Does Fox's upcoming contract extension impact whether or not SA going after Giannis? He has one year left and Wemby has two years left. Giannis is at about $60M per year the next three years.
This.
It would take around 100 people to be in on this conspiracy and it's impossible to keep a secret anymore.
Conspiracies are for people who want to assign order to what is chaos.
My two cents would that SA would be better off taking that Ace Bailey long term, assuming he can shoot. You'd have Wemby, Bailey, Fox, and Castle. That's a helluva young core for literally the next decade. MIL would want at minimum Castle and the #2 pick in addition to other assets.
Giannis also has $175M left over three years.
That's like saying if Scarlett Johansson would sleep with me if I were literally the last man on earth. "If Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis are healthy..."
The problem is the timeline of the Dallas roster. Irving and AD are 33 and 32 respectively and Irving likely won't play until 26/27 when he'll be 35. With AD, this is Anthony Davis we're talking about so who knows how much longer he'll hang on?
By the time Flagg enters his peak phase in 3-4 years, Irving and Davis will be long gone. Contrarian take here but Dallas should trade AD for young assets and draft picks. Not sure what to do with Irving.
OKC has a shit load of picks from bad teams in the future.
The thing is, OKC might not want to be in the Giannis business at $175M over the next 3 years.
He'd be stupid to do that but he prolly doesn't have a choice.
The thing about OKC, they could do this and more if for no other reason to keep Giannis away from SA or Houston.
I had wondered that. Kyrie isn't supposed to be back next year and even if he does come back, it'll be late. AD will miss time like clockwork and with his and Kyrie's ages and injury histories, you have to wonder how much time they really have left.
I suspect if OKC does't win a title this year or next, they'll be all over that 26 draft. I don't think they make a move this year regardless of what happens.
The power imbalance between the East and West is already bad and now it's insane. The Texas teams and OKC are all better than any team in the East over the next few years. Minny and Denver aren't in terrible spots, either.
Lakers are quite a way back.
Jokic is a fucking load and only OKC has the personnel to deal with him. It's a testament to Denver's roster how good he is. Murray and Gordon are good but that's about it. OKC is throwing two bigs out there with some help and that's derailing him. If not for Gordon hitting some late game shots, this series is a sweep. What's surprising is how bad OKC's offense is in the playoffs.