Originally Posted by
Biasvasospasm
I feel like those guys are all (except Olynyk and maybe Kleber, who is paid about right) significantly positive value contracts. It's like saying I don't want to pay Brandon Ingram a max because I would rather pay Joel Embiid when that is not an alternative. Yes, it's a more attractive option, but one that is not available to you. If those guys were all available right now in unrestricted free agency, they would be paid more.
It would be fair to say that you don't want to pay Lonzo that because you would rather pay Josh Hart, because that's a thing you could realistically do.
We could go in circles about this all day though.