Smirk wrote:Pretty funny how many people don't understand it from the Pels perspective.
They are not a team that can let someone expire because it does them zero good, so they have to move the contract down the road.
They flip McCollum (who is washed) and Olynyk for two younger players that are talented but distressed. So you try and rehabilitate them to see if you can flip in the future. You kick the salary can down the road and can trade them next year if necessary as salary.
Poole as much as people hate them quietly had a good year in Wash last year.
It gives you about 7 million dollars more room from the Tax Line, and waiving Elf Payton gives you about 10 total, giving you much more flexibility.
Next, you move Bey into a trade exception, which creates one for Olynyk. Now you have two, the BI and KO ones, and the full MLE at your disposal.
Its actually an incredibly smart move which is shocking for the Pels.
This actually makes a lot of sense. Thank You
