02-11-2023, 06:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2023, 06:59 PM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(02-11-2023, 06:36 PM)F Gump Wrote: I'll address that with more number details later as well, but my general comment is that PHX has to do a lot of amputation to make that possible. Probably way more than is possible.
The idea that Kyrie might just sign there is pure clickbait, aka Windy talking out of his ample azz. Start with the fact that he asked out of BKN because he wanted some team who would offer him the max (since BKN would not). I'd say that has no real chance of changing. He knows it's a business, where you can be shipped from team to team at their whims, and he's going to take care of his business first.
Wave a magic wand to get rid of all of CP3, Shamet, and Payne with no salary coming back, and KD-Booker-Ayton + empty roster charges leaves them with less than MLE money. It's not even close to what he wants.
As for a SNT, that requires BOTH of (a) Dallas cooperation, which cannot be assumed if Dallas wants him, and (b) much of the same blood-letting of contracts as previously mentioned, to stay under the hard cap and be allowed to do a SNT, as even KD-Booker-Paul-Kyrie (max), with Ayton outgoing, busts the hard cap by a lot.
Arrrgh. Forgot about potential of Phoenix having a hard cap issue with a Kyrie S&T. Slaps forehead. It wasn't just Windy. Stein mentions it on his podcast with Chris Haynes also. My base case is Kyrie stays here, but Windy, Karalla and Stein seemed like a lot of smoke. In fairness, not all of them painted a direct swap. Some said Ayton to Dallas. Stein/Haynes said Phoenix still has interest in Irving. You are correct. It would be tough to connect the dots there on a direct swap. There are ways to get Ayton here that don't include Irving.
(02-11-2023, 03:48 PM)cow Wrote: I'm not so rigid about the level of player. Unlikely to happen again, but you can already see the dynamic of the team changing with Kyrie's talent. With you on Green and Hardy being untouchable.
One interesting question is what level is the least you'd be willing to take. Is it OG level? DFS level? Where is the line. Oh, and what position.