The Knicks offer isn't as good....IF....you assume the players going back are relevant to OKC's rebuild or that they want to spend a year or two developing assets to get more picks than they already have. If you assume they want a clean slate and that they want to focus all of their time developing the next contender the Knicks offer is much better.
Those old overpays were proven overpays at those cap numbers even though the cap was going up quickly. What does it tell us about numbers now? Teams will still pay as much or more for premium assets but when the paradigm is superteams with no bad contracts and guys like Davis and Lebron it seems like suicide to have any of the guys on your list unless it's a piece you're adding to 2.... or at least one superstar.
What is Van Vleet on a real contender and is that what the Knicks are building? If they see him starting on a legit contender I can live with something in the 20 mil range. If they think he's the eventual back up when the rebuild is over what are we paying for and why? In that case wouldn't they be better off spending that 100 million dollars buying some second round picks and drafting a few of the interesting PG's at the top half of the second round. With all of the unknowns resulting from the lost college season and all of the one and dones this year some good players will fall.
The Knicks offer isn't as good....IF....you assume the players going back are relevant to OKC's rebuild or that they want to spend a year or two developing assets to get more picks than they already have. If you assume they want a clean slate and that they want to focus all of their time developing the next contender the Knicks offer is much better.
Those old overpays were proven overpays at those cap numbers even though the cap was going up quickly. What does it tell us about numbers now? Teams will still pay as much or more for premium assets but when the paradigm is superteams with no bad contracts and guys like Davis and Lebron it seems like suicide to have any of the guys on your list unless it's a piece you're adding to 2.... or at least one superstar.
What is Van Vleet on a real contender and is that what the Knicks are building? If they see him starting on a legit contender I can live with something in the 20 mil range. If they think he's the eventual back up when the rebuild is over what are we paying for and why? In that case wouldn't they be better off spending that 100 million dollars buying some second round picks and drafting a few of the interesting PG's at the top half of the second round. With all of the unknowns resulting from the lost college season and all of the one and dones this year some good players will fall.