2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[DanSchwartzgan]

I hate being right so much but I told ya'll about Conley. This dude is still balling at 33. He should be looked at. Not saying to get him a 9 year contract or anything but let's give him a look.

Lowry has lost a step, but Conley is having a fantastic season.  Hollinger called Conley a likely re-sign in Utah (despite the committed salary).  But, never fear.  He listed another potential star PG as a target for Dallas (before you get too excited, he goes on to mention other teams after the excerpt below and then goes on to outline ways Phoenix can offer more money).  The discussion starts out as a look at the impact of the Holiday extension on Free Agency this summer:



And the player it impacts the most might be another extension-eligible player on a winning team … Phoenix’s Chris Paul.


The Point God turns 36 next month, but he’s still chugging along, deservedly making the Western Conference All-Star team while pushing the Suns into second place in the West. And in a 2021 free-agent market where Kawhi Leonard seems certain to re-sign in L.A. and Utah’s Mike Conley (another high probability re-signing) is the only other 2021 All-Star hitting free agency, it’s time to start wondering if CP3 could be this year’s Gordon Hayward.

I bring up Hayward because of the similarity of their contractual situations. Paul has a player option for 2021-22 that pays him $44 million, so he’s not walking away from that for just anything. But as with Hayward a year ago (who turned down a $35 million option once four years and $120 million were on the table from Charlotte), one wonders if Paul might walk away from the option year if a longer deal for less annual money were out there.

He won’t lack for suitors. Dallas, for instance, is craving a secondary ballhandler to pair next to Luka Doncic and just so happens to have about $35 million in cap room coming its way. Could the Mavs offer a three-year deal worth $110 million to lure CP3 to Texas as the third pillar of an All-Star triangle next to Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis?