I'll begin with the obvious caveat that it is WAY too early to be thinking about this, but I'm curious and it's been kind of gnawing at me: what type of cap gymnastics/sacrifices will it take to retain all 3 of our main bigs?
AD's situation is well known and obvious. We're slapping that supermax in front of him at 12:01 on July 1 and whether he signs it or not will determine the direction of this franchise for the next decade.
The other two however, assuming they perform at even 75% of last night's production (last night was probably close to the ceiling of what we can expect from both Randle and Niko), will almost definitely be worth raises on the open market. Niko will be an UFA at the end of the season. I want to say we have some semblance of bird rights but not full? He's at $12.5 mil right now. Randle has a player option next season for $9 mil that he will almost definitely decline especially if he keeps playing so well. If I remember correctly we'll be able to offer him (assuming we're over the cap, which is almost unavoidable with cap holds and such) 125% of his current salary which would only be about $11 mil. With the money that should be available on the market next offseason, I think he'd get at least 15.
Did I miss/misstate anything cap wise? And what do y'all think the chances are that we see all 3 in Pels uniforms to start next season?