02-04-2024, 05:37 PM
(02-04-2024, 03:53 PM)F Gump Wrote: Good catch - it was a brain typo on my part, not a slip of the pen.
But that again reinforces why Bridges would be very unlikely to accept a trade to PHX (or anywhere), as it closes off so many of his routes to a bigger-than-MLE contract in the summer. He went without a salary last season, and this one is at a very reduced number, so it's likely he sees 2024 as his chance to finally get paid (and won't want to impair that).
Thinking more about it. Keeping his bird rights might be his best chance to get a good contract next summer. But, being traded to Phoenix would give him a decent chance for a wing. That line-up would be scary good with him. Basically any starting player able to score 20+. Ring would make people quickly forget about his off the court sins. But of course, summer suitors would be limited to the cap space teams.