NBA: 2022 NBA offseason
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I think Ainge knows he's not going to win a title with Mitchell as his best guy. Also might be a good market for teams looking for a difference maker but not wanting to pay the extremely high price the Nets are asking for Durant.
Wow - the Suns just screwed themselves by allowing the Pacers to sign Ayton to a max offer sheet. They now have 48 hours to decide if they want to match, which will mean they’re in the luxury tax and can’t trade him until Jan 15, or let him go and not have spent all their available money but still be considered over the cap.
What a total **** up. GM should be fired for allowing this to happen.
What a total **** up. GM should be fired for allowing this to happen.
Man was I wrong.
So my new theory is that the Suns will try and trade him and maybe for Durant.
I thought I heard they have 2 days to try to sign and trade him now or else resign him
No, from what I've been hearing is they had 2 days to sign him to keep him or the Pacers' offer stands. The "sign and trade" offer the Suns wanted to do fell off the table as soon as Ayton signed that offer sheet with the Pacers.
That's why I'm saying the Suns' GM has been absolutely incompetent in this - he's backed the entire team into a no-win situation with Ayton now.
I think your criticism is a little overblown. They had to expect an offer sheet was going to come for Ayton. Letting him walk for nothing would have been incompetent, but keeping all the core pieces of a 64 win team isn't a terrible offseason. With the timing of this too, I'm sure they've felt out what the Nets want in return for Durant and don't think it's feasible. I don't think they are in any worse situation with Ayton than they were from the moment they opted not to give him the rookie max extension last fall.
They need at least one more piece to be really good. One or two shooters around that that can spread the floor and be ready to shoot on a kick would be huge.
The East is so weak that Indiana may contend for the playoffs next season even without major additions.
Agree with that and I'll go further with another team.
If Cleveland can add a piece, they can really contend for the East title for a while.
Their top 5 players are really, really young.
Hield, Duarte, Mathurin, they have shooters. Even Turner is a good shooter for a big. They are going to put up points, but will likely struggle on D.
