In that same paragraph it says "remain open to the idea of re-signing next summer"
It's nothing like 'risk arbitrage', it's flawed logic
Right, this is exactly my line of thinking. If they don't want the players, fine, but it should be easy enough to flip them to another team either now or at the deadline for a good return on top of the two included first rounders. I'm just not seeing proposed offers that are better than this other than arguably Love, and they don't seem interested in him. Maybe someone will step up with a dumb offer, but I don't think it will be Danny because all signs are pointing to PG playing in LA next year.
I agree. I also think that the Pacers must have thought that DA wasn't budging and giving up picks for a rental for a guy who's adamant about not sticking around
Obviously they really like one of those players for some reason (Dipo, I guess), because there's no way this was objectively the best offer.
Given his contract I'd take Oladipo over either of them. But Sabonis is garbage---an odd deal in that Indiana isn't close and is losing ground relative to last year here, without getting picks
No, this trade is all about convincing Russ to sign a super-max contract NOW -- to nail him down for another five years.
Wait what? Oladipo I believe has 3 years and 63 million left. Crowder has 3 years and 21 million left on his contract.....and that makes Oladipo more valuable?
Didn't he need to land Hayward first? I wonder why the Pacers took a garbage haul now and didn't wait.
Wait.... you think paying Victor Oladipo 21M a year for 4 years is GOOD?? compared with about 21M OVER 3 years for Crowder (who is the better player)?
Right. You can't blame Danny for other GM's being scared shitless by him. We likely had the best offer on the table, but you can't force the Pacers to take it. Oh well, that Lakers pick is looking good for next year.
Because PG has made clear that he's headed to the LAL in 2018, so trading real assets to get him for one season seems pointless?
>20% of your cap space on Victor Oladipo is the wrong answer to any question
It also says "other potential pieces to the deal were not immediately known". So you could be right.
I be;lieve the floor is 85%? Doesn't matter though since the only punishment for not making the floor is that you pay out the leftover money to the guys on the roster. 4/85 for Oladipo is just terrible.
I would take that in a heartbeat over Dipo/Saboni (and NO PICK?) But beyond that... do we really think those 2 deals were going away if he waited a few days? A few weeks? Put pressure on OKC when Russ doesn't sign the extension, or Boston if they miss out on Hayward. It was just a bizarre settling for low value right away.
The best part is that 2 hours ago I read tweets from half a dozen NBA "experts" saying Indiana was perfectly willing to wait to see how FA pans out.
They clearly didn't want to. And we're operating from imperfect info as to why. I would bet they are not.
