BobbieL wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:BobbieL wrote:
I would probably do that deal with Dallas
My guess, the market for Klay would be better than Grant Williams - -wonder if you could flip Klay for Duncan Robinson to get the cap space a year earlier....
If I could get an equitable expiring for Thimpson, I'd definitely consider that man. Although, I'd personally prefer the two early 2nds in this draft as they could yield some very exciting cost controlled high end athletic talent that could be very impactful for our core and possibly even provide immediate impact value too just as players like Gillespie, Dunn, and Oso have provided!
Key names for me just in that specific range could be................. Sergio de Larrea a 6'6 milosTeosodic), Alex Condon ( a more physical Eubanks), Maxime Raynaud ( a Pau Gasol/ Sengun mix), Rocco Zisarky (for those who want a 7'3 lanky Gobert defensive center), Isiah Evans ( Mikal Bridges prospect with elite shooting/ scoring upside), Boogie Fland (basically another Dillingham/ Quickley).
All could offer unique impact/ value for us.
And I'd add Grant Williams because it'd allow me to more easily replace/ trade O'neale with him. Gleaming even more assets back for our cache we'd be low key rebuilding.
Fair enough -- Charlotte can figure out what team to flip Klay too.
Grant Williams does expire in 2027 - -so that would be the right timeline as Beal will be cap space in the summer of 2027 if bought out.
Ishbia probably saves $100m if he buys out Beal for $90m
This is why keeping Beal and letting him expire, trading him as an enormous expiring contract next summer, or waiting until the 26' season to buy him out makes much more sense than buying him out early this summer and having at least $20 million in (dead money) cap tied up from him and also we'd still have Littles' 3.1 million on our cap too till 2031. Altogether, close to 25 million tied up in our cap that will restrict us from making any significant moves whatsoever for the next 5-6 years and well into our rebuild.
That becomes a critically important consideration because it would also take us out of even being able to sign any big names in 27' free agency. And there are definitely star, superstar, and even franchise cornerstone and high-level impact starters amongst these lists of UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS for that very summer!!
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/_/year/2027/type/ufaNames like:
Steph Curry, Dame Lillard, Jimmy Butler, Kwahi Leeonard, Zach Lavine, Luka Doncic, Tre Young, Shai Gilgeous Alexander, Jordan Poole, Tyler Herro, Isiah Hartenstein, Andrew Wiggins, RJ Barrett, Draymond Green, Miles Bridges, Cam Johnson, DeAndre' Hunter, Kyle Kuzma, KCP, Dillon Brooks, Jacob Poetl, Keldon Johnson, Bojan Bogdanovic, Klay Thompson, Lugen Dortz, Max Strus, Josh Green, Austin Reeves, Herb Jones, Grant Williams, Cole Anthony, Brandon Clarke, Donta DiVincenzo, Aaron Nesmith, Isaac Okoro, Jonas Valuncias, Lonzo Ball, Derrick Jones Jr, Kyle Anderson, Jaleen Smith, Naji Marshall, Goga Bidatze, Jock Landale, Kenrich Williams, Saddiq Bey, John Konchar, Toumani Camara, Andree Jackson, GG Jackson, Kris Dunn, Milees McBride, Jose Alvarado, Trace Jackson Davis, Keon ellis and many others!
Buying Beal out because people are in their feelings would be an egregiously ignorant and shortsighted decision that would absolutely restrict us from being able to bid/ sign any of these star/supeerstar/franchise cornerstone big names available to add with Booker if the plan is to keep him and try and beee competitive at all?? It would honestly be incredibly shortsighted and stupid to waive/ stretch or buy out Beal if you just look at the names I've shared that will be available in 2027 with him coming off our books would afford us close to $60 million to completely revamp our roster being able to add another big name possibly even two big names, or else a big name and high end quality depth!
The very best and smartest plan we could possibly pursue would be to trade KD for a package of young cost cost-controlled athletic players, expirings and picks! Then, load up on cost-controlled, elite athletic, explosive, physical, high-end talent from the draft. And then either trade Beal the following season (2026) as a gigantic expiring for a package of players, picks, or for another star that might be disgruntled but has a longer deal and a team is looking to get off of significant money? OR even better, just let him play out his deal here, coming off of the bench in a super 6th man role and then we'd have upwards of 90-100 million in total cap to add one or two big impact players to Booker and also already have young exciting core pieces to place around those stars or us in trades for other key players/ more picks to keep farming talent/picks for sustainability!!
hold onto Beal for another season, bringing him off of the bench to bolster our scoring as Booker sits to rest,
