WE got a much easier draw this year
Rookie wrote:LivingLegend wrote:martin wrote:VDesai wrote:Booker gets a 2 yr / $145 mm extension.I honestly thought we'd see a handful of guys go the Brunson route of taking less than the max to open up a competetive window for their teams. That said the opportunity to make money outside of playing ball in NYC is much greater than these other markets. You have to really appreciate what Jalen did here to create a window of roster maximization. I hope it gets us the trophy.
This is why - unlike and unfortunately for DDV - you won't see Leon trade Mikal or Hart unless something REALLY over the top pops up.
Brunson gave back something like $100M, which then paved the way for potential deep playoff dynasty, and that in turn paved for Brunson to definitely have his dad on the bench somewhere and his best buds who are on reasonable contracts and will stick around for the long haul.
You may be right Martin.
For me - I took the organizations statement post Thibs firing that team "is singularly focused on winning a championship".
That statement along with the Thibs firing makes me believe anyone can go and I'm not sure it needs to be an overwhelming offer.
On top of that if Mikal dicks around with extension talks he may just force the hand.
That’s pretty much why Randle was traded
That’s not accurate at all.
MaTT4281 wrote:The tournament is growing on me. Not sure I agree with starting the season immediately with tournament games (we're already excited just to have basketball back, save it for a little bit later), but the games do have an extra gravity to them.
We should definitely win our group.
Man, it's glaring how weak the east is.
A good get for Milwaukee after the Dame waiver.
MaTT4281 wrote:A good get for Milwaukee after the Dame waiver.
And good for him too. He will finally have the opportunity he was looking for.
martin wrote:Yeah not surprised
I’m certainly far from the only one to think that the Sixers were insane to take a gamble on Paul George with his injury history. To pair him with Embiid? Yikes. They should add an orthopedic wing to their arena.
martin wrote:Yeah not surprised
How obscenely stupid are the Sixers? They make the Suns look like nuclear physicists.
martin wrote:Yeah not surprised
I recall when Leon got here lots of talk about him being his agent and thinking he'd be knick one day.
This Philly regime is like a bad knick nightmare that never happened. Them and the Suns like the last starphuchers of the era.
There will be others again. Temptation is a strong pull when you want to win.
Embiid is owned with a player option at like 250mil over the next 4 years. That buy out gonna be real hard if they go that route. They are fucked. PG13 160mil over the next 3 years.
Now I can appreciate the ambition but I'd imagine the fan base is kind of not thinking the future looking good any time soon.
