GIANNIS THREAD: Giannis has SIGNED the Supermax

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There is a way around him having to "forgo years of guaranteed money".  So, that really isn't the question.  The question is whether a new deal starting with a 20% raise is good enough.  After opting-in (and in the new NBA year), Richardson can get a 4/$60 extension starting at about $14mm.  If his market next summer is $18mm to start, then this doesn't happen.  But if he's going to pull in $14-$15mm anyway, then there is a path to keeping him at his smaller opt-in number.  

IF that were to happen, the loss of talent to create room for GA is Boban, WCS, Johnson, THJ, Powell (presumably) and Josh Green (or similar).  The remaining talent is:

Bigs:  KP/GA/Maxi
Wings:  DFS/JRich/Iwundu/Bey
Ball Handlers:  Luka/Brunson/Terry/Burke

Add in the Room MLE and minimums as needed.

Well sure if JRich doesn't play well enough to get offers higher than his cap hold then it's a moot point. But I don't see that happening unless he fails to meet expectations, and at that point is it even worth keeping him?


I'm expecting him to at least match his best Miami numbers while playing good defense. That should really be the minimum we expect of him, he's not going to find a better place for him to succeed.