martin wrote:Philc1 wrote:Panos wrote:How much is Mitch worth given that opponents can remove him from the game any time they want?
I'm not saying he's worthless, he's an impact player but limited minutes.
Problem is the Knicks would have to figure out how to replace Mitch and do it low budget. Huk is not a suitable replacement. They could trade for Hartenstein who will be on the last year of his contract and OKC wants to get rid of him but his annual salary is more than what Mitch would get from us or on open market so we go over second apron anyway. Now Hartenstein would be on essentially a one year deal however and penalties for second apron don’t kick in until another year.
OKC does have a team option on Hartenstein that they will likely opt out on. So I guess Hartenstein would need a brand new contract which again probably takes us over second apron
I do wonder what OKC will do this summer. iHart with the $28M team option. Chet and Jalen Williams salaries jump by $30m+ each from this year to next. Right now they are projected at $250M with two first round draft picks incoming.
Going to be a wild summer.
Between iHart and Dort OKC has about 50 million in team options that don't have to be picked up until July 6, about two weeks after the draft. If OKC doesn't win it all again this season, they can offer a lot of different and attractive packages for Giannis.
