05-06-2023, 11:46 PM
I think Ayton does not give $32M worth of value. Year after year, he is NOT worth much in the playoffs.
With a defacto hard cap setup, which is how the new CBA seems to be designed, making your payroll efficient is even more important than ever. That's doubly true if you are building your foundation around two or more players with salaries of $40M or more.
I don't think there's an avenue to saying "we will take DA off your hands" that could somehow make it a useful idea for DAL to take him, while also being at a return PHX would embrace. PHX problem (and it is) would merely become your problem, not your solution, and you would be PAYING to have that problem.
The Mavs roster-building goal, with Luka and Kyrie, needs to be to identify players who can help, who ALSO can be cap efficient. Ayton, while he does some good things, is not that guy at all.
With a defacto hard cap setup, which is how the new CBA seems to be designed, making your payroll efficient is even more important than ever. That's doubly true if you are building your foundation around two or more players with salaries of $40M or more.
I don't think there's an avenue to saying "we will take DA off your hands" that could somehow make it a useful idea for DAL to take him, while also being at a return PHX would embrace. PHX problem (and it is) would merely become your problem, not your solution, and you would be PAYING to have that problem.
The Mavs roster-building goal, with Luka and Kyrie, needs to be to identify players who can help, who ALSO can be cap efficient. Ayton, while he does some good things, is not that guy at all.