10giz wrote:Any chance ORL would consider moving Bamba?
He's an RFA ($22,706,228 QO) and will almost assuredly receiving a massive if not max deal from someone. Does ORL want to put that on their books considering how far they are from contention?
Especially with ORL likely drafting in the top 3-5 this upcoming draft with Smith, Banchero and Holmgren incoming. They already gave Carter 4/50 (great deal - descending cap hit) too.
He's the type of player I see our FO targeting. Someone who's upside hasn't even been scratched yet, young, and can potentially be under team control long term.
Unlikely but would be a great fit for us.
Would love to take a flyer on Bamba but I think there are some challenges.
Orlando has Isaac and WCJ locked up long term at the 4/5.
Neither deal is exactly a break the bank deal as with both they are committed to around 32m total next season.
The Magic will also be around 84m in committed salary before signing Bamba which is well below the 112m cap.
While he has doubled his minutes his production hasn't increased the way I would hoped to see in nearly 30MPG,
I think that he likely ends up with a deal somewhere in the WCJ to Isaac range this summer which really isnt all that awful when you consider that the Magic don't have to worry about signing their new-ish young core for a few more seasons and you have Harris off the books this summer and Ross the following summer.
Any motivation to move Bamba has to be directly tied to if and when Isaac comes back and how he plays next to either WCJ or Bamba, so we may be off a ways from that even being a topic.