05-23-2022, 04:33 AM
(05-23-2022, 03:22 AM)F Gump Wrote: BTW, for the record OKC extracted quite a bit more in taking on Horford than you are saying, as they 1) got a FRP (#16) like you said, but also got 2) a very high high 2nd, close to a FRP, to pick Maledon, 3) the rights to Micic (the 2 time Euro MVP who many teams apparently want), and 4) a player in Horford that they figured they could flip later and pick up another FRP (which they did). The value was about like 4 FRPs, not just 1. But most of all, for all of that they spent $0 extra cash out of pocket to net any of that, which I believe was a very big part of their internal thinking. What they do with their cap room in June will be a good test of that, since they have now used up all their free contractual cash that they could spend with no net cost to them.
There is also an aspect of the buyout, that might not cost OKC the full 47 mil. I really don't know what WB market value is, but I would assume it should be MLE level. Than the buyout would cost only 37 mil.
Or if we put it the other way - how much would WB leave on the table to play for a competitive team? Griffin, for example, left 13 mil on the table.