12-09-2020, 07:33 AM
(12-08-2020, 10:17 AM)michaeltex Wrote: Driving in this morning and turned on NBA channel on SiriusXM to hear the morning guys (Starting Lineup?) talking with Cuban. Short drive so I didn't hear much, but he commented that the ability to free up cap space next summer with the expirings and TOs was not intentional. They didn't really have a plan powder and that they would have moved on Jones and Richardson regardless, it just turned out to give them (potentially) a lot of cap flexibility next summer.
So you can believe as much or as little of that as you want.
That's all from this intrepid cub reporter today.
I think this deserves more attention than it got yesterday. Thanks for the report.
It seems clear to me there were certain things they were willing to do that would have used up 2021 cap space. So, space isn't the holy grail. The reason this is important is it means they won't hesitate to use up the space if the right deal comes along. Max space comes at a pretty high cost...JRich, THJ, WCS, Boban and Johnson. That's 1/3 of the roster and 2/5ths of the starting lineup.