07-06-2025, 08:53 PM
(07-06-2025, 08:13 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Kinda the same as MIL.
Significant dead money on their books for a long period of time. Trying to roster-build with one financial hand tied behind their backs.
Bad contracts really, really hurt. Even semi-well-performing contracts that are really big can hurt. Right, Lakers?
I'm just wondering if the future of the NBA is one $50m guy, and a bunch of $10-20m guys.
I think two maxes can still work if the rest of your roster is sub-MLE. Especially if the max contracts are only 25% or 30% of the cap. Phoenix is in such rough shape because they've got guys like Green ($33M) and Brooks ($21M) in addition to two $50M contracts. And I'm happy to see actual consequences for these overpays for a change.
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