01-24-2022, 04:28 PM
The real problem with trading THJ for an expiring contract, is that you lose an important salaray-matching contract. Not easy to get to Lillard´s 42M for example, if your most expensive piece is Dwight Powell at 11.
Wow just looked at Portland. That is a tough situation.
They have 106M committed to just six players next year. Simons is a RFA, so he is getting paid after his recent play. Nurkic and Covington are UFA. Little comes up the season after, when they have a stunning 100M committed to three players (Lillard, McCollum, Powell).
And here we are talking just pure numbers, and completely ignore the positional overlap between Lillard, McCollum, Powell and Simons.
No wonder Morey is sitting out this Simmons situation. Portland has to do something at the trade deadline.
Wow just looked at Portland. That is a tough situation.
They have 106M committed to just six players next year. Simons is a RFA, so he is getting paid after his recent play. Nurkic and Covington are UFA. Little comes up the season after, when they have a stunning 100M committed to three players (Lillard, McCollum, Powell).
And here we are talking just pure numbers, and completely ignore the positional overlap between Lillard, McCollum, Powell and Simons.
No wonder Morey is sitting out this Simmons situation. Portland has to do something at the trade deadline.