Sixerscan wrote:the_process wrote:youngcrev wrote:
I think trading for him in general is probably off the table if they aren't at least open to re-signing him.
Regardless, are expecting this team to try and duck the tax in 2 of the next 3 years while their star is playing at an MVP level? I mean, Daryl's got experience doing that for a cheap owner, but I have to imagine taking those cuffs off of him was part of the selling point on coming here
If that's the case maybe we should be focusing more of salary dump idea to get them under this year with the caveat that they're "opening up roster spots for buyout guys"
12M a year certainly didn't hurt.
The Harris group sends mixed messages, but until further notice IMO we should err on the side of assuming they will cheap out on repeater tax. Because they have been bad owners up to this point.
Well the only way for them to prove they would pay the repeater tax is by actually paying the repeater tax. And trading Green for someone they could sign is a step towards doing that.
The logic just seems kind of circular here.
Yeah. It’s tough to discuss potential moves without knowing for certain they will continue to pay the tax. I never thought they were cheap in the Hinkie/Colangelo years. The reason we had a small payroll was because we weren’t wasting cap space when we weren’t ready to compete. We had to make moves just to hit the floor at times. Josh Harris wasn’t really faced with an opportunity to spend until the Embiid, Simmons, Harris, Hortford contracts hit.
Over the last year, him being the first owner to try to cut and reduce pay of employees early in the pandemic was definitely a reminder that he has his eye on the bottom line. Then after the Hortford trade, Sixers Beat, if I’m paraphrasing correctly, discussed the likelihood of Morey needing to get under the luxury tax enough to use their midlevel while staying under the tax threshold this summer. If the roster doesn’t have a legit chance to win a title, I don’t see him approving the steep repeater penalties to get stuck in the second round again. However, ownership has shown they’ll shell out big money if it helps the value of the franchise. Looking at the practice facility, contracts of our star players, etc, so I think they would pay under the right circumstances.
I think Ive come to the conclusion reading between the lines, any move to re-sign a player and exceed the tax threshold has to be sold to ownership as a championship addition. So if Morey makes a trade for an expiring contract, like Lowry, I can’t give it a complete grade until we re-sign the player. In contrasting with Jimmy Butler, we gave up no young players or picks, and maintained cap room to sign another max player, so that trade had little long term downside. Sending out a pick or Maxey, not getting to the finals, then letting the player walk would be dumb. If they think Lowry puts us as a favorite to come out of the East, then you have to do it, but I’m not seeing it.
