AROUND the NBA: Pat Bev Suspended 4 Games Next Season| PHX Fires Vogel

[F Gump]

There is no money gained, if we just waive him - the opposite is true, because you have to pay the player you take a flyer on.
And I'm pretty sure no min-player is as good as Bertans.
And S&W handicaps us for years.
There might be a situation where S&W im is the only way. But that would have us to get nothing for something.
So don't look for that.

I'm not sure I completely follow what you are saying, but ...

The idea that a s-w of Bertans gains you nothing, player-wise, is way off track. In a hard-cap-ish world, you have limits of total payroll each season. Moving the vast majority of Bertans' salary to the future, paid in installments, opens up spending room that otherwise does not exist (probably use of the full MLE and BAE), which should be able to be USEFUL players for this season and beyond (instead of Bertans).

The point being, there is indeed much to be gained, and gained immediately this season, if you s-w Bertans and create some room to spend. If you can simply swap DB for a good useful player, because some team wants to do the s-w for their own payroll purposes, then yeah count me in, but I don't think he will carry anywhere near that value (of yielding a regular useful rotation player similar to the value expected from an MLE player).

As far as the statement that "I'm pretty sure no min-player is as good as Bertans," that might be true for 2023-24 but the value of the difference is minimal since 14th-15th guys will rarely play anyhow. But it's better to use that never-used player slot for working to develop a player who MIGHT end up having future value (whereas, there is no way whatsoever DB will be on the team in 2024-25).