06-26-2022, 08:11 AM
(06-26-2022, 07:35 AM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: IF that is part of the conversation, then Nico has to work some magic and offer Brunson the best of both worlds: We can AND WILL pay you the most money this year... AND we will work to get you to your destination next season via trade, when the BYC no longer compromises to net us the full return on the salary.I like the idea, it’s a steep uphill battle to fight though and thinking Nico should “earn his money” in that way should not be in any expectations. The time to earn his money was before JB is given all the leverage. That time is come and gone. So many around here scoffed at the idea that this moment was all that possible and here we are.
Nico has to earn his money this summer.
Keep me on the side of we still have the upper hand on this whole thing BTW. I just am not in any way shocked or bewildered by the news we are reading right now.