jayu70 wrote:Jamaaliver wrote:...over $100 million for a starting five that will progressively get worse as Millsap and Dwight age.
Is that wise long-term? In the summer of 2018, we'd have no feasible way to improve our roster or fill out the bench.
I've previously commented on a possible approach earlier in the thread.
Millsap and Dwight will be the only 2 players over 30 and 'past their prime'. Bazemore will be 29 in 2018 with 1+1 left on his current deal.
Dwight will have 1 year left on his contract in 2018 - 1. he can be traded, 2. he can be released and his remaining salary stretched over 4 years, so he'll count as $5 mil salary.
Bazemore can be traded, it will be tough to find a taker TODAY given the way he started this season (his January numbers are now respectable though), but you are talking 2018 (no one thought we would find a taker for Joe's contract, all it takes is one - he will have less years by then). He can also be stretched over 5 years but his option year will have to be included. Amnesty? will have to check new CBA.
The NBA has always been moving parts and pieces, never static.
Okay