03-18-2021, 01:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-18-2021, 01:34 PM by HanspardShowerVoice.)
I do think there is a line of thought (not that I agree with it) that drafting non superstar players doesn't bring enough of a "reward" because it usually ends up in resigning players coming into 2nd contract before they've had a chance to really demonstrate their value. From a cap standpoint the league doesn't reward teams enough for developing and retaining their own players, imho.
Denver is a phenomenal drafting franchise, and at the end of the day I think they're basically cap penalized for drafting, developing and giving those 2nd contracts to Jamal Murray, Gary Harris and Will Barton. They should get a bigger cap discount for those guys. Same with Hawks and John Collins. I think the Hawks in a bad way because they actually stockpiled too many young players at once, and now they've got to sort out who they're going to extend and who they're going to let walk before they even have a firm handle on what they are. They're going to have Trae on a max in a couple of years, they give Collins a max or near max that's a wrap ... and they still got Hunter and Reddis extensions on the horizon. There shouldn't be such castrophic cap circumstances for signing your homegrown talent after his 3rd season if he turns out not to be quite a Max level player.
Seems to me like the someone really pounded the table for Green in the predraft process, the Mavs brass fell in love with him and they basically made up their minds they were going to take Green at #18 no matter how the rest of the draft developed (assuming they couldn't trade up to get a top tier player like Haliburton).
Denver is a phenomenal drafting franchise, and at the end of the day I think they're basically cap penalized for drafting, developing and giving those 2nd contracts to Jamal Murray, Gary Harris and Will Barton. They should get a bigger cap discount for those guys. Same with Hawks and John Collins. I think the Hawks in a bad way because they actually stockpiled too many young players at once, and now they've got to sort out who they're going to extend and who they're going to let walk before they even have a firm handle on what they are. They're going to have Trae on a max in a couple of years, they give Collins a max or near max that's a wrap ... and they still got Hunter and Reddis extensions on the horizon. There shouldn't be such castrophic cap circumstances for signing your homegrown talent after his 3rd season if he turns out not to be quite a Max level player.
(03-18-2021, 01:25 PM)michaeltex Wrote: Not trying to be revisionist here, but I distinctly remember S. Bey being on a lot of wishlists before the last draft. There were those who thought he wouldn't last until the DAL pick.
I don't remember Green being on a lot of those wishlists, at least not at 18. Is my Alzheimer's kicking in early?
Seems to me like the someone really pounded the table for Green in the predraft process, the Mavs brass fell in love with him and they basically made up their minds they were going to take Green at #18 no matter how the rest of the draft developed (assuming they couldn't trade up to get a top tier player like Haliburton).