shrink wrote:Then help me comprehend how, in the real world, the NBA's soft cap means that Taylor specifically doesn't care about the checks he's writing for the team's total payroll, so that KG's high salary "did not affect our ability to add talent around him?"
Ability and willingness are two completely different things. He certainly might care about the checks he's writing, and I'm not criticizing him for doing that here. But it's not accurate to say that he couldn't afford to spend more.
shrink wrote:I'm not a big fan of the economics of the last line either -- if a guy spends a lot of money, he's willing to spend a lot more.
We're talking about billionaires spending millions of dollars as a hobby. You see contending teams spending money like it's going out of style all the time. An owner who gives out the biggest contract ever is likely going to be willing to spend what it takes to win, don't ya think?