AussieDevil
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With Russell on a near max himself, and Edwards and McDaniels due for huge upgrades in 2 years time, something will have to give unless they want to have the most expensive roster ever.They won’t really have a way to trade for one as the nearest pick they are going to be able to trade will be at least… 2032, due to protections on the 2029 pick (don’t know the exact details yet but since it’s top 5 protected we can probably assume it at least defers to 2030 if not conveyed, in which case they won’t be able to trade 2031 pick).
They were supposed to have max cap space in 2023 free agency but even that is now out the window with $41m of Gobert’s added to the books… basically making him and Towns cost $77m that year, and Edwards’ rookie scale hitting $13.5m. Well that still leaves about $40m but you need to pay 12 players with that so while you can probably give $30m to someone, it still won’t be the max.
Their best bet is Ant turns into primary ball handler.