smackeddog wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Let's tank every year!
Seriously, I don't disagree but I'd like to get out of as many of our overpaid vets' contracts as possible. It's probably going to take too much time and effort to trade Melo and subtract from time that could be spent on other moves, though. Noah is the team's worst contract.
We don't need maximum cap room- shift Melo, trade or Waive Rose, and we have more than enough to use. Why do we need more than $30, $40mil free? Noah's contract is red herring, I don't know why people are obsessed with it.
I didn't necessarily say cap room. If you can get a player who helps the team win more than those guys do or if you can get draft picks, it's worthwhile. We're paying Rolex prices for imitation Rolexes with these guys though, and if you can get out of it, that's better than continuing to overpay. If Phil actually learned from his mistakes, he will make better decisions with newly acquired cap space (if we do get cap space for the players). A smart GM should be able to get 2 or 3 guys who are EACH BETTER than Noah for the price of his contract. KOQ and Willy are already better than he is and they together make less than him. Same idea applies to Melo and Lee.