05-05-2022, 04:17 PM
(05-05-2022, 03:55 PM)cow Wrote: You kicked the KP can down the road a bit though. Assuming he opts in, KP expires in '23-34. Assuming we keep Dinwiddie, he expires in '23-24. Bertans expires in '24-25. You are probably locked into Bertans contract unless you kick the can further down the road by giving up assets to dump him. You can argue the merits of Dinwiddie versus KP and I'd probably be in favor of Dinwiddie before the playoffs but if you factor in playoff performance, it's a wash. We still owe picks for trading for and trading away KP. I wouldn't call anything about the KP situation a success at this point.
I think you are missing the point. I am not arguing anything positive regarding KP including the trade to dump him (which I thought was poor timing and we gave up too much). My argument is that we knew we were going to lose overall talent when dumping KP and yet we still outperformed last year. Add in losing THJ for the year (which I think was a hit) and it is more impressive.
The Bertans contract is a hit, but it is an interesting candidate for stretch waiving. Because his last year is only 5 mil guaranteed, he could be stretched for 7 years at a little over 5 mil a year. We basically do that and stop doing the stupid small contracts for useless players (Boban, Brown, Burke).