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I agree with this to an extent, but its hard to find enough offense under that model.  Guys that can get you 15 or more a game are going to cost mid-tier money.  There are also a scarcity of max contracts and some are not much better than mid-tier (Tobias, KP, Hayward).  Unless you can get three legit maxes, you are probably going to have to go with one or two of the mid tier guys.  What I will say, is that your mid tier contracts should not be guys that cannot create at a high level for themselves or others.  Guys like Timmy, Fournier, Powell are not the kind of player you want to spend mid tier money on.  Somebody like Dinwiddie who can score and distribution at a high level, or Wood who can create for himself make more sense.

Agreed.  I touched on it a little bit at the end of my post.  We aren't in the catbird seat and beggars can't be choosers.  I don't love the contract that Jalen got and to keep him, I'm assuming we'd have to raise those numbers significantly.  Even at that, I don't think you'd turn him into a negative assets, maybe neutral at worst and certainly not the level of Tobias Harris (good players, grossly overpaid).