They draft on best player available anyways, and it's no secret their open to moving at least one of their current big men. They could flip Saric or Okafor and get a guard or wing and fill their needs that way. Nerlens - Simmons front court would be pretty fun to watch, they could run for days
The only way Simmons doesn't go #1, regardless of who wins the lotto, is if he breaks his leg sometime between now and the draft, and honestly someone still might take him 1st and wait on him if that was the case. He's seen as a can't miss prospect
Well, he is a former Yankee and that's their M.O. so it's not overly surprising. It's to create a professional culture, after all, it is a business. I don't think it really affects anything though other than that it may upset certain stubborn players wanting the right to express themselves in...
Yeah we can but the real question is do we want too. Most fans would rather just tank and get the higher pick at this point. Bright side about Jimmy going down is it's opened up more minutes for Dougie McBuckets and his confidence is skyrocketing because of it, he's been great this weekend
No, Max player is absurd. But with the new TV deal set to kick in, I guess you have to look at it in terms of relativity. If everything's essentially doubling, then maybe they mean he gets a max type deal in terms of current cap structure. So if the new cap max is say like 30M, then yeah maybe...