(02-10-2022, 05:07 PM)fifteenth Wrote: Ha ha!! There is no Bertans/Dinwiddle "era". That's kind of the point of the trade!!
We have a couple of role players on smaller contracts. These contracts and the personalities attached to them aren't albatrosses. And these players won't have the stature (max contract, supposed 2nd star) to hold sway over team direction and style of play issues.
We traded the KP era for role players with more tradable contracts who don't cast a negative shadow over the team.
The point is that you can't easily move either contract so they are here 2-3 more years after this season. They'll take up 42% of your salary cap. I'd say those contract lengths and amounts are indictive of an era. Further, indications from the Wizards locker room is that Bertans' personality is an albatross (at least his personality matches his contract).
This trade hinges on Dimwiddie being useful. We'd have been better off giving KP the John Wall treatment.