I mentioned this in the other thread, but I keep thinking about why the Hayward contract is structured so unusually.
Instead of the standard raised paying him 27.9M, 29.3M, 30.7M, and 32.1M he got 28.5M, 29.9M, 30.1M, and 31.5M
Why structure it with such a tiny change there? They might save an extra 120 grand in year one and two if the BRI doesn't hit the mark and they get to keep the extra escrow money. Did they really fight over 240K over a 120M dollar contract? Or, was that structure done at the request of Boston?
As I said in the other post, there is only one guy in the league that fits into a 28.5M TPE, but not a 27.9M TPE, and that's Otto Porter.
As he's on one of the few teams that seems to know they're rebuilding, and in the last year of his deal, could he be moved?
For the Celtics to acquire Porter, and get under the 138M apron that they're hard capped at, they'd have to move Langford and Rob Williams(this assumes Teague is at the minimum and Javonte released) and they'd just slide under the apron but leave them at 13 players.
But if they moved Langford and Theis, they'd have room to sign two veteran minimums for the last two spots, say a veteran center like Dedmon to take Theis spot and a veteran shooter like Allen Crabbe to take Javontes spot.
The Thompson signing would make a ton more sense to me if they signed him to be the starter. Maybe they've talked numbers with Theis and feel they can't keep him next year, so they'd move him now rather than lose him?(I would hate losing Theis, I love the guy)
If they could get Porter extended at a much lower number long term, I think I would do it.
Give me a lineup of
Thompson
Tatum
Porter
Jaylen
Kemba
Smart
Teague
GrantWill
Dedmon
RobWill
Nesmith
Crabbe
Semi
Pritchard
Carsen
Almost definitely a longshot, but I can't get past why that tiny adjustment in Haywards contract.
What is very definite, I have too much time on my hands.