Originally Posted by
NMThreeMVP
Here’s the thing with Horford I’ve come to...
Most of us agree that Horford is the ideal big to put next to Zion. The only hesitancy is the number of years.
If Horford was on another team and had 2yrs/$56m left on his deal, what draft capital would you be ok trading to acquire him? Would you trade any of the 7 1st round picks the Pels have over the next 5 years? Or any of the 500 2nd round picks?
In the worst case scenario (to some) where we sign Al to 4/$112m and he becomes a negative instead of an asset, or we have the opportunity to sign an A level superstar if we can open up a max slot, I think we’d be able to attach a pick to Al and move him to create cap space whenever we wanted to.
Having Al for the next 3 years, is worth an asset. If I’d pay it on the front end to acquire him, I’m ok with the extra year(s) because I have an abundance of draft assets to move him. Not sure if folks will follow that logic, but it makes perfect sense to me!