Yeah, I agree with what you're saying. It also meant Vlade signed a bunch of players that conflicted with who he had already so no matter how "cheap" we know that it can become an issue later on. Hence why if you aren't just in the process of acquiring assets or talent then fit isn't everything, it's the only thing. So far, the "value" guy people were wanting without much thought was Bogdan and Monte never even tried because he was smart enough to realize the catastrophe rotation wise it would have been. Well, that kind of explains Donte's situation right now. If Monte goes all in on trades then he doesn't have to really worry about the cap since he can actually shape his team with some level of guarantee. That might end up the best option possible considering max space does usually end up with fall back plans. That was Vlades issue. He went for gold (Lavine types) and settled for role guys who kind of got in the way of one another (Dedmon/Holmes types). Monte just can't afford to add 10 million here, keeping 11 million there, drafting a higher lotto pick at 7-8 million there, and another to follow if these chess moves are actually what they kind of look like. It's set up to be them coming into a summer with a max slot, Fox/Davion/Sabonis/this years pick/that years pick/and rights on Barnes. That's the textbook of how you do it right there. And again, we've seen what problems can arise even having one extra Jason Thompson on the cap sheet.
