05-17-2025, 08:24 PM
(05-17-2025, 07:59 PM)Smitty Wrote: My initial point is that PJW is Aaron Gordon. Maybe better. Just my opinion. Getting a player of PJ’s caliber at $22M AAV through age 30 might be one of the best contracts in the NBA. I’m just not trading that for a stop gap PG.
I'd prefer not to have a "stop gap" PG, either.
But, if the plan is to build this thing for the next couple of years around a front court of Lively, AD and Flagg (there are other options), then I just think PJW might be a little on the overkill side as a bench player, particularly with the current state of the back court, and, as Gump said, depending on what he's willing to accept on his next deal.
If PJW wants to be here badly enough to accept bench money and the role of 6th or 7th man, not starting and possibly not finishing games, then heck yeah! I would think more of myself than that, were I in his shoes, just like Aaron Gordon would.