03-13-2023, 01:50 PM
(03-10-2023, 02:35 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I think Morey would have bigger plans. From what I understand if Harden left, they would try to move Harris with a first for nothing. That may be tough but there may be a team who will take Harris and a first and then see if they can eventually flip him again. I believe this would give them max room? At least that was my thinking, so they could be in the Kyrie market too if Harden does leave.
Should Harden leave PHI is destroyed.
There aren't many teams out there that can just eat Harris' contract and trade back nothing in return, and even if they did PHI still isn't close to Kyrie's max. Ky's max starts at just a hair over 45 million. Even if PHI renounced all of their contract's, traded Harris for absolutely nothing, they're still about 3 million short.
Of course in the land of stars dictating where they want to go, there is always the disclaimer of somehow they'll find a way. After Brunson nothing is set in stone.
But omahen is correct, if Kyrie leaves for nothing, this team is doomed. Like doomed doomed. That was the risk they took when they made the trade.
Regarding eating Harris' contract and taking a pick on, I'm more than interested in such a deal. Especially if it meant we could unload a guy like Bertans in the process. Harris is a solid player that's overpaid. Getting a good player AND a 1st while unloading a nothing guy in Bertans would be exactly the type of deal the Mavs should be vying after.
But it'd cost Cuban big big money. Not sure he'd be into it (even though he greenlighted the Kyrie deal).
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