07-11-2026, 05:30 PM
(07-11-2026, 01:17 PM)omahen Wrote: OKC is interestingly still 11 mil above the second apron. Will they stay there? The easiest way under is dumping Dort, but I guess their negotiating position is weaker for them now, as they don't have his team option anymore. Unless they have the deal lined up already for some time and they just didn't disclose it yet for whatever reason
Yeah, it's an odd place to choose to be if they don't already have a solution in their pocket. It might be possible they decided to run it back for as long as possible, and then slice salary right before the TDL, but that certainly leaves them at that point with way fewer teams who could do the deal even if they wanted to. It COULD get expensive - then again, Presti has always been such a skilled negotiator that teams give him what he wants for next to nothing. Will be interesting to see what happens.