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I feel that DFS and Maxi were extended to mirror Lukas contract for a reason so I don’t see them going anywhere anytime soon.

I would expect guys like Green and Hardy to be high level contributors in that time frame but I don’t necessarily think that DFS and Maxis defense will fall off a cliff or anything which is their current role anyway. I might just be confused by the term high level contributor and what that means. Like I think that they can still be part of the rotation but probably not at the same minute levels if that helps?

I have no problem with Wood at 31, being on the downside of your career does not mean you are a bad basketball player. We’re basically just talking about keeping Wood through his prime and figuring out the next steps after that.

So, you didn’t say to keep them as high level contributors, that’s my bad for reading too much into what you said. After the clarification, I think DFS at that point should be fine in a legacy type role, it all depends on how much we are leaning on him at that point (and what we are paying him).


Honestly, I think by the end of Maxi’s contract we will be seeing the reason I was so against the extension. He already looks to be out for the rest of the season and playoffs (most importantly). That doesn’t bode well. As injuries stack up (which he seems to have a lot of) he’ll slow down. 

We’re talking about the shift in speed and athleticism paired with skill in the NBA. I’m not sure after 4 more years that what Maxi especially and maybe even DFS will be able to help as the NBA goes further down that route. Wood should be right on the edge of high level play at 31 unless he takes some of what LeBron has been using. At that point it’s also a matter of how much he is paid and how much we are leaning on him.

I don’t fully know the right thing to do with our aging team, mostly because I don’t think they have much value around the league. I replied to your comment, because I thought it was weird to think we should be relying heavily on DFS and Maxi especially, but Wood as well, in 4 years enough to name them in a post about the future.