ArthurVandelay wrote:MiamiSPX wrote:Dexjackson wrote:
Agreed 100%. You can already tell by his play style (high usage, lack of hustle, no defense, etc) that he is mainly concerned about him. I don't think he fits the team. What message would that send to our guys most of which who bust their tails off every night to bring in a high usage player who only plays on the offensive side? I don't like it one bit.
He saw how they took care of Beal and Wall ($) with zero results and expectations and has decided he wants that. Have at it then.
I’m playing devils advocate. I tend to agree with you and previous posters…..but
Or he feels they have some good young pieces as it is, they have quite a bit of cap space coming up, and another high lotto pick.
And another Orrrrrr….its like Masai said: guys get paid first and then worry about a team later.
He’s still just 27. I’m not surprised his priority is getting paid first. But even though I’m playing devils advocate I do tend to agree. Wanting to go to Washington…yuck
Yah that's the thing. Washington needs to reach the cap floor and they can do it pretty easily by over-paying Trae for a couple seasons. I don't think it indicates anything megative about him. Of course players want to maximize cash.
This is also why Houston paid Fred 2/80 when they did. I don't see why anyone would criticize a player for doing it. Plus the wizards have a bunch of spins at the roullette wheel. Tons of prospects plus two more incoming picks this summer. I wouldnt be surprised if they offered to extend Trae another year because they won't need to start spending money until summer 2028 and they need to hit the floor in the meantime.
Fact is...any team that is currently competing was probably gonna ask him to opt out and sign 2/80 but there's no reason why wizards won't pay him 2/100 or hell, 2/110. No competing team probably wants to do that (and no other tanking team has the expiring - mccollum - to get it done easily).
Sure guys like to win....but it's not worth 20 or 30 million bucks.
Too bad. I'm starting to wonder if raps should just stand pat. Seems that the opportunity to get better is at the 2 guard positions....and there's just nothing that constitutes an upside opportunity for now.
Maybe things in cleveland continue to get worse....donovan mitchell starts acting like a brat....and we get a shot at Garland.
