(02-18-2025, 06:54 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Bottom line, it's all about that SuperMax deal. They weren't going to commit that much money to a player that was nonchalant about his conditioning and diet. And also, it would hamper them from building out the roster around him. Boston is a good example. Tatum and Brown have max deals. They're window for winning another title is going to close within the next 2 years, and they're currently for sale because of those huge deals and their role players, White, KP, Pritchard, Holiday, etc. It's not sustainable.
This argument would have more weight if he didn't trade Luka for 2 1/2 years of supermax on a much older player with injury history. It will have even less weight if he trades most of the team for a 37 year old on another supermax.