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Superbone wrote: ↑

Mon May 15, 2023 11:54 am

OK, but what does all of that have to do with what it's going to take for you to change your avatar?

I don't know. That deal puts us at such a distinct disadvantage for a really long time to come. Maybe if we get a great return on an Ayton deal, jettison Shamet, and land Naz Reid with MLE.

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Mon May 15, 2023 3:23 pm

Superbone wrote: ↑

Mon May 15, 2023 11:54 am

OK, but what does all of that have to do with what it's going to take for you to change your avatar?

I don't know. That deal puts us at such a distinct disadvantage for a really long time to come. Maybe if we get a great return on an Ayton deal, jettison Shamet, and land Naz Reid with MLE.

We traded something like 60 player-years for three. This isn’t the sort of thing you recover from. The hope is that we’ll win a championship to make it all worthwhile. We’re going to be paying for that championship for a long, long time, whether we win it or not.

Speaking of the MLE.. 3-4 months ago I wondered aloud if Austin Reaves could get the full MLE this summer. I think he might get $100M now. What a season for him.

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Mon May 15, 2023 4:49 pm

Speaking of the MLE.. 3-4 months ago I wondered aloud if Austin Reaves could get the full MLE this summer. I think he might get $100M now. What a season for him.

I pray for whatever team would think about doing that.

It would be an overpay for now, but he's only 24 and going to improve. $15-18M/year seems pretty realistic.

Who’s got cap space? Seems like he’s played himself out of the Lakers range

What's Luke Kennard getting paid? I'd maybe pay him that.

He's so much better than Kennard.

I don't see it. He looks quite average when he's not getting his old man game foul bait calls.

He's not going to stop getting those calls. He has a really high basketball IQ and a fantastic shot.

I think he's really good and I hope someone pays him a lot to get him away from the Lakers.

He benefits great deal from the gravity generated by Lebron and Davis. It would be a great mistake to take him away from those two and paying him $20mill on top of it. Think Caruso on the Bulls, the guy came back to earth, and lost his value going from $2 to $9. Reaves is better offensively, but the team that takes him from $1.5 to $20 is going to regret it deeply, once it shows he perhaps is not even a fringe starter without the Laker whistle and two super stars by his side.

You make good some good points that I agree with in general. I also wouldn't want the Suns to pay him $20M a year, that was more of a "some team might" type of valuation. Kind of like it only took one team to offer Ayton a max contract.

I'm interested to see who'll get the bigger contract, Austin Reaves or Cam Johnson. I think Cam is a really good role player, but I'd rather pay Reaves if the salaries are similar.

Also Luke Kennard makes 15 million a year. He signed a 4 year 64 million dollar contract.

And that was two summers ago.

There are approximately 80 players on the books for $18 million or more next season. Somebody will pay Reaves at least that.

Fucking Spurs. I was pulling for Portland.

Spurs don’t have much else…they need to find themselves a pg now.

I was hoping he'd go east. Fuck the Spurs.

Robinson, Duncan, and now this. Fuck you Spurs.

Here's hoping Wemby is more Ayton than Robinson.