06-07-2023, 08:20 PM
(06-07-2023, 07:56 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Crazy time. It appears Paul wants to stay in PHX but he wants to keep his current contract. If released, the Suns will have a hard time re-signing him if a team in LAL comes calling. But maybe the market for him is really dry and he wants to stay in the West Coast.
The new Suns owner has moved quick. I was a Monty fan, but I thought they wound up fine their with Vogel and keeping their young assistant coach. The Paul dance will need to be a delicate tightrope walk. Very tricky. And maybe he is not worth the trouble at his age. But, I can guarantee you Cuban would screw up that tightrope walk 10 different ways. Lets see how the new owner in PHX handles it. Again, any move they make at least short term needs to be factored in that they think it makes them closer to a championship.
" If released, the Suns will have a hard time re-signing him "
Re-signing him has issues. For starters, a plan to re-sign him means they CAN'T do a s-w. (And the Suns have to decide on the s-w before July free agency starts when they can negotiate.)
If they did eat his full 15.8M guarantee in 1 year, with the contracts they already have, they could only offer him minimum salary or maybe TxMLE of 5M (but that would almost certainly cost the Suns any shot at keeping Craig). Would he really come back to them for the minimum?