I'm mostly inclined to agree even on his contract, but the reality is those other two were here when we brought him in which created a heaping mess. Obviously Deebo was a huge swing and miss and probably broke the Beam Team's back.
and yet we're seeing with Kuminga that they are playing hardball when before I think the team wouldn't have blinked. We also saw Jabari Smith Jr. get less than a max deal and I suspect that is also why Keegan is taking his time to sign an extension when I think prior to this CBA both of those guys would have got the non-Rose max deal without a second thought.
Yes it’s frustrating, but theoretically these rules should help small markets that play thing smart.
While I am not the biggest LaVine fan it was better to take him on than some of the unplayable guys San Antonio was offering. I guess we should have just let Fox destroy the team and blown it up this summer but not sure what other fallout that would have had.
The new CBA blew that out of the water all to (in theory) punish Ballmer and other big bucks new owners who were trying to buy instant contenders by manipulating their effective cap through trades. This really began in overdrive when Golden State lost Durant but somehow managed to make it a sign and trade so they could operate way over the cap.
It’s easy to second guess. You shouldn’t think about it that way. You should ask if at the time someone would have been willing to give up something of value. But let’s move on with the new GM and not dwell on the past.
Less about second guessing than the basis for my overall post-Monte evaluation that he was too hasty to make deals and consistently left value on the table to secure his targets. I am hopeful Perry will be a little more hardball and walk away from the table when we are getting the short end of the stick without being a total whack-job like Ainge tends to be.
The deals that he didn't make are their own thing. Like I would have loved for him to trade with Toronto for Siakam or Anunoby if it hadn't been made clear that neither would re-sign with us and Keegan wasn't the asking price. With those two quantities known, I respect Monte for holding his guns rather than the "it's all Vivek he won't pay the tax!" line some people have.
I do think the contract extension was good. I feel like most of the contracts have been reasonable, though it appears that all contracts are hard to move now.Except he did manage to extract a second-rounder out of Indiana in the Domas/Hali deal. And by the way, despite all the grousing about Domas from a certain segment of the fanbase, Monte also managed to work out a contract extension with Sabonis for less than the max, so if you're looking for a move he made that we outright "won", then it might be securing the services of an All-NBA center whose impact stats put him in the NBA's top 10-15 while not having to pay him top 10-15 money.
