2026 NBA draft thread

[windjc]

  Trade Caruso + #17 into air, waive Williams, pick up the options of Hartenstein and Dort.

Williams 41.2
Chet 41.2
SGA 40.8
Hartenstein 28.5
Dort 18.2
Joe 11.3
Wiggins 9.2
Williams 7.7
Wallace 7.4
Topic 5.4
Sorber 4.8
McCain 4.4
Mitchell 2.8
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222.9
1st round pick (12th)
2nd round pick (37th)

2nd apron 222.0

Imho there is no way that Hartenstein will get anywhere above 20M going forward, so the Thunder can re-negotiate his contract in way that they land exactly under the 2nd apron. 

Obviously there is the option that they just let Hartenstein go instead of Caruso, keep both picks and basically land more or less at the 2nd apron.

So you don’t think the are going to do anything to get out ahead of the 65M+ they will owe SGA after that each of the following 3 years? 

And what about extensions for anyone else? They are just going to trim a little tiny fat now and call it a day?


If that roster was Mavs this board would be covered in conversations about how it was unsubstanable.