Right now the Suns are $16m under the 2nd tax apron with 6 players under contract, CP’s deal fully guaranteed and all other FA’s renounced. If they execute trades for Ayton & Paul and stay under $179m threshold they will have their Tax Payer MLE and BAE. The rest of the roster would be filled with minimum level exceptions. The following season (24-25’) is when we will likely be hardcapped without much wiggle room to improve.
It may be even less than that if this info is correct:
As far as superstars go Book and KD are easy to play with and JJ is well respected by players around the league. The AZ weather during bball season ain’t too shabby either. We will get some quality ring chasers.
True. But we have to build that system from the ground up. We need a full scouting and development group to rival the best in the league. And as far as I can tell, we are at the bottom in that regard. And despite our immediate needs I suspect it will take years to build up a first class organization like this.
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I'm not sure how you're defining superstars but I think the point of it is to eventually reduce the number of players being paid like superstars. I especially expect that players that come available for their rookie extension contracts will be valuated much differently than they have been. So, no more Ayton or Dlo contracts.
Yep. We’ve hashed that out repeatedly. Not to mention the Celtics would’ve been one more budding team in the KD sweepstakes this offseason and our offer couldn’t have beaten theirs that started with brown.
That window for that iteration of the team closed with Paul’s sudden decline and Ayton getting his desired check. In order to reopen a window they’d have to have made a trade. It would’ve cost them bridges and picks. As many picks? Who knows? Cam Johnson? Who knows? Who even knows if we could’ve resigned him? Depends on whom we traded for. But to become a contender again it would’ve required a trade. Maybe for a younger player which would’ve extended the run. Or maybe for an older player like Durant. What we do know is rarely does a player if durants caliber come available, so we likely wouldn’t have gotten a superstar. A star, or a couple nice players, maybe. And those picks were never going to bring much back because they were late picks. Think more Landry shamet type deals.
Though he wasn’t great for us, Ross was widely considered a top end buyout catch.
Yep. The core of this team regressed. They were not going to get better with an aging CP3 and a stunted Ayton. A trade for a second star was required to keep that window open. Adding middling type players wasn’t going to get it done.
You keep bringing up Reggie Jackson, but he was pretty bad this year. Could it have been different with a role on the suns? Sure. Would I have liked to kick the tires? Sure. But that wasn’t going to move the needle.
Since when in the history of the Suns have we ever dealt with the NBA in a position of power? The lack of an NBA Championship points more to a history of weakness than power. Not attacking you at all. Just saying....
He did. Until they were eliminating they were the best one/two punch in the playoffs. That wasn’t the problem. It was the supporting cast.
What got the lakers going was Davis being healthy and returning to force. The moves they made have been oversold imo. And those same moves likely wouldn’t have been a huge difference maker for the suns (though I liked the two PFs they acquired).
We had the same thing. We were going as far as how Ayton played at the end of the day. He flamed out against Denver, and that is where our story ended. For the Lakers, when AD is healthy, they have always been a power. Trouble is, he isn't always healthy.
