06-27-2022, 07:40 PM
(06-27-2022, 06:23 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: You make an interesting point. NY doesn't have to get $25mm under the cap to offer a $100mm deal. So, it doesn't have to be Noel or Burks.
I've got NY at about $105.66mm with the cap hold for Robinson which is $16.34mm worth of room. Add Reddish as the outgoing and the room is $22.29mm and a four year deal is $95.8mm. If you add McBride, room bumps to $23.85mm and the four year deal is $102.58mm (NY may have to add a minimum salary back which would end up with the Brunson deal being closer to $99mm).
So, it could just as easily be Reddish/McBride as Burks or Noel. To FG's point, does Dallas say no to that (even without a pick?). McBride is a young and inexpensive PG with some defensive promise. Having him would take some pressure off of paying Dragic the TP-MLE. Reddish has the body to be that "wing" that has been mentioned as a team priority. Who knows if he's any good, but he is that bump up in size from the Bullock/Green/Frank sized wings who can throw a body on a larger wing.
I'm not saying that is ideal by any means. Just pointing out that there is a path to pretty close to $100mm that is Reddish based rather than Noel or Burks based.
No interest in either player. If that is the deal on the table, then I think we outbid them significantly. In my mind, they have to go the Burks/Noel route to get enough cap room where outbidding them gets in silly territory.
Either one plus our 23 pick would be tolerable. At that point we have all of our picks and might be able to get in on some interesting options (like Anunoby).