06-17-2021, 08:54 AM
(06-17-2021, 08:39 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Right now, the Hawks are visualizing a path to the finals. The first year playoff Hawks!
Great story for them. What they did was draft their core and overpay Bogdanovic and especially Gallo. Somehow turn huge Rondo overpay (another season on books) into Williams (expiring) and second round picks. That was just brilliant move or total Clippers panic move, really beyond understanding to me.
This is what bothers me. When we had the chance to overpay (2019), everyone was too expensive. Talking about common opinion on this board, not directed specifically at you, I don't remember your stance. When we had expiring contracts to trade, majority wouldn't use assets it took to get RoCo or similar. So here we are now, with last cap space chance probably heading into offseason where we will absolutely have to overpay a lot, because everyone knows we don't really have any other option. That is why I would be very careful penny pinching with THJ. Similar guys like Fournier or Powell will probably command contracts closer to 20 per than 15 per. Is Mavs team building really that much compromised if THJ costs 17 instead of 14 per? Would those 3 millions really prevent our "grand plan" from happening? Aren't there better ways to create those 3 millions of cap space, if they are that critical?
I agree THJ is not second best player on a contender and there is a limit to his price. But I think his price will be higher than 13 mil you suggest. If this is your limit, than you are basically building a team without THJ. Which is ok, I am just interested how that will look. I am not against KP trade, but lets assume he is untradeable for the purpose of this discussion. I am sure that is one of the possible scenarios.