ezzzp wrote:MartinsIzAfraud wrote:
Fultz might not even be in the NBA past this year so I'm not holding out cap space for a guy who can't even dribble or shoot a basketball right now. Yeah Isaac is a RFA but honestly if he doesn't improve offensively whose going to offer him a deal when we can match it? I actually could see us getting Isaac on a cheaper deal in RFA especially if he hasn't improved much.
You pretty much named every RFA we have over the next 3 years, I'll worry about that when it happens and not years early.
Front offices don't have the luxury of short term thinking and not worrying about things until they happen; they have to prepare the cap terrain for 3-5 year cycles.
Good free agents NEVER sign with small market teams nosediving for high lottery...that's what Orlando will be in your scenario. Hell even low end free agents don't sign into that situation unless they are overpaid.
And “good” free agents won’t sign for a marginally competitive Magic team in the east. Either way, the avenue for legitimate talent acquisition comes down to trades and the draft, and only one of those options gives you smaller rookie scale deals, barring a team jettisoning a young prospect via trade.