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Is there a way to do that extension for shorter years, or is this some crazy all or nothing CBA situation?

Personally, I think there’s enough there with Wood to keep the experiment going rather than move him in anything other than a slam dunk of a trade (I’m more interested in Wood’s potential here than Collins, for example) but they CAN’T risk losing another player for nothing. 

An extension long enough to defer this decision for a year seems like an ideal solution to me, if possible.

There are certainly folks on this board who can answer that better than I can but my understanding is that number is just max dollars and years and we can do anything up to that.

I was very much on the Collins bandwagon but it was solely because I was assuming Kidd wasn’t going to give Wood a chance as solo big and now that he’s finally doing it (by forces out of his control) my feelings are starting to change. Wood even at the 77M number would be better than Collins on his current deal so I kind of hope we pull that trigger and continue to use him the way we have since Maxis injury.

Extend Wood and then after next years draft you can flip Dinwiddie and Bullocks nearly 30M of expiring with however many picks you need to upgrade your running mate next to Luka and let that team figure it out over 3 years while Green and Hardy continue to develop.