Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[DallasMaverick]

I think for any PHX trade, you have to strongly factor in their new owner.  90's Mark Cuban on steriods.  His whole thing since buying the team is they are competing to win a championship every year and that he will do everything in his power to win a championship.    He has Isaiah Thomas as a sounding board.    I can't see him bowing down to tax concerns....at least this year.  Maybe he is eventually hit over the head with it.  But any move with PHX, you need to factor in do they think this makes them better next season.    Does it put them closer to a championship?  They may have less tradeable assets than Dallas, so they also need to hit on their limited assets.

The problem is that, under the new CBA, overpaying doesn't just hurt your pocketbook.  It also makes you significantly less flexible, and thus less competitive.