og15 wrote: Mann was actually dumped because of his contract, he has 3 years / $47 million. Bogdanovic has 2 years / $32 million, but his second year is a team option.
Guys like Mann and Kennard are stabilizing players, but not needle movers, these are the guys who do get moved in these situations. Eric Gordon was expiring and brought a somewhat similar skillset.
The team essentially gets out of two more years of contract. While there's also some different ability related reasons, the primary reason is what everyone is managing, which are those aprons.
It's hard to justify paying $100 million in tax for a $15 million guy multiple seasons in a row.
If we think it's all about basketball ability and skills, we're missing the forest for the trees. Salary moves do have to be made.
GREAT point. Plus losing your MLE and being able to sign guys in the buyout market. Geez, it cost the Hawks the #22 pick to dump Mann on the Nets!
