You are missing the point. There were only a few teams that could absorb Ayton's contract at the time. Go back and check. We were tracking the list. That limited the market for Ayton regardless. The point being is that current salaries of teams and where they are determine the market at a given moment. That changes at the end of every season as teams decide their direction. You can't possibly know what the future market is going to look like for every team.
You misunderstood the point. I wasn't comparing them based on their contract status. My point was that at any given time if you want to sign a UFA, trade for an RFA or make a move for a player on contract the market is dictated by the teams that can afford to absorb said contract. You have no idea what that would look like for every team in the offseason.
Uhhh what? Not even sure what that means. Not every team has the financial flexibility, draft assets or contracts that could line up. That doesn't even include the financial means to pay the luxury tax should that come into play.
You would have to make some ludicrous assumption every team is the same boat with draft capital, salary restrictions, wanting to hold onto their good players or even possibly was willing to pay the luxury tax.
Sorry. I had deleted my post but you responded too quickly apparently. Anyway, I thought I was pushing too hard so I removed it.
Nah...it's all good. We are just sharing opinions. It's a slow day.
No, there is theorectical market and there is a feasible market.
No doubt. You guys are good people. We don't have to agree for that to be true.
Thats not good depth and easily replaced. Craig is a shell of himselft even 2 years ago, Lee's ability to hit 3's is dminished by his awful defense. Okogie can only hit shots in 1 out of 5 games it seems
You said we gave up our bench. We didn’t.
Unless he thinks Dario is our bench.
Maybe, but then your competing with everyone interested and could be bidding war as well…
Right. We can’t discuss keeping bridges outta the KD trade bc without bridges as the centerpiece of the trade there is NO trade. I don’t get why this is difficult to comprehend.
Trade deadline! And the Suns wanted a chance to compete THIS year not next when Paul is even older. The trade had to be made it was a no brainer imo even though I hated losing Bridges it’s still worth it!
Exactly. Only one team wins it all each year. Come the offseason there may have been more competition from this seasons contenders that fell short.
More desperate also rans would’ve upped the competition for him. Maybe the Celtics seriously consider bolstered package if they’ve got two close calls but no cigar.
Again it was obvious we weren’t gonna compete for anything this year with the current squad at the time. They took a swing and the result is yet to be seen because of bad luck, we saw a 3 game sample that showed this team will be tough to beat if both Book and Durant on the floor, that would have NEVER been the case with Bridges and Book period! Let’s see how it all plays out no one is happy with what we gave up but you don’t get superstars by trading nothing of value!
