Arsenal wrote:Personally I offer PG the Kyrie contract from Dallas, 3 years $126m which is $42m per year. Still leaves us $20m in cap and the room exception to fill out the roster. Giving him the full max of $50m/yr is a mistake.
If that’s not enough, move onto Plan B.
Something like that makes it much more palatable. I’ve been trying to run through the options with PG getting the max and, I’m not sure how accurate my technical information is, but it’s tough.
Looking at PG getting 4 years, $212 million, I assume year one is just about $51 million. Also, with Kelly Oubre having a $2 million cap hold, I’d try to keep him as well. They are reserving a rotation piece for almost nothing. If they keep just Embiid, Maxey cap hold, Oubre cap hold, Council, and the 16 pick, they have $59.4 million in cap space. After signing PG, they have $8.5million in cap space left.
Maxey, Oubre, George, Embiid, 16 pick, and Council with a small amount of cap space, the room exception, vet signings.
Starters:
Maxey
Oubre
George
Embiid
Bench
Council
They need another quality starter and some rotation pieces. I think Batum and Lowry can still play but they will have to be minimal signings. Melton’s back I don’t trust, but would have interest on a lesser deal. Could you get Batum, Melton, and Drummond with you remaining cap space and exception?
Starters:
Maxey
Oubre
George
Embiid
Bench
Melton
Batum
Drummond
Lowry (vet min)
Council
16 pick
Covington (vet min)
Ultimately, we are prob better than last year just by shaking Tobias, but it’s a thin group, especially if Melton can’t be counted on. You could prob start a healthy Melton, but ideally they could use someone that could really shoot, and some bigger forwards.
I think PG would have to be all-star level PG because he is making so much money that it really hampers your ability to get some key players.
On the other hand, if he takes a 3 year, $126 million deal, we add that $10 million in cap space and can prob get enough parts to be vastly improved over last season. Paul George replacing Tobias is a massive upgrade. You can also find a starter to move Lowry to a smaller bench role. You hope Melton is healthy to be a key bench piece. You significantly upgrade Paul Reed. And we should be able to attract a few nice bench pieces for cheap.