Not sure how they can build a team around that core. Gotta be planning to send Ayton off. Given their durability, I think this flames out spectacularly.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-wizards-trade-bradley-beal-to-phoenix-suns-203354072.html
Guess Beal to Phoenix is happening
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June 18, 2023 11 Comments
It’s strange. They won’t have a MLE to work with and they don’t have a lot of guys returning and no draft picks. The 2nd unit will be min guys. That’s not a good thing with a bunch of injury prone players. Maybe they trade Ayton for a few role players.
That has to be the next move. Also, they’re doing this deal now to take advantage of the last couple weeks of increased salary matching. Come July 1st they can only take back 110% of a contract, not 125%+100,000 K.
I won’t be surprised if the Spurs or Toronto end up w/Ayton.
They’re still under the salary cap and can take Ayton and send out more players, not sure if they can trade dudes whose contracts expire on 7/1 but if they can they probably will.
Can only sign and trade players whose contracts expire June 30th. And only after July 1st. So, no.
I agree it’s puzzling, especially with the Nets’ blowup so fresh. A counterintuitive model that won’t die…so the new owner thinks this is how you get through Denver?
Dude!!! I literately said this exact same thing on the podcast last night. It’s like the last 4-5 NBA champions were mistakes, who needs a team? Even the Laker FO fell pray to that vapid way of thinking. Team beats talented individuals and crappy role-players every time. Guess it’s like dare devils and the Grand Canyon, just because every other dare devil failed to jump across in a motor cycle doesn’t mean I will!
The facts don’t support the notion that the other twelve guys are a dime a dozen, yet the CBA is constructed that way, and the ring-hungry owners continually throw money into the toilet. Great system.
Agreed and I’m curious to see if any of that changes when the full implications of the CBA come into play.
It’s going to have to change. The Suns are at the 2nd apron with 4 guys. What I will never understand is why the average rank and file NBA player continues to vote for CBA that heavily favors the stars.
This right here is what I’ve been saying forever. I’d say make the max contract 20% of cap, but small markets will revolt since they’ll fear 5 max guys on the Lakers.