andyhop wrote:winforlose wrote:andyhop wrote:
The tax money is for a specific player though , unless you have a plan to salary dump one of the starters.
That is not the right way to assess it. For example, let’s say you acquire player X and he costs 13 million. Let’s also say now you are 11 million over the tax. Well you could trade a different player for cap space and get closer to being under the tax. Player X’s money didn’t change, they still make 13. But the tax hit is not 13 times the multiplier. The tax is paid across the whole roster because that is how it functions. As for the specific cost, our ownership clearly knew where things were headed when they gave KAT a supermax, traded for Rudy, extended Ant, Jaden, and Naz, and traded for Mike. We are experiencing record profits, and this is a record start. This is not a coincidence.
It doesn't matter that everyone contributes to a team paying the tax, when you add someone who comes with a tax bill that cost attaches to them when you are considering the cost value relationship.
I think that ownerships vision was the core, draft picks and min salary players but time will tell.
You don’t seem to follow the point. The tax bill is not tied directly to the player in question because subsequent moves can alter the equation. Your argument is if we bring in player 15 they cost us X in tax. But if we trade WMJ then player 15 costs no tax because we are under the tax. My other point was that if Lore and Arod believed that Tyus wins us a chip, they would pay Tyus and let the tax be damned. Likewise if the same could be said of trading KAT for X or Kyle for X or whoever for X then they would trade for X.
Ownerships vision is the championship. You don’t trade all your draft flexibility until 2030 and only be able to win the lottery in 24 and 28 to not win it all. They knew going in they were keeping Naz and Jaden, and they figured out they couldn’t pull it off with Dlo. The problem with Conley is that he is old and we have no heir apparent. Turning Ant into an on ball guard is supposed to be a contingency, but his handle isn’t good enough, his BBIQ isn’t good enough, his passing isn’t good enough, and he is too immature to handle it. The vision was also Shake or WMJ being his PG but that vision obviously went to ****. Can you honestly tell me that you think we lose the Boston game if Conley is on the floor? Or we lose the Dallas game if Conley is running the offense with the ball in his hand in crunch time? If ownership wants to win now, they will acquire a PG so Ant isn’t the on ball guard in crunch time.
