Is KD coming to the Suns?

[Cap]

Well it depends, we have to get to about 35 million. If Ayton signs a max, him and Cam J would be enough outgoing salary to make it doable. 3rd team would probably need cap space though or we’d need to send more out. If Ayton signs for less than the max, we could do it with Payne or Craig…assuming he’s signing for at least 25 million.

Ayton’s BYC, so it doesn’t much matter how much he signs for. He only counts as last year’s salary ($12.6M) or 50% of his new salary, whichever is greater.

Anyway, it doesn’t seem the Nets want him at all, at least not at any salary he’d accept.

[Split T]

Well it depends, we have to get to about 35 million. If Ayton signs a max, him and Cam J would be enough outgoing salary to make it doable. 3rd team would probably need cap space though or we’d need to send more out. If Ayton signs for less than the max, we could do it with Payne or Craig…assuming he’s signing for at least 25 million.

Ayton’s BYC, so it doesn’t much matter how much he signs for. He only counts as last year’s salary ($12.6M) or 50% of his new salary, whichever is greater.

Anyway, it doesn’t seem the Nets want him at all, at least not at any salary he’d accept.

Right, I got confused and did it backwards…he counts for the full salary coming in, but only half going out. So assuming he sings for the max, we’d need to add about 15 million in salary going out. So basically Payne and either Shamet, Saric, or Crowder.

[JeremyG]

[ShelC]

[Drewsprocket]

They want Donovan Mitchell. Who else do they want here? Who’s giving up a young star for Ayton?

[Superbone]

We better get Durant! All this action is happening and we haven't been a part of any of it. All we've done so far is lose existing players like McGee and Holiday.

[Drewsprocket]

We better get Durant! All this action is happening and we haven't been a part of any of it. All we've done so far is lose existing players like McGee and Holiday.

Boston now has the most talent in the league. Gallo and Brogdan! Wtf?!
They just got way more shooting and better playmaking.

[Superbone]

I think the deal is going to go down in a few days because Flex said to expect fireworks on the 4th.

Three more days of this?!

[Split T]

[ShelC]

So that would leave us with CP, Book, Mikal, KD and CamJ and Bogdanovic as a core. A lot of work to do filling out the rest of the roster. Maybe Biz is re-signed and Divincenzo becomes a reality.

[JeremyG]

Gambo says the Suns are willing to trade all 4 first round picks unprotected and all 3 pick swaps.

[Split T]

No surprise after that James Jones article…he really has almost no interest in the draft.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I don't care at all about pick protections if the Suns can keep Mikal and Cam.

[iLLmatic]

Everyone cool going all in and mortgaging our future for KD? We've never won a ring. I think I'd be down for it.

[carey]

Gambo says the Suns are willing to trade all 4 first round picks unprotected and all 3 pick swaps.

That's 7 years of basically nothing much through the draft unless we hit on a 2nd rounder. I don't know. KD is amazing. That injury scares me. That thing ruptures again and he's done and so are the Suns for a decade.

[JeremyG]

Gambo says the Suns are willing to trade all 4 first round picks unprotected and all 3 pick swaps.

That's 7 years of basically nothing much through the draft unless we hit on a 2nd rounder. I don't know. KD is amazing. That injury scares me. That thing ruptures again and he's done and so are the Suns for a decade.

Not if we could keep Ayton, Bridges, and Johnson.

[JeremyG]

That sounds like Bridges, Crowder, and picks could be enough.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Gambo says the Suns are willing to trade all 4 first round picks unprotected and all 3 pick swaps.

That's 7 years of basically nothing much through the draft unless we hit on a 2nd rounder. I don't know. KD is amazing. That injury scares me. That thing ruptures again and he's done and so are the Suns for a decade.

People realize the Suns still keep a first round draft pick in these "swaps", right?

[Split T]

Ya most likely we just keep our own. We’re trading away half our picks…James Jones already does that

[Shabazz]

The thing with trading all these picks is it becomes very, very hard to improve mid-season and in future offseasons. So we'd better nail this offseason.