05-30-2023, 01:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-30-2023, 02:10 PM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(05-30-2023, 10:41 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: Especially with the new CBA, that type of contract for Brown would severely cap Boston's ability to make trades. Both him and Tatum would account for 90 mil of the cap.
Impossible to divvy up the last 50% of space to 10 guys and remain the powerhouse they've been.
Bill Simmons addressed the new CBA in a podcast over the weekend. His conclusion is the middle class is going to get screwed. He envisions a world where every team has two ‘stars’ and fill in best as they can. So, the kinds of deals that THJ got won’t exist except for maybe clear third option types.
The other place I think teams are going to struggle is defining what to pay those two ‘stars’. If you aren’t the best guy on your own team, are you really a ‘super-max’? Do teams continue to pay 30-something’s for past performance when they really need to arrive at something that represents what they are likely to get from the player during the life of the contract. What about ‘stars’ like Beal who score a lot, but have never led their teams to much success. Are you a super-max if you can’t lead your team to the playoffs? Teams need to find a tier under the highest number possible for those guys who are great, but not at the same level as the best of the best. But, man that is going to be hard to negotiate…especially when those players would be the best player on another team and the other team is starved for star-power.