Yep. I admit I thought the same thing. I was hesitant about the contracts ET and Crabbe received, but I was hoping one or both would live up to it. Many of us thought we got a nice deal for Hark and many in here were against signing Meyers.
This has to be a sign to come for GMs who splurged in the summer of 16. Kupchak is a UNC connection, so the whole nepotism thing continues with MJ.
Not surprised in the least. Cho seems like a nice enough guy - but his talent evaluation left a lot to be desired. As much as I complain about Olshey - NO is an upgrade from Cho.
Cho traded for Gerald Wallace (against his wishes). It was Chad Buchanan who traded Wallace for the pick that became Lillard.
If we didn't overpay we'd have a FULL Moe available this summer to sign a better player than Turner to a $8.3M or cheaper contract, instead of paying Turner $18M a year.
There is clearly some misconception that spending your entire wad of money means that you made smart decisions with player acquisition. I don't think anyone is advocating not spending money. Most of us are saying wait until you can find a difference maker. You don't pay $200 to eat at McDonalds - simply because in no way will they ever have that type of value. Likewise, you don't pay Crabbe $18M per year, or ET $17M per year. You don't pay Meyers $10M per year and HOPE they ever have that type of value. Crabbe is worth $7-8M, ET $5-6M, and Meyers $2-3M. If you can't acquire players at their real value - it's better to not acquire them at all. What's better - having $3M of dead cap space over the next 6 years (as a result of Crabbe) or having Connaughton for $2M? Having ET at $17M (that you can't even GIVE away) or Gerald Green, Gerald Henderson, Garrett Temple, or some other player paid at their actual value (or below)?
Stating that players are overpaid is a completely different discussion than the flexibility argument. They could've still retained Gerald Henderson. They could've still signed Gerald Green to a minimum contract as could the other 28 teams at any point before Houston did. They can still keep Connaughton. Sure, I'd rather have Garrett Temple at $8 million than Turner but you can say that about free agents every year and Turner was the better player heading into free agency that summer. I can't speak for @Denny Crane but I don't think anyone is claiming that the players they signed were smart moves. This discussion was about flexibility and the loss of it if not used.
A $5M hit to the cap and LT line hurt most teams, if not all. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/16859143/nba-salary-cap-projection-2017-18-season-lower-expected Salary-cap projection for 2017-18 season to be lower than expected The league previously projected the 2017-18 cap to hit $107 million but lowered that number to $102 million Thursday and lowered the luxury-tax-line projection from $127 million to $122 million.
Actually that's not the only thing that came out of the Noah trade. A short sighted person would conclude that, but by getting under the luxury tax it improves the ability to do better deals.
Man, that is a fact. It would not be difficult for Walton to "just" run Kerr's system. They both played for the same coach using the same system.
