07-16-2022, 07:20 AM
(07-16-2022, 12:11 AM)Jommybone Wrote: It’s ok to value Timmy more than this option, or to say that we wouldn’t or shouldn’t exercise it even if we did have it. But in this thread, we haven’t been discussing the cost fairly. The only cost is Timmy. Everything else is gain.
I very much disagree.
What is this "everything else" to be gained by having WB? Nothing. He's going to be a real problem to sit, and a bigger problem to play. The immediate cost is tossing 2022-23 in the trash.
And for what? There's no free agent you want in 2023. And even if one magically appears, the price to be able to sign him will come at the cost of stripping down most of your talent, which means you do strip down the roster for the WB move to actually be helpful. It will take several wasted years (while Luka is ready to win) to reacquire some surrounding cast that will keep you from being a 2-3 man team that's too thin to go very far.