06-25-2023, 12:06 PM
(06-25-2023, 11:56 AM)mvossman Wrote: I would rather start Powell 25 minutes a night for one season than have Ayton clogging up the center position for 3 years at 35 per. The goal should be for Lively to get 20 minutes a game his first season and ideally start soon after. Not sure how that happens with Ayton on the roster.
I think there is a reasonable chance Holmes has a rebound season. There are a lot of reasons to think this is possible. We bring in Ayton and we will never find out. With Ayton and Lively, Holmes is not getting any minutes and he immediately becomes a dead asset that we are stuck with for two years unless we pay assets to dump him like Sacto did.
With the new CBA its a killer to spend elite money on good players. Its why you see teams trying to dump those contracts. Ayton is a good young center, but I don't see a path to elite. We would have over 50 mil devoted to the 5 spot without an elite option. Teams just can't operate that way, especially now.
I absolutely despise Powell as a player, but I too would rather have him than Ayton and that salary. We just can't tie up that much money in a center that isn't a elite player.