09-14-2020, 05:00 PM
@"omahen" we will see. There are certainly some contract swapping that will happen. I don't think Westbrook will get dumped for nothing because Houston needs talent back. Same with Sixers and all their bad contracts. I don't disagree that good teams will not dump even overpaid players for nothing.
I was thinking if the Rox were desperate to just unload Westbrook's contract they probably could but I really don't see a scenario where they get picks. I think they will get flawed players back in any deal.
As for Bledsoe I don't really know what his market value is. I know the Bucks need to move him but like any good team they can't take a talent hit either. If OKC has no use for Bledsoe then maybe they would move him for smaller pieces? His contract is a problem but it only takes one team that's desperate for talent.
I take your point that even players we think "suck" and have negative value, probably have more value in the market and Bledsoe, who is an accomplished player could be that. I am interested to see what happens. Last summer there weren't as many bad contracts floating around and this year there are a bunch.
We should also consider that guys like THJ who we think have no value outside of an expiring contract ALSO have more value in the marketplace than fans might believe.
I was thinking if the Rox were desperate to just unload Westbrook's contract they probably could but I really don't see a scenario where they get picks. I think they will get flawed players back in any deal.
As for Bledsoe I don't really know what his market value is. I know the Bucks need to move him but like any good team they can't take a talent hit either. If OKC has no use for Bledsoe then maybe they would move him for smaller pieces? His contract is a problem but it only takes one team that's desperate for talent.
I take your point that even players we think "suck" and have negative value, probably have more value in the market and Bledsoe, who is an accomplished player could be that. I am interested to see what happens. Last summer there weren't as many bad contracts floating around and this year there are a bunch.
We should also consider that guys like THJ who we think have no value outside of an expiring contract ALSO have more value in the marketplace than fans might believe.