THE J0KER wrote:The Clippers was a team with the highest paid salary cap but still managed so far to get Hyland, Plumlee, Eric Gordon, and get rid of John Wall.
Don't forget the Clippers got out of Kennard's deal. The dude has looked stiff out there and you wonder if it's his tendonitis flaring up that's causing him to not shoot as much. The plus side is that the Clippers got out of his deal a year early and if Gordon's cooked then they could decline his option and save a bunch of money on their tax bill/trade him to another team to recirculate salary.
I'm baffled that the Nuggets didn't send Hyland to Charlotte and use the TPE to acquire Royce O'Neale from Brooklyn. If anything they could've done the following:
Denver: Royce O'Neale(via Monte Morris TPE), Mason Plumlee
Charlotte: Bones Hyland, Davon Reed, Ish Smith
Brooklyn: 4 2nds(lowest of Charlotte's 2nds in this year's draft+future Nuggets 2nds)
-Denver would've gotten another 3+D player locked into next season in O'Neale where Bruce Brown could be the 2nd unit pg while Mason Plumlee would've been able to give Jokic rest not to mention Plums is basically a dollar store Jokic minus the shooting range/FT shot. Oh and you secure his bird rights while Kamagate is playing in the g-league to acclimate.
-Charlotte would've gotten an opportunity to work with Hyland in the hopes a fresh start could help out not to mention it'd beat out cutting Reggie Jackson.
-Brooklyn would've gotten under the luxury tax clearing out the logjam of 3+D players not to mention they'd be able to resign Cam Johnson w/o worrying about going over the tax and they'd be saving 13M in tax payments+9.5M in future salary.
Nuggets could've then filled out the roster with whoever was on the buyout market. They missed a great opportunity to shore up their bench and I think they'll rue this missed chance as the Suns have gotten better(they're basically injury prone but if healthy will be a headache).