(02-15-2022, 04:03 PM)Smitty Wrote: The downside to not shipping one or even two of them at the draft or before next season, is that is a very expensive bench with the chance of causing problems in the locker room - much like what Bertans was explaining in Washington. Cap-wise there may be no rush but for hierarchy and locker-room cohesion it might be imperative. Not to mention tax implications.
My assumption is that one or two of them will be moved before next season. I'm also holding out hope that Nico has a working plan and not forgetting that he was brought here to land a STAR. The thought of his close relationship with Dame still lingers in my mind and what POR did at the TDL makes me think there could be something there... All it takes is Dame saying trade me to Dallas.. ie Harden.
I think this is a very false assumption. Kawhi wanted no part of going to Toronto, only had one year left, and they still sent a big package. How many years does Dame have left? He is going to the highest bidder regardless of what he says. That is not us unless it involves Luka. We have no assets to trade. If anything, this trade made it worse, but it we were nowhere near it anyways.
The Nico bringing in a star was supposed to be when we had cap space last offseason. That failed. Don't have much hope he is going to have any impact on star gathering anytime soon as we don't have assets or cap space for foreseeable future.
(02-15-2022, 04:03 PM)Smitty Wrote: The downside to not shipping one or even two of them at the draft or before next season, is that is a very expensive bench with the chance of causing problems in the locker room - much like what Bertans was explaining in Washington. Cap-wise there may be no rush but for hierarchy and locker-room cohesion it might be imperative. Not to mention tax implications.
My assumption is that one or two of them will be moved before next season. I'm also holding out hope that Nico has a working plan and not forgetting that he was brought here to land a STAR. The thought of his close relationship with Dame still lingers in my mind and what POR did at the TDL makes me think there could be something there... All it takes is Dame saying trade me to Dallas.. ie Harden.
We will be lucky if we can move two of them with the meager assets we have to attach. That would mean one of the new guys actually improved his value (meaning less negative).