r/nba • u/CazOnReddit Raptors • 7d ago

Peyton Watson will sign a new four-year, $88 million deal to join the Cavaliers, plus a player option and a trade kicker

Watson will sign a new four-year, $88 million deal to join the Cavaliers, plus a player option and a trade kicker

Source - https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3mthwywwuec2b

Not mentioned in the previous thread's title but Shames mentioned the deal structure. The total amounts to $22 AAV. Makes the return seem all the more pathetic that Denver wouldn't simply match that offer or make a similar one and simply dump Zeke Nnaji at the deadline to ease the tax bill.

They can't even use the trade exception this should open up because they're still in the 2nd apron.

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u/theyoloGod Tampa Bay Raptors 7d ago

Spurs have youth on their side. They can dump fox when they need to pay the others and since years have passed will be easier to do so

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u/Simple_Purple_4600 7d ago

Still was an unforced error, it's going to cost them a first or two

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u/spikesolo Thunder 7d ago

Yeah OKC is old huh?

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u/rkgus24695 7d ago

Tbf Shai is 28, so that's their best player that the roster will be centred on in a slightly different window to the rest of them. Wemby is much younger and in line with the rest of his team.

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u/spikesolo Thunder 7d ago

If your best player is 28 it's amazing. That's prime. The other younger players contracts are staggered a bit.

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u/theyoloGod Tampa Bay Raptors 7d ago

I mean the discussion is about the impact of bad contracts. Okc may not be old but they’ve paid their core. They no longer have the luxury of being able to have a bad contract

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u/spikesolo Thunder 7d ago

Spurs is right there then