eyriq wrote:MagicMatic wrote:eyriq wrote:
This literally makes no sense.
What are you confused about?
The ideas don't connect.
Idea 1: Paolo and Franz are going to sign max extensions
Idea 2: Therefore we can't extend Fultz and Cole
They are literally independent. We can do both.
So what I'm confused about is why you think they are dependent.
A tangential point is that the meta of roster building is probably changing due to the new CBA. Players aren't leaving so much in free agency as they are leaving via trades. An example of this is the Utah Jazz, who just extended Jordan Clarkson. Roster spots that are tradeable are more valuable now then they were before, just as cap space is less valuable.
But they aren't
Teams work under restricted salary cap.
If your team today, is 34-40 wins team and that same team has Fultz, Suggs, Cole, Black, Franz and Banchero on cumulative salary of $47M your team's $136M salary cap, how execlly your team will get better if
same players make $130M in three years on some projected $180M salary cap? Internal growth won't make you 60 wins team and at some point OTHER players will be leaving or resigned and push you at luxury margin.
Now they make 34% of cap space, in future they will make around 72% !
Leaving via free agency nor trades doesn't really matter. They leave when they don't feel like team is doing everything in their power to maximise roster. They also demand trades and grant you wish lists. What Magic are doing with guard rotation is laughable on so many levels.
Our starting PG is unrestricted free agent in 2024.
Our backup PG/SG is restricted free agent. (Cole) in 2024.
Our other backup PG/SG, praised lottery pick from two years ago is also - eligiable for exstension after THIS season and RFA next year.
And we just drafted rookie PG with 6th overall pick.
But while all this is happening at PG, we really have no starting level SG, rather keep Harris with yet another wishy-washy approach when his contract was made, much like it was case with Ingles, Bamba and Mortiz. Putting money into 1+1 contracts just means they are unsure what execlly they want. Those contracts really are nothing different than Jeff Green's tennure here. People just elected to be outraged about Hennigan deals more, despite fact Weltman is "Hennigannning" salary cap with his contracts every year. ( i guess they didn't trade Oladipo for Ibaka so they aren't outraged, but still, most people here were actually thrilled about when that happened so...).
Anyhow, Black, drafted as college PG, probably won't even play PG for us in rookie year because there simply outright there isn't PG spot for him to play.
Jett Howard probably won't even be in active rotation for more than 40-50 games, if that, since we signed Ingles who on paper does the same things, just is way more experienced.
Yes, you don't draft players just because their rookie seasons to play, but you are also wasting yet another season "evaluating" something that doesn't need to be evaluated any further. Fultz isn't starting level PG on championship team ( maybe if other 2 players happend to be two- top 5 players?) , Harris isn't starting level guard any more. Cole and Suggs probably want to be more than NBA backups in future,especially going into contract years.
Why is so hard to move one of Fultz- Suggs- Cole for let's say backup C and create more fluid rotation?
Why it's so hard to figure Wendell Carter is injury prone and you simply CAN'T be in hunt for playoffs with C who is always on pace to miss 40% of season with some of the worst backups at C aveliable? Mortiz, Goga, won't cut it. They are fringe nba players.
I simply don't understand what's so hard here to figure. Roster menagment is key for sucess. That includes salary menagment. Re-singing everybody on fringe playoff team won't make your roster better. it will just make you expensive mediocre team.
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. -John Lennon
