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[Mainstreet]

Ayton > MLE signing

Doing that wouldn't make sense. While possible in theory, highly unlikely. We'll waive Ayton before giving him away for nothing in return.

I've seen it discussed as an option if the chose to dump his salary.

It's not something I would choose but they probably could get some draft picks back, save LT money and gain the use of the MLE.

 

[Mainstreet]

sure but that would be awful, if we got 2 firsts then yeah maybe.

Only throwing it out there. It might give us a taste of being a Wizards fan.

 

[Hoop Head]

Only throwing it out there. It might give us a taste of being a Wizards fan.

We have a taste, we get to root for Beal now. Plus we suffered enough under Sarver. I do feel a little sorry for them because Leonsis may be the worst NBA owner left now that Sarver is gone.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

The Suns will not have a midlevel exception. Go ahead and kiss that idea goodbye, the Beal trade virtually solidified that. It's all minimum deals from here on out unless we can find a team to take Ayton for nothing in return, which would be dumb.

I thought there was a 5 million exception

 

[Hoop Head]

I thought there was a 5 million exception

Nope. We're over the second apron, no taxpayer MLE.

 

[BirdGangThing]

Trading Ayton for a draft pick(s) would solve a lot of financial problems

 

[Germz249]

Trading Ayton for a draft pick(s) would solve a lot of financial problems

Yea but our window is the next 3 years. Seems like picks won’t help us. Unless there is someone in the draft that will contribute right away.

 

[BirdGangThing]

Yea but our window is the next 3 years. Seems like picks won’t help us. Unless there is someone in the draft that will contribute right away.

The draft pick (player) might not help specifically, but their tiny (compared to Ayton's) contract would allow us to sign quality free agent(s) instead of the league minimum variety

 

[Germz249]

The draft pick (player) might not help specifically, but their tiny (compared to Ayton's) contract would allow us to sign quality free agent(s) instead of the league minimum variety

What free agent out there can we pick up to replace Ayton?

 

[BirdGangThing]

What free agent out there can we pick up to replace Ayton?

Some quality talent available - I think we can find someone for way less than $33 million a year and can rebound

NBA free agent rankings: Top centers available

POINT GUARDS / SHOOTING GUARDS / SMALL FORWARDS / POWER FORWARDS

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[Chaplin]

Nope. We're over the second apron, no taxpayer MLE.

I thought we had a trade exception from the Dario trade.

 

[Mainstreet]

I thought there was a 5 million exception

I do think the Suns would create a trade exception if the Spurs absorbed Ayton's contract.

 

[Hoop Head]

I thought we had a trade exception from the Dario trade.

We can't sign anyone with it and since we no longer have picks, 1st or 2nd, it'll be hard to use it to absorb a player but maybe something can happen.

 

[Yuma]

One old guy that looked good in these playoffs was Kevin Love. He was actually assisting and scoring. Played quality minutes. You can't leave him out there a long time, but for short spurts he really looked good.

 

[Yuma]

There's a video in another thread where Bobby Marks says we do have the $5 mil exception.

 

[Hoop Head]

There's a video in another thread where Bobby Marks says we do have the $5 mil exception.

We have a $5 million dollar TRADE exception from the Dario trade. That can't be used to sign anyone, only to acquire someone by trade. It can not be combined with any other salary either.

 

[Hoop Head]

One old guy that looked good in these playoffs was Kevin Love. He was actually assisting and scoring. Played quality minutes. You can't leave him out there a long time, but for short spurts he really looked good.

Kevin Love is an old guy, who was drafted a year after Durant and has been in the league 1 fewer season than KD. Just to put things in perspective.

 

[Yuma]

We have a $5 million dollar TRADE exception from the Dario trade. That can't be used to sign anyone, only to acquire someone by trade. It can not be combined with any other salary either.

So when we trade Ayton we can use it to match up salaries or add a guy under that amount? I think I have seen where teams use this as an asset and trade it, too?

 

[Hoop Head]

So when we trade Ayton we can use it to match up salaries or add a guy under that amount? I think I have seen where teams use this as an asset and trade it, too?

No, it can not be combined with anyone. It could be used with cash or a 2nd round pick to acquire someone making the amount of the exception or less.

 

[AzStevenCal]

It sounds like the Suns are spinning the Crowder situation by having Gambo leak a favorable narrative. It's almost like they are trying to rehab his image to Suns fans who turned on him to prepare us for a return. Who knows how true it is. The same thing is happening for DA it seems.

If they are spinning it, they've been doing it for probably 9 months now as that's when it first started coming up. It got more airplay again during the midseason trade period but it's not new news.

 

[JCSunsfan]

No, it can not be combined with anyone. It could be used with cash or a 2nd round pick to acquire someone making the amount of the exception or less.

Trade exceptions are so limited they are virtually useless.

 

[overseascardfan]

Thomas Bryant looks like best option on list for what PHX needs. Obviously, Lopez and Vucevic are out of our price range.

 

[NashDishesDimes]

Crowder cant slide is feet anymore at all. Hes a true power forward at this point. Also, i dont know how good Monty is at Xs and Os but i trust his character. If he says Jay was too tough to coach then i dont want him back

 

[95pro]

Crowder cant slide is feet anymore at all. Hes a true power forward at this point. Also, i dont know how good Monty is at Xs and Os but i trust his character. If he says Jay was too tough to coach then i dont want him back

Crowder is spoken highly of by his peers. He’s a smart high basketball iq player. Monty isn’t good at X’s and O’s, I’m willing to give crowder the benefit of the doubt in this case. Monty couldn’t manage his players.

 

[Hoop Head]

Just a theory but I feel like Monty butted heads with Jae more because he couldn't do so with DA. I'm not saying he didn't also butt heads with DA, he did, but he was more hard lined with Jae because he couldn't be with DA. The front office would never consider sending Ayton home to sit while they worked on a deal. So Jae ended up being the whipping boy for all Monty's frustration. I don't believe the frontcourt was something Monty was happy with here and he lumped them together.