If we strike out, we will probably pick up options on just enough of our players to get to the league minimum payroll.
REMEMER, this is all about NEXT YEAR. Great FA class, and better draft class too. Don't be swayed by the silly decisions other team are making now. STAY STRONG and stay the course.
What are you going to say after next year? Not sure I agree with you on all this add to the fact those players will just cost more next year and the draft doesn't come into the free agency conversation.
Huh?
1. The FA class next year is different players so "cost more" doesn't make any sense.
2. Next year, I am going to say "I told you so"
3. The draft is not relevant to FA, that's right. Just saying to not get caught up in the FA class and have a longer view of the team's future.
This seems to be the same hysteria we saw on draft night.
1. Different players doesn't mean we will have any better of a chance to land one. Home teams have the upper hand on signing their own free agents. The cap is going to go up so max contracts go up.
2. Highly doubt it!!
3. I'm fine with the long view but you also have to have a realistic view, more money doesn't = free agents coming here.
No, I agree. There's only so many times that you can say "this is about next year" or "wait until next summer."
Look at the free agents next summer, which ones would potentially come here? I say you mark off Curry, Westbrook, Paul, James, Durant, Giannis, and Gobert right off the bat. They're either staying with their respective teams on major max dollars (SC, LJ, KD, probably CP), a restricted free agent (so not going anywhere - GA, RG), or will be teaming up with someone else elsewhere to try and win a title (RW).
Griffin, Hayward, Galinari, and Lowry are the realistic targets next year (and Griffin is questionable at that), so I think if we're going to make a splash in free agency, it's going to come this year. We should be going all out to get two max or near-max level contracts. I'm either pairing KD/Horford, KD/Howard, or Horford/Howard together. This is the summer that we're going to have to do something.