Why? Because who will want to give up a top 20 player knowing you can have both Bridges and Ayton?JeremyG wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 10:01 amWhy mention “maxed out Ayton”? The cap doesn’t matter if you’re making a trade. You trade enough salary to take back the salary of the top 20 star.Drewsprocket wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 9:28 amHow do you get that with a maxed out Ayton? Name a top 20 player gettable without giving up Ayton.virtual9mm wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 9:07 amSure, I agree with you wholeheartedly. But let's try to do it without trading Booker, Paul, or Ayton.Indy wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 7:48 amLook, it seems like >99% of this board thinks of Ayton as a borderline top 5 center, me included.
The one centers clearly better no matter who you ask are Embiid and Jokic.
Most will put KAT above him.
Non-Suns fans would likely have Gobert neck and neck with Ayton.
But nobody would put Ayton as a top 20 player in the league, while everyone would have Embiid and Jokic there. You need top 20 players to make noise in the playoffs. Right now the Suns only have 1 top 20 player. And Paul has been a top 20 4th quarter player all season except for his last 5 games (I know, a huge caveat).
We need another top 20 player, and I am willing to trade nearly anyone to get it. And I would trade ANYONE if it makes it more likely for us to get another player in that class.
Now is there a top 20 player that’s “gettable”? If a star really wants out, and you give up some combination of Johnson/Bridges/expirings plus 1st round draft picks, then maybe.
Will top 20 players become cheaper for us? I just want to know which rosterbation idea I can put in my spankbank. Lol.