stashing assets for the 2023 nba offseason

Who are these Ayton suitors and wtf are they watching

yeah hard to imagine that contract being above water but there might be someone dumb out there who thinks they can fix him

i think there are teams who could fix him but not at that price

contextually speaking he is probably not hugely overpaid at mid $30m prices for his whole contract if all you were looking for is a pretty good young big man to help you be a pretty good regular season team. there’s gonna be lots of guys on $50m+ salaries in a few years when ayton is still at like $34m. now guys like shai & mitchell are on the same contract and by that standard ayton’s deal doesn’t look great but it’s more that those guys are grossly underpaid than ayton being overpaid. i think if you want him to be like… an actual impact player and certainly in the playoffs is where i would run for the hills

the suns problem is that they’re selling low on him w/o much leverage bcuz of how toxic the situation seems & i think the teams that will look at him as a player they couldn’t otherwise acquire are the bad and/or small market teams. who are you getting off a roster like charlotte or houston or dallas or whatever to help you win high level playoff games next season? what do draft picks do for them. kinda incongruent to me. i don’t see what contender is gonna look at him and think he’s boosting them a level & literally any team with a center on a real deal is not going to be in the market. when he was a RFA the teams that went after him were indiana and like detroit? and neither of those teams need a center now

no ones paying traditional centers $50m much less mediocre ones like ayton hes prob overpaid by 2x, that contract is just not good or reasonable in any way

here are the top 15 center salaries for next year

1. jokic - 46.9m (proj)
2. embiid - 46.9 (proj)
3. gobert - 41
4. davis - 40.6
5. towns - 36
6. adebayo - 32.6
7. ayton - 32.4
8. turner - 21
9. capela - 20.6
10. allen - 20
11. nurkic - 16.8
12. robinson - 15.6
13. jonas - 15.4
14. carter jr - 13
15. adams - 12.6

some of these guys need better agents! wendell carter’s contract actually has two declining years after this lol. there is a noticeable cliff after ayton where you drop from the low 30s to the 20s… would be hard to argue that he isn’t more in the latter class. some of those guys — allen, jonas, capela — do feel more limited to me *in theory* and ayton in the suns finals run did put up some games you don’t typically see from those guys. but i guess this is the trap ppl fall into with ayton bcuz the reality is more like, yeah most times he plays like one of these guys getting paid $13m. he does have youth and athleticism on his side but at some point you do have to stop wishing on it. it would be a lot easier if there was any shred of evidence that you should have more than one center on your team but we don’t live in that world! as some teams are still learning…

some team is going to 100% say the suns were a bad fit for him, he needs a different environment, they never really tried to feature him on offense, etc. etc. we can fix him.

monty williams welcome to the nba offseason

BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns dismissed coach Monty Williams, sources tell ESPN. Williams was a two-time NBA Coach of the Year in four seasons with Suns — including a trip to 2021 NBA Finals. Suns lost 6-game series to Nuggets in Western Semifinals. pic.twitter.com/bfMd6F1RJc

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 14, 2023

impossible to tell who shams source is

Mat Ishbia and James Jones begin an aggressive offseason solely focused on a championship. And with two top-10 players in Kevin Durant and Devin Booker under contract long-term, an attractive market and driven, dynamic ownership, Suns become the destination coaching job opening. https://t.co/lvdi66CfC3

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 14, 2023

have fun with nick nurse guys!

def gonna be nurse

bud and monty were in the finals two years ago, both unemployed now

what if it’s nash lol

bring in kyrie for cp too

Is Nurse in play for Milwaukee

J0rdan S must be otherwise engaged so here i will mention that all these coaches of the year are getting canned while eric spoelstra prepares for the ECF

most of these coaches are fine, the playoffs are hard and being the fall guy is part of the coach's job in most orgs alas

every time a bunch of teams all hire each other's just-dismissed coaches is pretty funny though

The Suns, league sources say, are expected to explore the feasibility of trying to lure Tyronn Lue away from the Clippers after tonight's abrupt dismissal of Monty Williams as coach.

More NBA from me: https://t.co/A6ycVmnrjq

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 14, 2023

Budenholzer I get, can't get the #1 overall seed at the end of your team's championship window and lose to an 8 seed. In 5 games no less. Monty on the other hand, I'm not sure what exactly they expected with that roster, especially with CP3 out. Taking the best team in the West to 6 games is about what you'd expect.

it's just general managers scapegoating coaches

love to explore the feasibility of trying to lure

i do think it's weird that monty has somehow publicly poisoned relations with both crowder and ayton and something i would at least want to talk to him about if it was my decision

new owners love to just fire everybody and do it their way ime

love to explore the feasibility of trying to lure

― Spottie, Saturday, May 13, 2023 10:49 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

not even this. they’re expected to do this!

Lol

wow I'm shocked after his very sincere repentance for the last incident

https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-seen-flashing-gun-on-ig-live

WHAT cmon

“Ja we’re about to go live on IG!”

Ja Morant: pic.twitter.com/X7A15h8kIO

— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) May 14, 2023

jfc man

my first reaction was hes subconsciously trying to sabotage his career but then i watched the video and hes just an idiot

lol

The phrase “Ishbia has taken full control over basketball operations” has been removed from Woj’s article. https://t.co/pqGLTB7h0F

— Mike Vigil (@protectedpick) May 14, 2023

enjoying this new over involved owner speed run

he has to trade for kyrie now, the story demands it

Grizzlies suspend Ja Morant from all team activities after another video with a gun on social media. pic.twitter.com/ojJCikC2XX

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) May 14, 2023

*weird voice* that wasn’t my intention, it’s not who I am

instead of rehab they should send him to a gun safety class this time

jalen rose reconsidering his journalism career

Incredible

Ishbia stuff is a tale as old as time too. But suns fans are happy it’s not sarver… at least.

he’s offering up a really really bad combo of new owner syndrome plus having walked onto his college basketball team so he thinks he knows ball PLUS being close personal friends w one of the worst GMs in NBA history. i’m not feeling great for suns fans

know which fanbase should feel really good about their new owner? utah

being friends with danny ainge vs being friends with isiah thomas

The Milwaukee Bucks are interviewing former Golden State coach Mark Jackson for their open head coaching job, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Jackson, who had a .526 winning percentage in three seasons as Warriors coach, was a finalist for the Kings job last year.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 14, 2023

Sorry frogs, we need this to happen

Lol we need it. Another defensive coach with zero imagination on offense what could go wrong

also he'll be off tv

yes thats why we need it

momma, there goes that man......being the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks

a finalist for the Kings job last year.

The Kings came to their sense in time.