id986595124?i=1000536178500

Time-stamp: Around the 9 minute mark.

The "Sign the extension now and ask for a trade later" strategy has become so popular in the NBA that, according to sources, one team even presented that as a pitch to retain their All-Star. "Just take the money and, if we screw up, we'll trade you elsewhere in one or two years."

This has Joel Embiid written all over it.

It's absolutely insane that not only is this a tactic that NBA agents are pitching to their clients, but that NBA teams are pitching to their players. The concept itself is very standard nowadays, the part that blows my mind is the GMs telling the player(s) this.