07-11-2021, 05:25 AM
(07-11-2021, 04:31 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: These are always fun. There is the element of pairing team need with player. Then there is the financial side...what they think guys will be worth. Several prominent guys aren't mentioned including Conley, Schroder, Dinwiddie, N. Powell, Fournier, Graham, Barton and Drummond. For those who they have changing teams, here are the categories they fell into:
TP-MLE ($5.9mm): McConnell, Batum, R. Jackson, Burks, Oladipo, Iggy, Frank N. PJ Tucker, Rose and P. Mills (they actually said a portion of the MLE).
Full MLE: C. Payne, Noel, D. Green and Dragic, THT
Vet. Minimum: J. Green
Cap Space above the MLE: Holmes, Collins, Kawhi, Oubre, C. Paul, and J. Allen
S&T: J. Rich, THJ, Lowry, Ball
Hard to Tell: Markkanen, D. Robinson (Houston and Orlando don't have the cap space to go above the MLE for these guys)
There are some good values for the TP-MLE. I think some of those guys are worth more, but if they are going to the teams listed, that is all they can offer. I wonder if Lowry might stay put. The S&T to Philly is problematic unless part of a much larger deal. How long are Dallas and Miami going to dick around with Kawhi while others go off the board?
I think Utah is more in need of a distributor than a SG if Conley leaves. But this report and the Hardwood Knocks Podcast both mentioned JRich to Utah. I will be happy to be wrong if JRich is part of the outgoing for Conley. If Hardaway is going to follow an old coach, it seems the one going to Orlando makes at least as much sense as the one going to Indy. Who is going to pay THJ close to what he wants if he doesn't return and isn't part of a S&T? We should probably be spending more time figuring out the best home for THJ and how he might get there.
The cap room teams are NY, SA, OKC, Dallas, Toronto, Memphis, Miami and Charlotte. This article has them using the space on Kawhi (Dallas and Miami), Collins (SA and OKC), CP3 (NY), Oubre (Memphis) and Allen (Charlotte). One of those names is not like the others. What do SA, OKC and Charlotte do with their space if Atl/Clev. match? What do Dallas, Miami and NY do if Kawhi/CP3 return home? That is a ton of space that may/may not be used on the next tier down. Is there a world in which one of these teams wants KP if they don't get their primary guy (seems like Charlotte and SA since both are taking bigs).
If Cameron Payne gets more money than Markkanen or Robinson, I´ll write Cuban is a god every day for a year. I´ll do it a month, if Payne´s total is even half of theirs.