(02-08-2023, 06:14 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Absolutely fair.
Although the Lakers still don't have enough space even if they renounce everyone to get Kyrie his max. They're about 15 mil short. That's with AD+Lebron+Reaves on the squad.
What are the odds the Mavs say "Ok, if you want to take a near $100 mil discount to go play with Lebron+AD+ and minimums go ahead."
Speaking of that, I was going to ask Dan and @"F Gump" to paint a picture of what the Mavs can offer Kyrie versus the rest of the league/positioning against the CAP.
Projected CAP is 134M
BBall-Ref has Lakers at 4 players under contract: LBJ (53.3M), AD (40.6M), Damon Jones (2.5M PO), Christie (1.7M). 98M Total.
So Lakers could offer him a 4 year deal starting at ~36M? Some other team could offer him 4YR 210M. Mavs can offer him 5YR 272M. If he really wants to play in LA, he'd need a considerable haircut without a S&T. Sound right?
(02-08-2023, 06:19 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status...11777?s=20&t=2XSv86rE656LsxyOTZrwuQ
Frankie Smokes and McGee
Who says no?
Seriously though, maybe you offer Wood for those two and hope their upside finally comes around. Wood might flourish under GSW's stewardship.