05-24-2024, 05:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-24-2024, 05:37 PM by SleepingHero.)
(05-24-2024, 03:44 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I think the days of them "signing" anyone over the MLE are over, at least as long as Luka, Kyrie and Lively are in place. I haven't checked the contract lengths lately, so it's possible they've planned for some cap room the summer Luka's current deal ends, sort of like what Miami did with Dwayne Wade.
But, I think we'll start to see them get more of the exception guys they want, and more of the veteran minimum guys they want, and I think Kyrie is a big part of that.
In my earlier point, I just meant that I don't think teams trade for players who don't want to play for them much anymore, especially north of a certain status level. In league circles, they don't even call them "trades" they call them "transfers" like the whole thing is a corporation and the dudes are just relocating from being a shift lead at the Salt Lake City Staples to be a store manager at the Charlotte Staples, lol. I think the player's wishes are taken into account much more than we realize.
Funny you say this because in Zach Lowe's recent insider article he wrote this paragraph:
Quote:The Knicks, like Boston when the Celtics struck the White deal, were barely over .500. Despite their hoarding extra first-rounders, an average New York team trading its own pick for a shaky-shooting role player seemed to some rival observers as overexuberant.
Hart, like White, was 27 at the time of the trade. He instantly became a defining Knick. New York was confident it could re-sign Hart on a long-term deal; Hart had told Portland the Knicks were his preferred destination, and the Blazers worked to send Hart there -- never opening trade talks to the entire league, sources said.
14x All-Star, 12x all-NBA, 1x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 1 NBA Championship: Dirk Nowitzki, the man, the myth, the legend.