Agree totally. Bridges has the best contract. Siakam is an All NBA talent, 29 yrs. old. is not old. Brown is very talented. A change of venue might be great for him. Not sure he's worth a super max.
Grant is a crappy rebounder at PF. He really needs to be moved to SF and we need a competent PF. With that said, I wouldn't turn down any All-Star at the SF or PF position (just prefer the latter).
I think Brown is the best talent of all three. But Bridges' contract is awesome especially with the upcoming more restrictive CBA cap rules. As far as best fit with Dame, I'm torn between Pascal and Brown. Bridges is a swiss army knife that fits with anyone but I feel he's a step below talent wise from the other two especially as a go-to guy offensively. Another factor, think there's a lot of duplication between Sharpe and Jaylen. Needless to say, I'm onboard trading Ant + 3 for either of the three.
Good news is we can't pay him that even if we wanted to. Probably would take that over Towns though just because of position.
Over 5 years. The 5 for 250 is just a standard max contract that many players will get as the cap goes up. Yeah its a crazy huge amount, but every allstar or near allstar will be getting that amount or more in a few years.
Problem is Grant can't defend mobile players 1 on 1 such as many SF. He's better as a help defender at PF. Yeah the rebounding is an issue that needs to be addressed too - but I'd argue the defense giving up good shots with Grant at SF is a much larger problem.
Yeah I think a lot of Blazers fans don't realize its only Boston that is able to offer that $295 supermax. The Blazers can never give that to Brown. Its an odd side effect of the CBA - teams are sort of incentivized to trade away an All-Star that is not MVP level to another team. Sacramento did this with Demarcus Cousins because they didn't want to give him the supermax.
Simmons highlighted the big change in the CBA on his sunday pod. Essentially the most important consideration has to be the addition of the second apron above the tax at close to 180 mil. Above that number, it gets very very restrictive to either add players or make changes if it doesn't work. Dame/Brown/Grant could add up to 130 mil leaving 50 for the other 12 players.
I didn't know you bought into a piece of the team. I'm invested with my heart. But the money, if they can make it work, whether it be Siakam or Brown doesn't terrify me one bit. At 59, the lack of affordable housing going forward, scares me half to death.
But i work hard, and i'm sure Nate Bishop can hook me up with some nice, clean, comfortable housing for 500 per month. What my budget can really handle right now.
