Definitely a very dumb move and makes things harder, but they would definitely be a contender if they had Embiid and someone like Lillard.yuuby wrote:If you are paying Tobias Harris 30% of the cap you will never be a contender.
The fact that Brand and company traded 2 firsts and Shamet for a 3 month rental for the privlidge to then pay him the 5 year near max is unconcious. They should have been all fired for that trade.
When Harris refused the 4 year 88 million extension the Clippers offered him at the start of that season I thought he was crazy. Somehow he found a team dumb enough to give him 5 years 180 million.
Obviously with hindsight, but makes you wonder how this team would have looked if they just kept Butler, fired Brown (happened anyway), traded Simmons (going to happen) at max value and held onto or traded those assets they ended up using for Tobias on complimentary pieces instead.
At least we can be happy Morey is in charge now.









