03-25-2021, 04:08 PM
(03-25-2021, 03:52 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Thing is that they could have added a player a player for Johnson´s contract in a trade and still kept both JRich and THJ. Depending on the exact numbers even with the possibility to use the full MLE.
Makes no sense not to do in a no free agency scenario.
That's true, except (will circle back to this in a minute).
But I do wonder if they were involved on Fournier and just got outbid. Anyone else (worth keeping) where it looks like Johnson and 2nds might have been enough?
As for the circle back --
1 They can sign Redick if that is desirable. Melli too. So there's that.
2 I bet there's a side issue (that may actually be a big one for them) on the spending this summer that we don't see. That's the issue of the 2022 payroll, when Luka's massive raise will hit. They already know that's coming. It;s a huge hit. I think that they will be factoring that into the equation, and it might have made it impossible for them to re-sign J-Rich, THJ, and also Fournier (or someone else) at expected market prices on multi-year deals. So maybe in their estimation, Fournier could have only been a rental anyhow, because his price tag is going to be too high, which lessened his value considerably.
3 Redick, fwiw, seems like he could be much more available to sign a one year deal in the summer, and for a much smaller number.