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WuTang_OG · Post #1781 » by **WuTang_OG** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:25 pm

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TimeForChange · Post #1782 » by **TimeForChange** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:27 pm

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PushDaRock · Post #1783 » by **PushDaRock** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:34 pm

WuTang_OG wrote:bonkers

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Could have gotten even more AAV and a 5th year guaranteed by waiting till next offseason but assuming he has a player option, this sets himself up for another massive extension when he's still 31/32.

Probably win/win for both sides because this will make it a bit easier for OKC to navigate on a lower yearly salary that he could have taken.

TimeForChange · Post #1784 » by **TimeForChange** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:34 pm

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ArthurVandelay · Post #1785 » by **ArthurVandelay** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:36 pm

Tha Cynic wrote:Have we now come full circle to how we should have kept Siakam? Revisionist history is funny. Want to go back a couple of seasons and see what people were saying about Siakam and what the Raptors should do?

Grange himself was saying they should probably trade Siakam

Raptor media had a freak out because they didn’t take Hunter, AJ, and a couple of seconds.

causal_fan · Post #1786 » by **causal_fan** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:41 pm

WuTang_OG wrote:bonkers

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That is bonkers - I wonder if more teams will do what Dallas did and entertain trades for their supermax player rather than pay that type of money - has to be very tempting.

TimeForChange · Post #1787 » by **TimeForChange** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:43 pm

causal_fan · Post #1788 » by **causal_fan** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:44 pm

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Whichever team signs Ayton will be the loser - he's a minimum effort guy.

Zeno · Post #1789 » by **Zeno** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:46 pm

causal_fan wrote:
WuTang_OG wrote:bonkers

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That is bonkers - I wonder if more teams will do what Dallas did and entertain trades for their supermax player rather than pay that type of money - has to be very tempting.

I know with winning the championship, they won’t but if Chet or J dub want supermax language in their extensions , they should look to trade them. It will become none viable if they qualify. If they can just get both on normal maxes they might be able to deal with it.

TimeForChange · Post #1790 » by **TimeForChange** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:47 pm

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PushDaRock · Post #1791 » by **PushDaRock** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:50 pm

Zeno wrote:
causal_fan wrote:
WuTang_OG wrote:bonkers

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That is bonkers - I wonder if more teams will do what Dallas did and entertain trades for their supermax player rather than pay that type of money - has to be very tempting.

I know with winning the championship, they won’t but if Chet or J dub want supermax language in their extensions , they should look to trade them. It will become none viable if they qualify. If they can just get both on normal maxes they might be able to deal with it.

Yeah no chance of that, any player that gets the max gets the supermax possibility written in there.

Zeno · Post #1792 » by **Zeno** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:50 pm

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Nice of the Blazers to get that out there after he gave up 10 million to enter free agency.

OakleyDokely · Post #1793 » by **OakleyDokely** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:55 pm

JWilliams is also max extension eligible this offseason. That team gets very expensive very soon. I think they likely have to choose between Chet/Jwill at some point.

Zeno · Post #1794 » by **Zeno** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:00 pm

OakleyDokely wrote:JWilliams is also max extension eligible this offseason. That team gets very expensive very soon. I think they likely have to choose between Chet/Jwill at some point.

I think they have to avoid supermax language in their deals and perhaps put injury language in Chet’s deal. Maybe Chet they get a very slight discount on Chet from the max.

TimeForChange · Post #1795 » by **TimeForChange** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:00 pm

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Bruin · Post #1796 » by **Bruin** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:08 pm

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MiamiSPX · Post #1797 » by **MiamiSPX** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:10 pm

That doesn't stun me. Last year Turner spoke pretty candidly about how frustrating it was to be in annual trade rumors and he said it was the first year he was actually happy in Indiana. He pretty much admitted that he had hated most of him time there up until that point.

_MidNight_ · Post #1798 » by **_MidNight_** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:11 pm

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Wow! Big loss for Indiana.

TimeForChange · Post #1799 » by **TimeForChange** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:12 pm

good for the bucks

TimeForChange · Post #1800 » by **TimeForChange** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:13 pm

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