They got Caruso who is shooting 26% from downtown and he only plays more than 50 games leading up to contract years.

Chet missed his entire rookie season and then played all games last year. 10 games so far this year and I don't know when he is expected to return, so he in the Mitch injury territory.

They got one of the better defenses but their half court offense struggles when SGA is not getting all the calls.

They are officially in the cap management territory after being below it for many years and now have to deal with that.

OKC got this year and next to figure things out before all the salary kicks in.

What would you do as GM?

                                                                               
Team Option
  
Player                       Age   2024-25     2025-26   2026-27    2027-28    2028-29
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander       26  35,859950  38,333050  40,806150
Isaiah Hartenstein            26  30,000000  28,500000  28,500000
Luguentz Dort                 25  16,500000  17,722222  17,722222
Isaiah Joe                    25  12,991650  12,362338  11,323006  11,323006
Chet Holmgren                 22  10,880640  13,731368
Aaron Wiggins                 25  10,514017   9,672897   8,831776   7,990655   7,990655
Alex Caruso                   30   9,890000
Kenrich Williams              30   6,669000   7,163000   7,163000
Cason Wallace                 21   5,555880   5,820240   7,420806
Ousmane Dieng                 21   5,027040   6,670882
Nikola Topic                  19   4,935960   5,182920   5,429760   7,482210
Jalen Williams                23   4,775760   6,580997
Dillon Jones                  23   2,622360   2,753280   2,884440   5,200646
Jaylin Williams               22   2,019699   2,187451
Team Totals                      160,339256 156,680645 130,081160  31,996517 7,990655

Their draft assets. I can't even follow what they have for this upcoming draft but it looks like 4 draft picks for 2025. https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/team

2025 - Own or swap for HOU 11-30 or LAC; more favorable of (i) PHX and (ii) less favorable of OKC and HOU 11-30 to HOU then other to BRK if HOU 11-30 more favorable than LAC (via OKC swap for HOU 11-30 or LAC; via PHX to BRK; via HOU swap of HOU or OKC for PHX); MIA 15-30 (via LAC); PHL 7-30; UTH 11-30

2026 - Two most / more favorable of OKC, HOU 5-30 and LAC then other to PHL (via OKC); MIA if not already settled (via LAC); PHL 5-30 if not already settled; UTH 9-30 if not already settled

2027 - Two most / more favorable of OKC, DEN 6-30 if DEN conveys 1st round pick to ORL in 2025, and LAC (via OKC swap of OKC or DEN for LAC); PHL 5-30 if not already settled

2028 - Own or swap for DAL; DEN 6-30 if not already settled and if DEN has conveyed 1st round pick to ORL by 2026

2029 - Own; DEN 6-30 if not already settled; or DEN 6-30 if DEN has conveyed a first potential 1st round pick to OKC by 2027

2030 - Own; DEN 6-30 if not already settled and if DEN has conveyed a first potential 1st round pick to OKC by 2028

2031 - Own

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Sounds like a Danny Ainge wet dream scenario

martin wrote:They got all the draft picks. They got young players they don't really need.

They got Caruso who is shooting 26% from downtown and he only plays more than 50 games leading up to contract years.

Chet missed his entire rookie season and then played all games last year. 10 games so far this year and I don't know when he is expected to return, so he in the Mitch injury territory.

They got one of the better defenses but their half court offense struggles when SGA is not getting all the calls.

They are officially in the cap management territory after being below it for many years and now have to deal with that.

OKC got this year and next to figure things out before all the salary kicks in.

What would you do as GM?

                                                                               
Team Option
  
Player                       Age   2024-25     2025-26   2026-27    2027-28    2028-29
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander       26  35,859950  38,333050  40,806150
Isaiah Hartenstein            26  30,000000  28,500000  28,500000
Luguentz Dort                 25  16,500000  17,722222  17,722222
Isaiah Joe                    25  12,991650  12,362338  11,323006  11,323006
Chet Holmgren                 22  10,880640  13,731368
Aaron Wiggins                 25  10,514017   9,672897   8,831776   7,990655   7,990655
Alex Caruso                   30   9,890000
Kenrich Williams              30   6,669000   7,163000   7,163000
Cason Wallace                 21   5,555880   5,820240   7,420806
Ousmane Dieng                 21   5,027040   6,670882
Nikola Topic                  19   4,935960   5,182920   5,429760   7,482210
Jalen Williams                23   4,775760   6,580997
Dillon Jones                  23   2,622360   2,753280   2,884440   5,200646
Jaylin Williams               22   2,019699   2,187451
Team Totals                      160,339256 156,680645 130,081160  31,996517 7,990655

Their draft assets. I can't even follow what they have for this upcoming draft but it looks like 4 draft picks for 2025. https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/team

2025 - Own or swap for HOU 11-30 or LAC; more favorable of (i) PHX and (ii) less favorable of OKC and HOU 11-30 to HOU then other to BRK if HOU 11-30 more favorable than LAC (via OKC swap for HOU 11-30 or LAC; via PHX to BRK; via HOU swap of HOU or OKC for PHX); MIA 15-30 (via LAC); PHL 7-30; UTH 11-30

2026 - Two most / more favorable of OKC, HOU 5-30 and LAC then other to PHL (via OKC); MIA if not already settled (via LAC); PHL 5-30 if not already settled; UTH 9-30 if not already settled

2027 - Two most / more favorable of OKC, DEN 6-30 if DEN conveys 1st round pick to ORL in 2025, and LAC (via OKC swap of OKC or DEN for LAC); PHL 5-30 if not already settled

2028 - Own or swap for DAL; DEN 6-30 if not already settled and if DEN has conveyed 1st round pick to ORL by 2026

2029 - Own; DEN 6-30 if not already settled; or DEN 6-30 if DEN has conveyed a first potential 1st round pick to OKC by 2027

2030 - Own; DEN 6-30 if not already settled and if DEN has conveyed a first potential 1st round pick to OKC by 2028

2031 - Own

You know a Mikal Bridges type of guy that can do everything on a given night but just fits in would be nice.

Fully healthy I think they have sufficient scorers with Shae/J-Will/Chet but another scorer/shooter that doesn’t muck anything up. Actually Durant return to OKC would be interesting.

SGA / JWilliams / Dortz / Holmgren / iHart

SGA is their stud. He gets his calls. Plays a solid all around game. Might pull an MVP some day.
Jalen Williams at the 2 is positional size advantage for a guy that can play 1-4.

Dortz is your primary wing defender and 3&D

Holmgren is your classic skinny tall guy with tremendous skills but health issues.

IHart is an advanced stat superstar but not skilled enough to be the primary player.

On paper, health aside, this works. Mismatches across the board. Depth, length and financial flexibility.

If I am OKC, I can use exceptions and free agency to keep the bench full.

I use draft picks to drive up the price competitively of any player that would “complete” another team. I mean, if I am the GM, maybe I’m looking to get more reliable at PF with a trade with Utah for Markannen. I’d at least keep that price up for anyone trying to get him.

If I see an upgrade at iHart, I probably pull that trigger. Maybe keep the price up on Sengun. Probably would have made a move on KAT if I were them, which makes NY’s timing that much better.

But, I’m a market maker as OKC GM. Using those assets to be in the conversations and keeping price up unless it suits me to let a player out of the division.

VDesai wrote:Maybe they have to do nothing. They have a top 5 team and could win this year and have enough assets where they could let guys go and have unlimited funnel of replacements for a decade. Core of SGA JWill and Chet stays in tact.

My question is, do you believe in Chet. The skills are there, but can he stay on the court?